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Haha seems to be a pattern that Aus dodge great teams so they can portray the myth that they are perpetually the best

Is the owner getting ready for life after his leadership, is this his exit strategy getting the club ready for a sustainable future, and if that is in the championship with a smaller stadium , following and of course budget then it would leave them in a better place than what is happening at Salford right now.

Suppose if you can't beat them buy them

Weather it's week one or week 27 it's irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Didn't someone field a weakened team in round 27 last year? From what Rowley said its the RFL that wouldn't let them enter 15 players as a squad. Ultimately there are rules and if they are operating at a reduced cap it is what it is. The Salford lads dug in for the full 80 and are hero's , some will go on to play many games in SL and will never forget their debuts.

Isn't the first time and won't be the last that a weakened team has been fielded. Think last time Saints did it was during Covid, and obviously the Bradford one years ago under Millward. It is what it is. The bigger question is why did Salford get a licence and allowed back in SL when finances is a criteria point. Toulouse should be back in with Salford in the championship. Was lessons not learned from the Crusaders fiasco.

It's only what Leigh did wasn't it

Isnt that what people wanted Toronto to do in covid? Relocate all players to the UK for a year with no regard to visas etc.. And when they said no they were kicked out of the league..

Could also give a team a breather when gased defending their own line or from a break, 2 mins break to get heir breath back. I am for it by the way but will be surprised if it's not used in the way above at least once before round 3

This is where there's a lot of disagreement. One hand Clubs should be promoted on the field. Other hand, clubs can't afford to operate as a SL club but won the competition below.. So where we see clubs spending on the first team to get promoted it would appear that clubs are spending on box ticking to get promoted and reaching the same outcome.. insolvency

Why run it if they can't afford it??

It seems a case of running out of money in the off season because they were behind financially due to getting an advancement last season. However instead of ensuring it didn't happen again they repeated the same error. They need to get a cash injection from elsewhere or spend less next year. What's sad is Toulouse could have been promoted and Salford drop down for a year similar to wakey you would expect them to come back stronger next year. They will get an advance but unless they change things they will be here next year too. The worst won't happen but if it did it mirrors the crusaders winning a licence only to fold financially. London and Toulouse are both the future growth of the sport who are financially dtable and we leave them in the championship whilst clubs are propped up struggling in the top division. Someone mentioned another manchester club, well there was one playing out of the ethiad campus that folded when they were turned down for a league 1 place. Central Manchester not salford, good stadium and facility's, great transport links and good ideas to grow the game...

Well I am guessing betting on that one team is suspended. Bit different though isn't it.

Why not just be happy watching your team play rugby and be entertained. Meet up with the lads (or girls etc) and have a good few hours. Talk about how the game went, who's looking good who is past it etc.. Or maybe take the kids who will be inspired to play themselves. Why does it need to be top level or nothing??

Odd thing about league is everyone thinks they should be in the top division. Football fans are happy watching their team at whatever level, hence the big crowds

Its totally different, for instance what is London doing, are they going to be competitive, will they still exist ?