Championship 2020

[Bartholemew Smythe 137]

Looking like the Championship 2020 season could be the best with either Oldham or Newcastle joining the party.Roll on next season and another ST in the bag.

Edited October 6 by Bartholemew Smythe

[paulwalker71 2,007]

It would be quite a surprise if Doncaster joined the party

[Scubby 10,509]

5 minutes ago, Bartholemew Smythe said:

Looking like the Championship 2020 season could be the best with either Donny or Newcastle joining the party.Roll on next season and another ST in the bag.

[CanadianRugger 1,098]

Oh you forgot London coming back to the party as well!

[Bartholemew Smythe 137]

5 minutes ago, paulwalker71 said:

It would be quite a surprise if Doncaster joined the party

Sorry meant Oldham ....ooops.

[Bartholemew Smythe 137]

2 minutes ago, CanadianRugger said:

Oh you forgot London coming back to the party as well!

No I didn`t ,they were already there prior to my post. Oldham or Newcastle aren`t.

[GeordieSaint 5,544]

Toulouse, Leigh and Featherstone will be the favourites for promotion. Widnes, Bradford, Sheffield, London and Halifax in the pack behind... should be a great competition. 

[Bartholemew Smythe 137]

1 minute ago, GeordieSaint said:

Toulouse, Leigh and Featherstone will be the favourites for promotion. Widnes, Bradford, Sheffield, London and Halifax in the pack behind... should be a great competition. 

Not forgetting York who had a fantastic season.

[Les Tonks Sidestep 1,272]

4 minutes ago, Bartholemew Smythe said:

Not forgetting York who had a fantastic season.

Be interesting how they go in season 2 as they'll be no longer under the radar. Batley had a great season (and an almost identical knack of winning the close games) a few years ago but didn't kick on from there.

[millomite 72]

Hopefully it’s Newcastle. That ground Oldham are playing at looks worse than most NCL grounds

[GeordieSaint 5,544]

12 minutes ago, Bartholemew Smythe said:

Not forgetting York who had a fantastic season.

Oops yes! Should be a tough old competition.

[ravens88 90]

Toulouse & London will be 2 big boys with Fev & Leigh way behind

[DoubleD 4,420]

18 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said:

Toulouse, Leigh and Featherstone will be the favourites for promotion. Widnes, Bradford, Sheffield, London and Halifax in the pack behind... should be a great competition. 

I would say London have certainly as good a chance as Leigh and Fev. They've lost some players but have recruited some good ones and have a great coach

[Bartholemew Smythe 137]

4 minutes ago, ravens88 said:

Toulouse & London will be 2 big boys with Fev & Leigh way behind

We`ll see.

[Stirlin 294]

43 minutes ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

Be interesting how they go in season 2 as they'll be no longer under the radar. 

Couple of good signings made so far Les with more to come.

[BryanC 391]

5 hours ago, millomite said:

Hopefully it’s Newcastle. That ground Oldham are playing at looks worse than most NCL grounds

Bit harsh lad.

Better to be playing in a ###### ground than having no club.

There but for the grace of God...

[RL does what Sky says 744]

6 hours ago, millomite said:

Hopefully it’s Newcastle. That ground Oldham are playing at looks worse than most NCL grounds

As has been pointed out in other threads ... Oldham will not be playing at that ground when in the Championship. It will probably be back at Bower Fold (Stalybrdige Celtic FC) as they did when last in the Championship or it could even be at Boundary Park.

[millomite 72]

I can’t believe it’s actually called a stadium

[Chris22 931]

With Toronto coming up, the Championship may improve next year. The side who have gone down have lost a few players, so there are a number of promotion candidates.

It's a huge opportunity for Toulouse, the biggest chance they have had to get to Super League. London, York, Leigh and Fev would all back themselves and cannot be ruled out.

[dixiedean 767]

In addition to the battle at the top, it should be fiercely competitive at the other end too. 

Not that it is fun to talk about relegation this far out, but, if Swinton can sort out their off field issues, there doesn't look an obvious team out of their depth right now...

Edited October 6 by dixiedean

[RL does what Sky says 744]

1 hour ago, millomite said:

I can’t believe it’s actually called a stadium

A stadium (plural stadiums or stadia)^[1] is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

[Stirlin 294]

On 06/10/2019 at 15:58, Stirlin said:

Couple of good signings made so far Les with more to come.

James Green signed from Bulls , York pack shaping up nicely .

[AB Knight 1,377]

I’ve never really understood this ‘under the radar’ thing.

It’s not like York are some secret unknown club playing their games behind closed doors. Opposition coaches (if their team didn’t have a game) were often seen at Bootham Crescent checking out how we played in the weeks before their game with York.

Mentally maybe certain players from other clubs thought little old York would roll over and so didn’t prepare as intensely as they would when playing the likes of Fev, Leigh, Widnes etc.

But anyway yes it should be a great season, will be nice to have another trip down to London and for what it’s worth if someone offered 5th position I’d take that now. It looks an incredibly competitive league and with the new stadium move coming up I know sometimes clubs can take a while to adjust to the new surroundings, plus I have a feeling the player turnover at York will be higher than previous years, which again takes time to gel.

[The Blues Ox 791]

On 06/10/2019 at 23:17, dixiedean said:

In addition to the battle at the top, it should be fiercely competitive at the other end too. 

Not that it is fun to talk about relegation this far out, but, if Swinton can sort out their off field issues, there doesn't look an obvious team out of their depth right now...

It could easily be Bradford if they actually make it to the start of the season and are allowed to continue in this league. Other than that I think the 2 heavy wollen teams will be in the mix for the drop come the end of the season.

[Eddie 744]

On 06/10/2019 at 21:36, RL does what Sky says said:

As has been pointed out in other threads ... Oldham will not be playing at that ground when in the Championship. It will probably be back at Bower Fold (Stalybrdige Celtic FC) as they did when last in the Championship or it could even be at Boundary Park.

Bower Fold isn’t exactly a quality ground suitable for championship rugby league, plus isn’t it a fair way from Oldham (in Greater Manchester terms?). It would be great to see you at Boundary Park.