Re: 12th Team. : Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:20 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

Cheers for that, and I'd agree with you that if you find them, then there should be some advantages, or incentive to keep talent at each club. I'm not sure that franchising does help that much, as the standard of SL player has continued to fall in the last 20 years, with and without it.

Has the standard of player fallen, the standard of coaching, or just the way the game has developed in recent years?

Let's face it, the game has become a regimented one in recent times - Individuality is knocked out of young players at the first opportunity. Coaches all play the same, safety first game, all like to spout off about how proud they are when they nil an opponent. Its a results first, entertainment second sport now, as we see by the regular debates on here about how boring we are to watch at times.

So maybe, rather than the players being the problem, we should look at what the sport has become and whether it's actually become too professional for its own good?

Re: 12th Team. : Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:37 pm  

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Re: 12th Team. : Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:07 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Has the standard of player fallen, the standard of coaching, or just the way the game has developed in recent years?

Let's face it, the game has become a regimented one in recent times - Individuality is knocked out of young players at the first opportunity. Coaches all play the same, safety first game, all like to spout off about how proud they are when they nil an opponent. Its a results first, entertainment second sport now, as we see by the regular debates on here about how boring we are to watch at times.

So maybe, rather than the players being the problem, we should look at what the sport has become and whether it's actually become too professional for its own good?

Yes to those three, but the ability with ball in hand has dropped the most.

Re: 12th Team. : Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:52 pm  

Giving the French a local derby in Toulouse may be a more reasonable way of expanding the game than daft miles across the Atlantic.

Re: 12th Team. : Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:10 am  

Robwire wrote:

Giving the French a local derby in Toulouse may be a more reasonable way of expanding the game than daft miles across the Atlantic.

Agree, my vote would go to Toulouse

Re: 12th Team. : Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:33 am  

I think Wigan will set it up for Leigh to get in.

Re: 12th Team. : Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:08 am  

Who are ya!! wrote:

Featherstone massive no we don't need another team in that area...

Toulouse, London, York, Newcastle any will do

But Warrington are another team near Widnes, Leigh, Wigan St. Helens, Salford etc. Do you not like local (ish) derbies ?

Re: 12th Team. : Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:35 pm  

I would be happy with Toulouse or Leigh, both have recruited well for next year.

Re: 12th Team. : Tue Nov 17, 2020 9:57 am  

With the announcement that there will be relegation in 2021 on top of the reduced funding, the difficulty in pulling a squad together at short notice, this almost seems like a poisoned chalice.

It will be very difficult for the 12th club to remain in SL past 2021, the deck seems stacked against them. Alternatively it gives the other leading Championship clubs a strong chance of 2022 promotion, given one of their major rivals will be out of the picture...

Re: 12th Team. : Tue Nov 17, 2020 10:07 am  

Alffi_7 wrote:

With the announcement that there will be relegation in 2021 on top of the reduced funding, the difficulty in pulling a squad together at short notice, this almost seems like a poisoned chalice.

It will be very difficult for the 12th club to remain in SL past 2021, the deck seems stacked against them. Alternatively it gives the other leading Championship clubs a strong chance of 2022 promotion, given one of their major rivals will be out of the picture...

It's very rare a newly promoted team doesn't get relegated anyway so that's not really a new issue for next year.
Also the clubs will have good players and wouldn't need to massively change the squad, London practically had the same squad when they came up with a handful of additions and they were brilliant.
Yeah they'll have a shorter period to get the squad together etc but if they don't make wholesale changes they won't be that much worse off then clubs any other year, yes they'll have less money but they can still get a squad together and fit for the start of the new season.