Agree but if you dont where does that leave the clubs outside SL now ?

Im not Sure what the expansionist dream in 2009 has added..................probably nothing, and yet , they(whoever they are) would have you believe it is a success.................Lets not believe the total fallacy that is Welsh Rugby League

Or the one that somehow Widnes (or Leigh for that matter) are ever going to be contenders again.
A prediction for you..... Crusaders will win a major trophy long before either of our teams will.

Bookies offering 6/4 on them finishing bottom this year. Looks a good bet as even if it just comes down to their visit to Wales points difference will play into the Crusaders hands but I think Celtic will pick up 2 or 3 other wins....not convinced Salford will.

Making a case for a 16 (or more) team Super League...?

30 games plus play offs (and perhaps a Edinburgh/Cardiff type weekend) ???

Can see some greedy club treasurers going for it but coaches and players perhaps not

Possibly , but in my opinion we dont have 12 let alone 14 SL clubs at the moment and are unlikely to have them in 3 years time

Plus once you go past the 14 mark the fixtures become a bit of a problem

No doubt the RFL will have a ' plan ' for every eventuality

saints will be in the top 4 under the benefit of wayne bennetts coaching.

souths stand a good chance at the top 8

but we did franchising 10 years ago, why is it being mentioned now

You're assuming everyone at home and everyone away once (+ magic) but the precedent for not doing that has already been set. Sure, it'd be nice and there's probably and optimum number for an RL league, but IMHO expansion with preservation is a far more important priority.

Is this based on fact or feeling?
As it is, we field as many (if not more) english talent than other SL teams. Our reserve grade were 1 bad ref away from the semi's last year and we now have kids in the England age group squads.
Whilst we don't have the "big name" stars in our side, we do have 3 England Internationals and were the only team outside of the top tier who had someone on the plane to Australia. I'll add, that pudro was one of a handfull of players who came out of the WC with his rep in tact.
What we have lacked for 3 years is consistency, but as for just "occasionally beating leeds", we will give any team a game and I doubt any coach looks forward to playing us.
As for 3 years time, the only worries we have are off the pitch.
If you are going to post drivel, can I suggest that in future, you research the topic before posting.

You are then back to the very obvious 2 divisions of 10, with 1 up 1 down and 27 fixtures plus a weekender.

The stupid thing is there is an odd number in the Championship (11) and only 10 teams in Championship 1. Perhaps on ability that is the right format but really there ought to be a better way to split the 35 clubs especially so the lower teams get more games (more expansion at the bottom maybe the way to go but then again do any of the RL Conference clubs want to take that extra step which will require more finance with perhaps not the reward of perticularly bigger gates).

Feeling.

Can I just add that I don’t watch all the other SL teams obsessively and therefore for some I’ve given a dire prediction. This thread was created for your opinions and other peoples opinions rather than myself causing mild controversy.



I’m a big fan of Purdham no doubt and he is as good as their get in super league. You’ve got a good youth system coming on at Harlequins but it is debatable that it’s (waits for echo’s about Leeds Academy lost to Celtic Crusaders Academy) a good few years behind the likes of Leeds and Wigan. However I don’t think it’s the academy that is your problem!



That’s probably the reason why I think your going to do poor and I’m sure you’ll accept my opinion on that.

the game would expand by plenty of measures, in fact, the only way it wouldnt expand is the number of clubs in SL

what a strange thing to say