Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:33 pm  

burtonsrlfc wrote: Looking at the scores, it wouldn't suprise me to see 14 teams for the 2025 season onwards IMG's views on a 14 team SL: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... 4-27980826

burtonsrlfc wrote: Looking at the scores, it wouldn't suprise me to see 14 teams for the 2025 season onwards IMG's views on a 14 team SL: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... 4-27980826

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:48 pm  

burtonsrlfc wrote:

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

Remember every other club will take the small wins as well. You mention Huddersfield as an example but their social media presence is probably the worst in super league and i expect a major uptick there. In fact i expect every club to raise their game in that department so there will be much cancelling out of gains going on. We’ll gain a point for the stand but i expect others to do remedial work as well. Cas will struggle there though. LED boards will help but any club that puts in a permanent big screen can cancel that out. A club that puts both in this year gains a bit on us. We have to win both competitions next year just to maintain our on field score given we were 10th in 2021. But we’ll lose out on tv viewers next year so theres a hit.

Ultimately what i’m saying is its far from a given we are getting back in next year. It’s going to be tight!

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:50 pm  

phe13 wrote: IMG's views on a 14 team SL: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... 4-27980826 I'm not against 14 teams but the problem is money will be reduced from the TV deal. Also there is not enough players to make it a strong competition unless we go get an influx of aussies. I had hoped that developing our own players would become a priority and then a fazing out of the imports down to just 3.

phe13 wrote: IMG's views on a 14 team SL: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... 4-27980826 I'm not against 14 teams but the problem is money will be reduced from the TV deal. Also there is not enough players to make it a strong competition unless we go get an influx of aussies. I had hoped that developing our own players would become a priority and then a fazing out of the imports down to just 3.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:56 pm  

The problem will be that there will be so much fiddling going on and bending facts. IMG and the RFL do not have enough people to audit the information.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:59 pm  

Sacred Cow wrote:

Remember every other club will take the small wins as well. You mention Huddersfield as an example but their social media presence is probably the worst in super league and i expect a major uptick there. In fact i expect every club to raise their game in that department so there will be much cancelling out of gains going on. We’ll gain a point for the stand but i expect others to do remedial work as well. Cas will struggle there though. LED boards will help but any club that puts in a permanent big screen can cancel that out. A club that puts both in this year gains a bit on us. We have to win both competitions next year just to maintain our on field score given we were 10th in 2021. But we’ll lose out on tv viewers next year so theres a hit.

Ultimately what i’m saying is its far from a given we are getting back in next year. It’s going to be tight!

Remember this score does not included the new East stand, or the new owners .

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:04 pm  

I know hence i said we’ll get a point for the new stand. We are apparently already scoring well for finance, any gains there will actually be quite minimal.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:11 pm  

I mentioned Huddersfield for the reasons you outlined (sorry, the quote function wasn't working). They already have LED lights I believe, due to it being a football stadium so only could gain in that aspect with a big screen and actually owning it. So we will gain on them once our upgrades are added (minus what they gain with a big screen)

As I type this, it is just sad everyone is trying to add up 0.2 on this and 0.125 on that. We currently are sitting happier and more confident than London and we have just been relegated and they have just been promoted. Being a London fan right now must feel crap, knowing that they will be down before a ball is kicked, knowing that this is the case, assembling a basic team that will struggle to win a game

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:34 pm  

Pleasantly surprised with the score tbh....
I'd like to thank JM and the rest of the team for their work on this, as quite obviously we wouldn't have received this score without their input.
A great place to start and a score that can go up if we perform on the pitch and with ME in charge, I can only see that happening.
Feel for London - but it is what it is I'm afraid.
.....And poor Cas.....

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:34 pm  

I must admit this just isn’t sport for me. There should be minimum standards yes and they should be enforced properly but once those are hit then may the best team on the pitch win. That’s what it’s about. Not watches the most mundane player interviews on youtube. To be honest its pretty much me done with the sport if this is how its going.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:59 pm  

London are going to be in the same situation we were in the 2011, we were a dead club walking, everyone expected us to get the chop, no one would sign for us. We got a reprieve, I don't think London will, they may as well keep part time, bank the cash and be stronger for it in 2025. It could be an awful watch once the enthusiasm runs out.