Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:44 pm  

Dunkirk Spirit wrote:

Is seems to me IMG didn’t cover all their bases, when announcing the plans due out next wee. Below is a statement by League 1 clubs, taken from twitter.
My opinion at this time is IMG have no control, and are easily swayed by events and certain clubs.

League One Structure 2024
Bettred Leaque 1 Clubs.
Re: Competition Structure 2024
Date. 21.10.2023

Statement on behalf of League 1 Following Thursdays well documented meeting between the League 1 clubs and
representatives of the FL executive we can confirm that constructive talks remain ongoing Loaque clubs are unted and romain committed to working with our governing body and our Championship colleagues to identify and implement the best possible league structure
for 2024 and beyond. We are focused on driving an outcome which ultimately puts all member clubs outside of Super Leaque on a level playing field, specifically in terms of the IMG grading criteria and an
outcome in the best interests of driving a longer-term growth curve for the whole sport.
For and on behalf of League One clubs listed below.

Cornwall RLFC
Hunslet RLFC
Keighley Cougars Midlands Hurricanes
Newcastle Thunder
North Wales Crusaders
Oldham RLFC
Rochdale Homets RLFC
Workington Town RLFC

I thought Newcastle had pulled out, how come all of a sudden they have a voice?

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:55 pm  

financialtimes wrote: I thought Newcastle had pulled out, how come all of a sudden they have a voice? This was posted on their twitter page last week. We’re now exploring ways to keep our club alive for 2024. Full update here: (http://thunderrugby.co.uk)

financialtimes wrote: I thought Newcastle had pulled out, how come all of a sudden they have a voice? This was posted on their twitter page last week. We’re now exploring ways to keep our club alive for 2024. Full update here: (http://thunderrugby.co.uk)

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:48 pm  

Provisional grades due out tomorrow (Wednesday). What’s everyone’s expectation ? I hope Mat has a knowledgeable person ready for this job. My opinion is JM should have still been involved with this, I think it would have been a smoother handover to the new man eventually. https://newsletters.e.leeds-live.co.uk/ ... D=6xpsq0af

Provisional grades due out tomorrow (Wednesday). What’s everyone’s expectation ? I hope Mat has a knowledgeable person ready for this job. My opinion is JM should have still been involved with this, I think it would have been a smoother handover to the new man eventually. https://newsletters.e.leeds-live.co.uk/ ... D=6xpsq0af

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:05 pm  

He may still be...that statement from JM yesterday just said that he was stepping down as Chairman, not that he was leaving the club, and with this being his area of expertise for the past few months I will be very surprised if ME has just allowed him to walk away ??

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:24 pm  

I would hope so too Dunkirk but there is no mention of old regime in any if the statements, normally it is just curtesy to do so even if it was not amicable which I don't know if it was or not.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:48 pm  

Trin e ti wrote:

I would hope so too Dunkirk but there is no mention of old regime in any if the statements, normally it is just curtesy to do so even if it was not amicable which I don't know if it was or not.

Must admit i'd noticed the lack of any mention of the outgoing lot and found it quite strange and possibly quite telling. I'd guess it's a full clean sweep and JM is no longer involved in any capacity as of now. Although nothing is confirmed and at the time of writing nothing regarding the takeover yesterday has appeared on the companies house website i'd guess its out with the old and in with the new.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:11 pm  

Just remember the new stand etc will not count towards the provisional IMG rating.

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Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:25 pm  

Indeed. We'll get a much lower score on provisional.

I'm sure our resident haters will say the old guard did nothing and Ellis turned that score round but we'll just have to put up with that.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:33 pm  

Didnt mr carter say the new stand was needed to secure sl.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:53 pm  

lampyboy wrote:

Didnt mr carter say the new stand was needed to secure sl.

It is, but it isn't on the score sheet until next year, as it has not been in use.

Our score this year will be artificially lower than it will be next year.