Re: League restructure confirmed : Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:00 am  

deeHell wrote:

In your bitterness you fail to see how this disadvantages clubs like yourselves, your going to be in a mini league with teams that have far better resources and preparation than yourselves(see my post on the wakey board). A modified version of the traditional one up one down (or two if possible) is a lot fairer to the Championship clubs. Throw into the mix that Toulouse are seeking a back door into SL for 2015 the chances of seeing Fev in SL in the next 5 years are slim to say the least.

Better resources your insane, you and Wakey are using our training facilities thats the whole point, youv had years of funding and no relegation and yet we have better resources, bring that mini league on i say

Re: League restructure confirmed : Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:15 am  

gingdong wrote:

Its been destroying itself from within since 96, the licence system as been the biggest farce iv ever known, i would love to know just what a team would have to do to get booted out. Wakey fans there forum moaning its unjust. They have had millions more than us as you have from the game, they have had 6 years exempt from relegation as you have to build some infrastructure, those years have been criminally wasted. You and wakey are wanting to use Rovers training facilities because they blind your own. Your both putting big statements out when you put new windows in an office, Rovers have put 2 new stands up. the gravy train is stopping and were all back in the mix and we cant wait

Wind your neck in Dong.

I have always being in favour of P & R, and it would have been successful if the R.F.L had put plans in place to assist both promoted & relegated sides. I too despair at all that money which has all too frequently ended up being spent on average players and their agents)

Good luck to you if you make it to the top table, no doubt your players will want a wage hike if you get there and the 3k or so stay at home Rovers fans will suddenly reappear to pay for it.

Re: League restructure confirmed : Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:32 am  

gingdong wrote:

Better resources your insane, you and Wakey are using our training facilities thats the whole point, youv had years of funding and no relegation and yet we have better resources, bring that mini league on i say

Stop miss quoting me. I'm talking about central funding from Sky money, bigger playing budget and access to better commercial revenue from been at the top table. Thats what any Championship club has to overcome it's sort of like an invisible draw bridge put up. I fail to see anything special at Fev to overcome them long odds, you choke at the prospect of beating a fellow championship team in on off play final never mind getting best the best of SL clubs in a mini league system.

Don't be so defensive and wise up, it's an unfair system designed to keep clubs like yourselves from the top table.

Re: League restructure confirmed : Sat Jan 18, 2014 12:10 pm  

it's all excitement and happiness now but, to be fair, the professional teams will beat the amateur ones over 7 games.

The problem is, Featherstone are dong great but it's basically just a street. There's only so far their fan base can grow when they're suffocated by professional teams

Re: League restructure confirmed : Sat Jan 18, 2014 1:17 pm  

Glad franchising has gone, would prefer 1 up 1 down with a years exemption from relegation for the promoted team myself. The new structure is far better than franchising which made the sport in this country exceptionally boring. Can't see much movement between the leagues however but at least every club can get to the top league on the field which is what sport is about. One thing that's a pure joke is the championship club getting an extra home game .... How can you reward being in a lower division :s

Biggest amusement on this thread - fev fan bragging about training facilities it's like a Burger King employee bragging about his new car to a millionaire

Re: League restructure confirmed : Sat Jan 18, 2014 1:26 pm  

deeHell wrote:

the chances of seeing Fev in SL in the next 5 years are slim to say the least.

they were non existant before the restructure......now, on a levelish playing field, we have a chance

Re: League restructure confirmed : Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:11 pm  

spener wrote:

they were non existant before the restructure......now, on a levelish playing field, we have a chance

Agreed on the first bit. Thats why I would favour traditional P/R with a years grace for the promoted club. This new system is anything but fair to the Championship teams. You going to have to get the better of the SL clubs over a number games in a mini league something you just won't be prepared for. The gap in playing quality will still be massive between both leagues, so much that I don't expect to see a championship team promoted in this system unless see extraordinary circumstance prevail.

Re: League restructure confirmed : Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:28 pm  

Loving how Flat-cappers have come out of the winderness in the last 48 hours and I'm taking bets on how long it will take before they work in out and dispair sets in again.

Best quote I have heard regarding the new proposed structure comes from Devils Advocate comparing it to a medieval siege - something like this - "the drawbridge has been pulled down but the invaders are'nt prepared for the slaughter at the gates".

Re: League restructure confirmed : Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:21 pm  

Cas Till I Die wrote:

Glad franchising has gone, would prefer 1 up 1 down with a years exemption from relegation for the promoted team myself. The new structure is far better than franchising which made the sport in this country exceptionally boring. Can't see much movement between the leagues however but at least every club can get to the top league on the field which is what sport is about. One thing that's a pure joke is the championship club getting an extra home game .... How can you reward being in a lower division :s

Biggest amusement on this thread - fev fan bragging about training facilities it's like a Burger King employee bragging about his new car to a millionaire

So why are Cas negotiating a price to use ours then, what the helll does it say about your facilities, ow we cant wait to play u in that mini league bring it on

Re: League restructure confirmed : Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:30 pm  

I'm not convinced we are, we already use a facility At a school in Cas (yep not ours) but I fail to see the logic in travelling to fev, but if we are then I'll hold my hands up. Its good that its breathed a bit of life into a few championship teams, but when its the business end of the year and the leagues break up and every game is like a playoff game / grand final, that alone could be fevs undoing.