Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Tue Oct 10, 2023 7:43 am  

I've had a season ticket for years and haven't renewed this time. I just can't get my head round the club voting for the IMG rubbish which in reality condemns us to years of playing friendlies.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:03 am  

Apparently the provisional gradings for each club will be released some time next week.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:49 am  

I see Newcastle Thunder have pulled out from League 1 next season. So hardly any teams left, following from London Skolars departure. Wouldn't be surprised if there was a re-structure to include the Championship because of the lack of numbers in League 1. What a mess.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:38 am  

Or...Does IMG have a plan? The answer is probably yes, and the plan is to jettison all clubs below SL and to hell with anyone and anything that doesn't suit their 'reimagination' of the game. It's a sad time for Rugby League in this country.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:53 am  

How long will rugby league flog the expansion horse , the only ones who are pro expansion are the fans of the clubs who it doesn’t effect.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:10 pm  

Ever since the re-branding to "Super League" there's always been an "us and them" with the lower tier. Hopefully one day sanity will prevail and Rugby League will regain its soul embracing all clubs.

But in the meantime IMG will no doubt make it up as they go along to please the "elite".

[Bullseye]

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Fri Oct 13, 2023 2:00 pm  

There won't be an elite if the tiers below it are allowed to wither. Sports depend on people participating, whether as players, staff, volunteers or fans. All those elite players started at grass roots somewhere, they didn't suddenly appear in a SL first team out of thin air.

L1 withering away is following a trend in the community game. Once the SL promotion drawbridge goes up we'll no doubt see interest in the Championship go the same way. Eventually there'll be nobody interested in RL outside of a few SL teams.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:16 pm  

IMG and the London Conundrum! https://t.co/iq0i8oZqyJ

IMG and the London Conundrum! https://t.co/iq0i8oZqyJ

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Thu Oct 19, 2023 6:06 pm  

Good article

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:47 pm  

So according to Gledhill the clubs have been told today where they all are in the pecking order and with the list to be put in the public domain tomorrow. https://twitter.com/TheGameCaller/statu ... gr%5Etweet I wonder what effect that will have on those with little to no chance of ever making any progress?

So according to Gledhill the clubs have been told today where they all are in the pecking order and with the list to be put in the public domain tomorrow. https://twitter.com/TheGameCaller/statu ... gr%5Etweet I wonder what effect that will have on those with little to no chance of ever making any progress?