Quote: jawuk "I rest my case. Since my original post 3 out of 4 replies have either mentioned Hull, their players or dual registration. No one as talked about your own (Doncaster) squad. Let's face it, you've been dual registered with Hull for at least 4 seasons and are still in League 1. Something isn't working but you still cling to the hope that their players will get you out of this league. At a very bare minimium (IMHO) DR should only be used to top up your existing squad and cover injuries when needed, not provide the nucleus of a team.'"
Think you missed what I had to say jawuk"I believe we are trying to recruit local talent but bringing in players in this manner is more of a longer-term project, rather than a fix for now. The importance of getting out of this league cannot be stressed enough as the prospect of Ottawa and New York being around next season is likely to make life a whole lot tougher."[/i
The DR arrangement hasn't worked in the past because there was no consistency to the players we got from Hull. We started last season with some season-long loans including Jez Litten and Jordan Lane but they got recalled.
The club told us they had invested a large part of their budget in securing the services of better Hull players this season. In theory, the better Hull players would be of a higher quality than the players we can sign ourselves. For example: we couldn't sign someone like Hakim Miloudi but we could have him in our team on DR.
DR shouldn't be used as a reason for not building a good squad of our own but good recruitment plus DR ought to make us the top side in this league. The DR side of things is still coming up short as we're not getting the quality of players we should be able to expect with this 'enhanced arrangement'.
Would we be better off without DR next season? In theory, yes unless it's made to work properly. In practice, I'm not sure. It's hard to keep a deep squad of players happy if they're not getting first team rugby. You then end up getting into strife when the injuries hit as you don't have good enough players to come in and cover.
A strong squad plus effective use of DR should work to give the best of both worlds. We're not there at the moment.
