ShropshireBull Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Now there´s no foreign travel thankfully and post Covid, championship looks absolutely stacked for teams who think they should be in that Top 6. York got new season stadium syndrome done. Widnes finally cleared of the mess of the last three years. Bulls strongest finish in years. Leigh bouncing back , Newcastle going full time and Eagles in new stadium. Not to forget Fev. Top 6 is going to be brutal to get into. Edited February 11 by ShropshireBull 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweaty craiq Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Leigh and Fev T2, rest will fight for next 4 spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovenden Grunt Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 14 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said: Now there´s no foreign travel thankfully and post Covid, championship looks absolutely stacked for teams who think they should be in that Top 6. York got new season stadium syndrome done. Widnes finally cleared of the mess of the last three years. Bulls strongest finish in years. Leigh bouncing back , Newcastle going full time and Eagles in new stadium. Not to forget Fev. Top 6 is going to be brutal to get into. Up The Fax 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Shepherd Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, sweaty craiq said: Leigh and Fev T2, rest will fight for next 4 spots. How much of the current Leigh squad is being retained? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireBull Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 Yeah Fax spending. Actually think pyramid if we cut the stupid money for a high finish in Championship is actually in a good position until Ottawa ruin it next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Widnes still need 2-3 more props in the squad or we'll have another uninspiring season next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, sweaty craiq said: Leigh and Fev T2, rest will fight for next 4 spots. Leigh won't make top 4 next season - you heard it here first 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POR Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, ShropshireBull said: Now there´s no foreign travel thankfully and post Covid, championship looks absolutely stacked for teams who think they should be in that Top 6. York got new season stadium syndrome done. Widnes finally cleared of the mess of the last three years. Bulls strongest finish in years. Leigh bouncing back , Newcastle going full time and Eagles in new stadium. Not to forget Fev. Top 6 is going to be brutal to get into. Going full time doesn't guarantee you being any good ask London and Sheffield 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdesert Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, ShropshireBull said: Now there´s no foreign travel thankfully and post Covid, championship looks absolutely stacked for teams who think they should be in that Top 6. York got new season stadium syndrome done. Widnes finally cleared of the mess of the last three years. Bulls strongest finish in years. Leigh bouncing back , Newcastle going full time and Eagles in new stadium. Not to forget Fev. Top 6 is going to be brutal to get into. What about Batley? Barring the 2 favourites for promotion, TO & Fev, Batley where a great success story in 2021. Bradford and York (sadly) weren’t a success at all. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireBull Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, POR said: Going full time doesn't guarantee you being any good ask London and Sheffield Not if you aren´t paying enough for players to give up a day job. Think Newcastle will have a bit more cash than the other two tbf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blues Ox Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 47 minutes ago, Spidey said: Leigh won't make top 4 next season - you heard it here first Not sure about top 4 but I don't see them making the top 2 with the struggles they are having signing players. Fev will be a total class above Leigh next season and its just whether teams like Bradford and Halifax can start to bridge that gap. Both are spending to try and do that but the lack of good forwards available is going to restrict any team that wants to challenge Fev. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 54 minutes ago, David Shepherd said: How much of the current Leigh squad is being retained? I would ask the same question about the Featherstone squad too as it is likely to have a bearing for both these teams. Are they both likely to be weakened and others strengthened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daddy Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Halifax have made some big signings and they'll be a force to be reckoned with in addition to Fev, Leigh and Newcastle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeb1 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 18 minutes ago, Wanderer said: I would ask the same question about the Featherstone squad too as it is likely to have a bearing for both these teams. Are they both likely to be weakened and others strengthened? many of the fev team are getting on a bit now so expect some leaving, to avoid being the bridesmaid yet again they need to buy some younger quality players for next season , my top 6 next year, leigh, newcastle, widnes , fev ,york and bradford . 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmon Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 at the bottom end, expect London to be scrapping it out with dewsbury and the cumbrian clubs. I would imagine York, Newcastle, Sheffiled will have too much to go down, but not enough to challenge the top 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 38 minutes ago, The Daddy said: Halifax have made some big signings and they'll be a force to be reckoned with in addition to Fev, Leigh and Newcastle Brendon Hill was the biggest Halifax signing I can recall 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakefield Ram Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 41 minutes ago, crashmon said: at the bottom end, expect London to be scrapping it out with dewsbury and the cumbrian clubs. I would imagine York, Newcastle, Sheffiled will have too much to go down, but not enough to challenge the top 6 With at least one half back under the age of 40 next season and better luck with injuries think Dewsbury might surprise a few. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweaty craiq Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, David Shepherd said: How much of the current Leigh squad is being retained? So far confirmed Reynolds and Mellor at halves, Whitbread Stone Sidlow in the pack with Tomkins confirmed as signed. Hope we have sorted Ioane and have rumoured to have signed Hampshire - couldn’t agree terms with Flower. Believe we have 8 more signed but they will get released with ST launch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweaty craiq Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, The Blues Ox said: Not sure about top 4 but I don't see them making the top 2 with the struggles they are having signing players. Fev will be a total class above Leigh next season and its just whether teams like Bradford and Halifax can start to bridge that gap. Both are spending to try and do that but the lack of good forwards available is going to restrict any team that wants to challenge Fev. So far we have Whitbread Sidlow Stone and Tomkins confirmed in the pack, Fev will fall back on Leeds fringe again IMO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Barrow to be the surprise package and challenge for 6th spot. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NERugbyDad Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Should start to get an idea of what the full time Newcastle Thunder squad are going to look like a week on Thursday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovenden Grunt Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, ShropshireBull said: Yeah Fax spending. Actually think pyramid if we cut the stupid money for a high finish in Championship is actually in a good position until Ottawa ruin it next year. Ottawa won't happen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 3 hours ago, ShropshireBull said: York got new season stadium syndrome done. Yeah we'll have that too.. Or wait will we???? I am absolutely not bouncing for the Champ next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexRL Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Yeah we'll have that too.. Or wait will we???? I am absolutely not bouncing for the Champ next season On the plus side the season after next (assuming there is still a L1) we should have a London derby to look forward too! Edited October 11, 2021 by EssexRL 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neutralfan7 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 It'll be the most competitive championship season in a while next year that's for sure! Even going full time I think Newcastle will be near bottom along with Haven Barrow Dewsbury Sheffield. Workington and possibly London to be relegated and I'll go for Bradford top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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