It almost feels like we are better placed than Cas by being in the Championship!!

The 2021 performance drops off next year. We finished 10th & Cas were 7th. We cannot improve on 10th, but we can win the Championship & finish “13th”. In addition we will get 0.25 bonus points & IF we win the 1895 cup will get another 0.1. Cas will struggle to improve on 7th & will lose points.

Add in the new stand & we should be well above Cas & ok

The grading could assist us in the quality of signings we make because the provisional score indicates our return to SL.

Very good point.

The drive to improve standards among all RL clubs should be applauded and is a positive for everyone involved in the sport.
However, the bottom line here, is that we are still left with the same clubs battling it out for a place in SL.
Everyone has a preference but, with all this upheaval, what tangible benefits will the sport actually see ?

Looking at the top end of the ratings, you can see Bradford, York , Newcastle and Toulouse in there and then of course there is London.
Ranked 24th but, in SL on merit.

London (ranked 24th) gained their place in SL on merit (winning the Championship GF), they shouldn't be relegated because a different club has more plastic seats or "tweets". It's just wrong.

IMG should be spending their time securing a worthwhile TV deal and settling a decent International program and fundamentally, RL needs to decide just what it is ultimately trying to achieve.

IMG are going to have to come up with some fats talking to justify promoting and relegating certain clubs.

I can see how Trinity can benefit from the new criteria but, none of this sits well and ultimately, whichever 12 clubs make the final cut, how much actual progress will the sport make.

There are bgger issues to solve, especially the international calendar and shrinking TV deal right now, what we have is expensive "tinkering"

Although it maybe wishful thinking I just can't see that happening very soon, there is simply not enough money to go round.

Maybe but, Leigh will be rated higher than their provisional score as their Challenge Cup success isnt included and if Cas jump above us (on appeal) we are down to 12th spot. - the whole concept is just wrong.
We may benefit initially but, until RL decides what it is trying to achieve, the criteria can soon be changed to suit someones new "best" idea.

Or quality players.

this is exactly correct, like it or not these figures will be manipulated in every way possible to achieve the desired result.

100 % correct

I agree, but with all our smalls wins we can get to add onto the score, plus the bits not counted this time, stand, takeover etc, we will boost up. We are less than a point behind Huddersfield and I can't see how they gain anymore. Add in the whole SL needs Bradford argument, I can just see it happening.

On the whole, I think we should be very happy with our score, but the fact that London are as good as relegated before the fixtures are even released just doesn't sit right with me

Good post

Both Salford and Toulouse have known financial problems yet score so high, Salford actually higher than Shudds



It's all nonsense.