Quote: Slugger McBatt "That's just silly. So the promoted team could lose every game, be the whipping boys, and the team that finishes many, many games ahead could go down in their place so that promoted team could gain stability. Whereas the team that is so much better loses its stability?
It shows the difficulty of promotion and relegation. One up, one down is still the simplest way. I'd be fine going down if I knew I had an equal chance of coming up again. The current system isn't too bad, because the reality is that the Championship winners will be less battered and more confident. That's how you got up, and how KR got up. The SL teams who ends up in the MPG will be low on confidence or bodies, which probably evens out the advantage of playing four lower league teams.
Your difficulty in coming up was maybe recruitment. Your pack is good but old. Your backs are good but young. Where was the old head to lead the young backs? Where was the young grunt to take some of the work away from the old guys?
Good luck next year anyway. I enjoy coming to the village. A good ground and good fans.'"
Was it silly for Catalans when they first came in?
Agree on your point about old pack and young backline. Sadly the younger forwards (Green and dare I say Hopkins) didn't step up as much as hoped, while Acton got banned for 4 months! The biggest mistakes came in the backs, where there was too much reliance on Tonga, and sending Ridyard out on loan.
