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[intheshed]

So Rochdale's new head coach is Saints U20's coach Ian Talbot and yes you've guessed it Saints & Rochdale are entering into one of these lovely new partnership arrangements.

Their gonna struggle with the usual platitudes with this one. 'retain our independence, our coach picks the team etc.....

http://www.saintsrlf.../news/page/2378

Ce message a été modifié par intheshed - 11 octobre 2012 - 01:03 .

[roughyedspud]

sad day for hornets.....they are rochdale saints now

[Saint Toppy]

sad day for hornets.....they are rochdale saints now

Nope they'll be the St.Helens Haven Hornets Reserve Team, Lancashire Branch, which will nicely compliment the St.Helens Haven Hornets, Reserve Team Cubria Branch !!!

It appears that Saints have gone into a full partnership agreement with Hornets sharing players, coaches and facilities, and a lesser agreement with Whitehaven more along the lines of the current set-up of dual-registration of players.

Time will tell whether it benefits any or non of the parties and whether it strengthens the game or destroys the championship clubs completely.

[roughyedspud]

can only see it benefiting st helens tbh

[Gav Wilson]

Rochdale will be a much stronger club than they have been in recent years thanks to this partnership. Whats the problem?

[roughyedspud]

they are'nt a club anymore...they are a branch in the st helens system......

[Gav Wilson]

they are'nt a club anymore...they are a branch in the st helens system......

Not they're not, they're still a club. If they get stronger they can easily call the deal off and go it alone again.

[Ex-Kirkholt]

they are'nt a club anymore...they are a branch in the st helens system......

Hornets will have up to 5 dual reg./loan players from Saints. Hornets and coach Talbot will have to find the rest of the squad.

They may start looking in the Rochdale area - there are at least 5 local juniors currently involved in the Wigan set-up so the talent is there.

[usain bolt]

saints dual with rochdale and whitehaven. imagine the travelling and expenses required to go there a couple of times a week and vice versa, the money needs to come from somewhere? hopefully not the individual players expenses, wont be worth playing if thats the case. theyre on peanuts as it is.

[roughyed49]

Beggining of the end, madness.

[intheshed]

Rochdale will be a much stronger club than they have been in recent years thanks to this partnership. Whats the problem?

Thats an opinion that strikes me as requiring a rather large leap of faith even after you've chosen the extremely limited and convenient timeframe of 'recent years' to measure against.

Whats your opinion of the effect upon York's season of having a lack of continuity in key positions? Do you not think this deal increases the chances of Rochdale having to deal such a lack of continuity?

The statements give the impression that Talbot will remain an employee of St Helens, assuming that is the case what is his primary responsibility, the development and match fitness of sts fringe players or putting the strongest possible Rochdale team out on any given day? For much of the time they will be compatible goals but there will be occasions when they compete.

[roughyedspud]

Not they're not, they're still a club. If they get stronger they can easily call the deal off and go it alone again.

call off the deal and st helens take their coaches back,players they've "loaned" and any of the talent they uncover in rochdale...

[Gav Wilson]

Thats an opinion that strikes me as requiring a rather large leap of faith even after you've chosen the extremely limited and convenient timeframe of 'recent years' to measure against.

Whats your opinion of the effect upon York's season of having a lack of continuity in key positions? Do you not think this deal increases the chances of Rochdale having to deal such a lack of continuity?

The statements give the impression that Talbot will remain an employee of St Helens, assuming that is the case what is his primary responsibility, the development and match fitness of sts fringe players or putting the strongest possible Rochdale team out on any given day? For much of the time they will be compatible goals but there will be occasions when they compete.

Limited and Convenient? Why is that? Do you think Rochdale were managing just fine as they were? I certainly don't. They failed to finish in the top 4 of the lowest professional division last year for a reason.

Talbot's job as Head Coach of Rochdale will be to build a squad of around 25 players that are capable of winning Championship 1, with the luxury of using up to 5 players from a very strong SuperLeague academy system.

York had awful luck with dual-registered players last season, because they were using the system all wrong. I'm more than happy with this - much more stable - system though.

[keighley]

Not they're not, they're still a club. If they get stronger they can easily call the deal off and go it alone again.

In theory, the Queen can dissolve parliament and rule the country herself. Going it alone after being dependent on St Helens for players and coaches and adding these expenses back on their budget will be very difficult. Bramley never recovered after they left the feeder arrangement they had with Leeds.

[Gav Wilson]

call off the deal and st helens take their coaches back,players they've "loaned" and any of the talent they uncover in rochdale...

Well Rochdale are hardly doing a fantastic job uncovering it themselves are they?

[roughyedspud]

Limited and Convenient? Why is that? Do you think Rochdale were managing just fine as they were? I certainly don't. They failed to finish in the top 4 of the lowest professional division last year for a reason.

Talbot's job as Head Coach of Rochdale will be to build a squad of around 25 players that are capable of winning Championship 1, with the luxury of using up to 5 players from a very strong SuperLeague academy system.

York had awful luck with dual-registered players last season, because they were using the system all wrong. I'm more than happy with this - much more stable - system though.

do u think you're going to get the same 5 players every week?

[Gav Wilson]

do u think you're going to get the same 5 players every week?

5 from a pool of 8 yes, and they will have to fight to get into the 17 like anybody else.

[roughyedspud]

Well Rochdale are hardly doing a fantastic job uncovering it themselves are they?

when i said rochdale i really meant oldham obviously lol

[usain bolt]

if rochdale move up to championship level, ie promoted and whitehaven stay in that division, will there be a clash of interests. also when reading the article regarding the 'mergers' it states that theres a clear path way to the top, ie championship1-championship-superleague. if rochdale progress and move up then the pathway is prevented.

[roughyedspud]

5 from a pool of 8 yes, and they will have to fight to get into the 17 like anybody else.

them 5 st helens players will be the first names on the rochdale team sheet lol