Re: IMG supporters survey : Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:34 pm  

Looking at these few replys it seems where all in same boat lets hope thats the majority of fans think alike

Re: IMG supporters survey : Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:46 pm  

14 teams. no loop and keep magic.
Yes to Yorkshire v the dark side.
no french.
better refs and discipline.
forever changing rules - six again, golden point

Re: IMG supporters survey : Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:28 pm  

I’m really hoping IMG listen to what the fans want. SL quality for me has gone to an all time low for quality. As a league and county we are so far behind the NRL and Australia it’s sickening. The polarisation that has happened over the last 5 years is astonishing. How can the threat of relegation year in year out be good for clubs trying to blood local talent to help not only improve the team but the nation too. Put Catalans into the mix who are a retirement home for ex Rep players (non French) and the league is bolloxed. You only have to look at the NRL and see what no relegation did to say North Queensland who have been atrocious, all of a sudden a nice batch of youngsters come through and boom they’re killing it. Same goes to a lesser extent the broncos.

Re: IMG supporters survey : Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:45 pm  

Yes I've said the same stuff too

Re: IMG supporters survey : Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:17 pm  

BarnsleyGull wrote:

14 teams. no loop and keep magic.
Yes to Yorkshire v the dark side.
no french.
better refs and discipline.
forever changing rules - six again, golden point

That pretty much sums up my picks

Re: IMG supporters survey : Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:11 am  

I said 16 no loop
Ok for French if they are growing the grass roots in France
No 10 x 10 two tier SL (such restrictive thinking would end me as a fan of UK footy)
Yes to 9s comps
No to Yorks v lancs
No to cricket like gimmicks

Re: IMG supporters survey : Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:38 am  

I winder what the fans of the "big" clubs are saying ?
Tbf, cutting the league from 16 to 14 to 12 has done nothing to improve quality and where do we go after it's been cut again, down to 10 ?
Let's face it, the only reason for reducing the numbers is to allow those in SL to maintain a similar level of funding from Sky, with a reduced pot. The so called "driving up quality" is a smoke screen.

The million dollar question is just how we make the game more appealing to those outside the heartlands and to more people inside the heartlands.
There are no quick fixes or silver bullets and there needs to be a long term plan for growth across all areas of the game, from junior, community and right up to the pro game.
Hopefully, the success of Channel 4 this season, shows that with a bit of a revamp, the game can at least gain some TV viewers, which should help to increase TV monies.

Re: IMG supporters survey : Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:05 am  

I went with 14 teams and keep magic, 27 games, cant stand the two 10's idea.

Improve the player pool by changing the quota rule from 7 non fed trained to 7 non eligible for England/france by birth country/parent or grandparent birth country. An example would be victor Radley, not that he would come, but he's going to play for England through his dad being english, but would still count on the overseas quota under the current rules, id change that. I was going to say eligible for all home nations but there arnt any clubs in SL from any atm, so bit pointless

Better salary cap exemptions for home grown players

Re: IMG supporters survey : Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:32 am  

Thought the question re the challenge cup was interesting about it being a straight knock out comp. I've said no to loop fixtures but if the CC became a word cup/champions league structure that could work.

Re: IMG supporters survey : Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:35 am  

Said pretty much the same as you Barnsley