leigh to axe 2cnds

[The Parksider]

Anybody who watched championship reserves last year will know why we have walked away for a year, the quality was poor and games were cancelled at very short notice meaning you went weeks without a game. We 'loaned' out the better kids and will do so again to ensure they can develop via a competitive league - we do not have the depth to compete in a FT SL reserves, and will not have the career path to compete with the better kids when choosing a club unless we are in SL. A box ticking exercise is not what we need right now and this will have no bearing on future SL players in the sport.

The country has a couple of Academies producing international players, the rest make up the numbers at present and imo the funding should be removed from the majority and the RFL should run/oversee at least 6 FT regional academies to ensure elite player production, non elite will come from amateur clubs.

An England line up of Hardiker, Hall, Reed, Watkins. Burgess Williams Widdop Hill Roby Graham Bateman Farrel OLoughlin would be no different with or without licencing which protected 2/3 clubs who do not contribute to the pool. 

 

Good post that.......

[yipyee]

Anybody who watched championship reserves last year will know why we have walked away for a year, the quality was poor and games were cancelled at very short notice meaning you went weeks without a game. We 'loaned' out the better kids and will do so again to ensure they can develop via a competitive league - we do not have the depth to compete in a FT SL reserves, and will not have the career path to compete with the better kids when choosing a club unless we are in SL. A box ticking exercise is not what we need right now and this will have no bearing on future SL players in the sport.

The country has a couple of Academies producing international players, the rest make up the numbers at present and imo the funding should be removed from the majority and the RFL should run/oversee at least 6 FT regional academies to ensure elite player production, non elite will come from amateur clubs.

An England line up of Hardiker, Hall, Reed, Watkins. Burgess Williams Widdop Hill Roby Graham Bateman Farrel OLoughlin would be no different with or without licencing which protected 2/3 clubs who do not contribute to the pool.

no and no...you have walked away from it to balance the books at a vein attempt to stay under cap whilst you pay past it\troublesome journey men in a forlorn hope of achieving the impossible!

[sweaty craiq]

no and no...you have walked away from it to balance the books at a vein attempt to stay under cap whilst you pay past it\troublesome journey men in a forlorn hope of achieving the impossible!

 

That's us told, didn't realise that was the case but ta for clarifying 

[jackknife]

Seems like leigh are slowly turning into the new Salford lets face it since Salford got koukash most neutral fans have wanted Salford to fail (through jealousy) now leigh have won there league n was making a lot of noise about super league the neutral all wanted them to fail in the 8s which they did miserably.

[The Future is League]

I really don't understand the Leigh thinking.

If they break the salary cap they will have points deducted which means they won't even get a chance to get into Super League.

[The Parksider]

I really don't understand the Leigh thinking.

If they break the salary cap they will have points deducted which means they won't even get a chance to get into Super League.

 

It's a desperate protest more than a cunning plan.

 

If you want to break the cap for an advantage you don't do it starting with press releases. 

 

no and no...you have walked away from it to balance the books at a vein attempt to stay under cap whilst you pay past it\troublesome journey men in a forlorn hope of achieving the impossible!

 

It's not "balancing the books" for me. I take Craiqs explanation in good faith that it hasn't been an effective move for championship clubs to have reserves.

 

It won't do them any good playing the reserves of the top clubs. It may have given them an edge over Championship rivals to have an "A" team, but lord help them against top SL clubs