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I'm a Wakefield fan, it's nailed on that we will be in the relegation battle at the end of round 23.
I like the new format, it gives teams in 2 divisions something to play for.
Believe me, it is soul destroying for those teams who are near the bottom of the league at the half way mark of the season. The remaining games are dead rubbers, no chance of getting into the top 8 and it doesn't matter if you come bottom or not. You just can't wait for the season to finish.
Not so with the new system, the end games will actually mean something-especially for the championship sides.
The middle 8 games will be competitive and will have far greater appeal than previous years nothing to play for games.
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Forgetting London and Bradford, the Bottom 6 now contains 6 of the same teams across the same positions at the end of last year.
I can't be bothered to look too hard, but I doubt attendances at any of those clubs is up much on last year.
The same top teams will compete in the GF and it's highly unlikely the engraver will need to add a new name to the trophy.
Does anyone recall how many FULL HOUSES were promised at the start of the year?
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| Quote tenerifeRhino="tenerifeRhino"Hasn't happened in the 20+ years I have been watching RL that non traditional club has reached SL that way. And won't happen for another 20 years.
But I agree that clubs that don't have a RL tradition shouldn't be just dropped in it like Crusaders and the slow sustained growth should be the go to model.
But we should be looking to support clubs like Toulouse and Avignon etc .. who are in a relatively strong RL area to grow the game beyond the Yorks and Lancs borders'"
Mathias Pala (born 14 June 1989 in Limoux, France) is a French rugby league player for the Leigh Centurions in the Championship. |
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| Quote Ste100Centurions="Ste100Centurions"Nothing delusional about a Championship team getting promoted to SL at all.
Bradford or Leigh will do it, with only the details of how to be set in stone.
Wakefield will be relegated & might even be stripped of SL status regardless if they can't sort out the ground fiasco, I wouldn't wish it on any club though after our torrid time with finances very fresh in the mind.
Salford I predict to come good & move up the table yet may still feature in the middle 8's, can't see them getting relegated despite the CC defeat to Centurions.
The other 2 SL teams to be involved in the Middle 8's will be interesting & I for one couldn't call which teams they will be.
As for attendances, I believe there will be an upward spike come the 8's with the Championship v SL recording some record attendances at some grounds & great atmospheres too.
The usual protagonists will sit at the top table yet again in SL.
It's a shame for all the Championship clubs that the RFL had to meddle with the Middle 8's at the eighth hour, presumably in a state of panic that 2 could go up & 2 down, yet again they seem determined to preserve the status quo.'"
The reason I say nobody will be promoted is because in reality it could only be Leigh or Bradford and we put 50 on Bradford in the cup playing poorly and you scraped by Wakefield the poorest team by a mile in SL who IMO will only improve come the end of the season |
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| Quote Does anyone recall how many FULL HOUSES were promised at the start of the year?'"
Remind us and also remind us how many we have had. |
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| Quote Jim Pooley="Jim Pooley"Does anyone recall how many FULL HOUSES were promised at the start of the year?'"
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| Quote number 6="number 6"Not a fan of the new concept, never was when it was first muted and won't be still
It favours clubs like leeds, wigan, saints who knew that with the exception of the odd gatecrasher every year they will be competing for old Trafford for the next few years
Hetherington leneghan and mcmanus aren't daft.
The league maybe tight this year but once the marquee rule kicks in next season I doubt it will be. The top 5 or 6 will break away
As for the championship dreamers, well they were just turkeys voting for Christmas, if they really wanted to be in the should gave pushed for 1 up 1 down
No doubt many will disagree but that is my thought'"
Why does it favour them? Because they're the best teams?
Its up to other teams to improve if they're to challenge for trophies, not for the governing bodies to try and give them a leg up. |
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| Quote tenerifeRhino="tenerifeRhino"Hasn't happened in the 20+ years I have been watching RL that non traditional club has reached SL that way. And won't happen for another 20 years.
But I agree that clubs that don't have a RL tradition shouldn't be just dropped in it like Crusaders and the slow sustained growth should be the go to model.
But we should be looking to support clubs like Toulouse and Avignon etc .. who are in a relatively strong RL area to grow the game beyond the Yorks and Lancs borders'"
Slow sustained growth IS the model. Have a look at the teams that make up Championship 1 - teams from; Coventry, Newcastle, Hemel, Oxford, Gloucester, London, North Wales, South Wales, and the heartland areas of Lancs, Yorks & Cumbria.
There is also a rumour that Toulouse will be joining Championship 1 for 2016. |
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| Quote loiner81="loiner81"NONE'"
OK.....I must have dreamt it....could have sworn that Solly predicted a certain number of full houses this year. |
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| Quote Jim Pooley="Jim Pooley"OK.....I must have dreamt it....could have sworn that Solly predicted a certain number of full houses this year.'"
No, Solly didn't 'predict' anything of the sort.
He did, however, say that one of the targets for SL in 2015 was to achieve ten sell-outs.
A target, rather than a prediction. |
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| Quote Ste100Centurions="Ste100Centurions"
It's a shame for all the Championship clubs that the RFL had to meddle with the Middle 8's at the eighth hour, presumably in a state of panic that 2 could go up & 2 down, yet again they seem determined to preserve the status quo.'"
At an extreme, there could be 4 up, 4 down each season.
Not likely, but it is possible that 2016 could start with say Leigh, Bradford, Sheffield and Featherstone in Super League with say Wakefield, Widnes, Salford and Hull KR in the Championship.
Don't judge the effect of the new structure on average attendances until the season is over. The big boost could come at the end. |
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