What I used to like about the reserves or A team has we used to call it when you got a new player from abroad ie Australia or New Zealand or other places the put them in a game or two till they was ready to lean the new teams ways plus any player back from injuries turned out to get fit

What I used to like about the reserves or A team has we used to call it when you got a new player from abroad ie Australia or New Zealand or other places the put them in a game or two till they was ready to lean the new teams ways plus any player back from injuries turned out to get fit

Im certainly no fan of wakefield but what has their stadium got to do with reserve teams. It’s a bit boring now that fans of other clubs counter argument to any discussion with wakefield fans is “so what, your stadium is rubbish”

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Quite easy to answer that one. This year we have had Corey Ashton at Sheffield, Brandon Douglas and Will Maher at Halifax, Mitch Clark at Fev, Kieran Gill at Oldham, Jy Hitchcox and Tuoyo Egodo and James Green and Bradford.
The club have made the decision that playing meaningful games in the Championship and League 1 is much more beneficial than the reserve format. It seems most SL clubs think the same.

Cas didn't use it to develop players though, they used it to get deadweight off their books.

Dual reg does nothing to rehab injured players, for example, and certainly does nothing at all for the receiving clubs who are over-reliant on loan players, thus not developing their own. Which club was it that couldn't put out a competitive team at the back end, as all the dual reg had been recalled?

It's a bit rude, shall we say, for SL clubs to see the leagues below as a mere feeder structure.

Deep down I don’t think you really believe that.

I think it's safe to say that any game time is valuable to the player, whether it's in Super League, League 1, or the Reserves.

I also think that it's very much dependant on the player in regards to where they are sent and if they will benefit, for example - Cory Aston linking up with the club where he's played 3 years of rugby previously and his Dad coaches. That's a perfect fit for him IMO.

It seems to me that a lot of clubs are saying “we’re in favour of a reserves comp but there aren’t enough clubs in it to make it worthwhile”. This is a very convenient argument as nobody then takes responsibility and they can all carry on as they are. Meanwhile the RFL and SL provide no leadership. The RFL say they’re disappointed. SL say nothing at all.

It’d be interesting to know why the figures quoted for running a reserves team differ so widely. From £130k quoted by Leeds to £60k quoted by Wigan and £30k quoted by Wakefield. Something’s amiss there and it appears as if the main opponents of it are inflating costs as a way of arguing against it.

Game time is massively important and many players aged around 18/19 don’t get enough of it. I agree that it very much does depend on where the player gets the game time. For some a long term loan can be a good thing.

Where I have objections is where players can be sent off to their DR club for a few weeks, have to learn new patterns of play and gel with their new teammates only to be recalled given a games or been part of a 19 man squad and then sent back out again. In some cases a player can appear for 2 or 3 different teams in a season. Some players never actually train with their DR club and just do a “captain’s run”. This way of developing players is never going ensure consistent, continuous development. Players end up feeling like they’re not valued and lose their love of the game. This happened very recently with a young player at my club. The talent pool is already small so why risk making it smaller?

I think its more of a reaction to wakefield fans over reaction and out right paranoia regarding their club and they often try to undermine every post, and then use something like this to point score and be all self righteous, see the tom Johnson debate, think people just use the stadium issue as a default reaction to Wakefield fans over reaction to everything. this thread and their chairman's outburst being one example.

I am sure most fans would love Wakefield to get the stadium they deserve, i know i would be. would like all teams to finally move there facilities out from the Victorian era.and into the 21st century.

Meanwhile back on topic....