Re: Shaw & Cockayne & More : Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:29 am  

It's good to see a number of young & decent players coming through at Rovers. That's what SL needs, a strong Championship where the player pool can be expanded by giving game time to these youngsters, ultimately with the best rising to the top.

There's still plenty of time (6 games left?) to re-gain some form & get Carney & Jowitt in the side. Leigh & Widnes are poor, and Catalans have imploded, so I think it'll be the most competitive middle 8 we've seen so far.

Re: Shaw & Cockayne & More : Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:47 am  

Burtons Forearm wrote:

Looks a real contest the 8s.
Two French teams, us, Featherstone, London, Widnes. Away games that will not be easy for anyone.
Don't want Warrington in the 8s. They will finish top beating everyone.

I don't think one team winning all there games is a bad thing. We need to be looking at finishing 3rd and if the top 2 run away and win their games it mean sthat we beat the other 2 SL teams and the championship sides and we're 3rd. All teams taking points off each other wont do us any favours

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Re: Shaw & Cockayne & More : Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:15 am  

DGM wrote:

It's good to see a number of young & decent players coming through at Rovers. That's what SL needs, a strong Championship where the player pool can be expanded by giving game time to these youngsters, ultimately with the best rising to the top.

There's still plenty of time (6 games left?) to re-gain some form & get Carney & Jowitt in the side. Leigh & Widnes are poor, and Catalans have imploded, so I think it'll be the most competitive middle 8 we've seen so far.

I think that players rising through the levels is a better model than the widely-loved under-23/reserves concept.

Shift funding (and responsibility) from SL-clubs towards investment in the game's grassroots. Young players would be more likely to stay grounded and keep their options open (after all, most won't make a career out of it), and nobody would have to worry about ring-fencing or suchlike. Bin-off dual reg and keep loans to a sensible limit.