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And herein lies the utter daftness. 3 pretty similar clubs and 2 get £1.5m and a SL place whilst the other is told to go away and improve your attendances, viewing figures and finances in a league tha

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So Newcastle, who barely even exist, are better set for Super League than London. Wakefield get the chance at more points by winning the Championship and 1895 Cup, by comparison to Castleford and

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This is actually good stuff. The criteria is perfectly fine. People saying they "feel" this and that about where certain teams should be need to keep it to themselves. Feelings have gotten the En

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To be fair, someone on the rlfans forum scored Trinty with attainable targets at 14.7 for next year so I would imagine it would not too hard for the clubs above us to be pushing for an A. Leigh if they continue as they have for one. Huddersfield really ought to be there too. 

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17 minutes ago, Martyn Sadler said:

You are absolutely right. The split between team 12 and team 13 may be 0.25 points, which is surely within any margin of error, but the financial consequences could be catastrophic for the team ranked 13.

Especially when there is an element of marking your own homework in some areas of the grading. A few clubs have said they’ve had no direct contact with IMG never mind any sort of audit of what they submitted. Easy to manipulate your score a little bit if nobody is checking what you submit. 

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5 minutes ago, dboy said:

Has anyone managed to work out how Salford score so highly???

Decent on field, good ground but poor utilisation, low fan base, poor socials, poor financials, can't pay their rent...

How is this worked out?

Probably high on:

- finances, based on selling players and the fans scheme, turnover, profit and owner investment will all have been effected giving a very healthy score.

- catchment,  1.5 points, just for been based in Manchester.

- on field performance will be decent.

- staduim will be fairly good, except utilisation and won't have the tenure points.

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2 minutes ago, Gav Wilson said:

Building solid, sustainable clubs with robust business plans will enable to game to secure more investment, and ultimately provide a better sport on the pitch.

If we get 20 grade A's with a much improved TV deal and more eyeballs on the game, P&R can come back and IMG's job is done.

All makes sense, but there's absolutely no chance this happens when a sport doesnt value the product on the pitch as the main element. 

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2 minutes ago, MattSantos said:

All makes sense, but there's absolutely no chance this happens when a sport doesnt value the product on the pitch as the main element. 

All this IMG shambles is doing, is alienating large number of existing fans. It’s a shambles and needs stopping.

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3 minutes ago, Gates1 said:

Probably high on:

- finances, based on selling players and the fans scheme, turnover, profit and owner investment will all have been effected giving a very healthy score.

- catchment,  1.5 points, just for been based in Manchester.

- on field performance will be decent.

- staduim will be fairly good, except utilisation and won't have the tenure points.

Would agree on all but finance.

Can't pay their rent, rely completely on central distribution, the kind of finance report Bulls would be proud of.

Nil points on this one!

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2 hours ago, Jill Halfpenny fan said:

I'd love to see the breakdown's of these scores to see how Toulouse scored so highly.

Don't hold your breath for that level of transparency!  It's becoming quite clear the sham is a way of the rfl moving the parts where they want them imo.

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3 minutes ago, dboy said:

Would agree on all but finance.

Can't pay their rent, rely completely on central distribution, the kind of finance report Bulls would be proud of.

Nil points on this one!

Finance at the point of submission though, a 400k - 700k boost (from selling players and a share scheme) will make it all look rosy (for a short period....)

I doubt the money from Croft and Ackers will be in place yet so that will help with the actual gradings.

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17 minutes ago, Gav Wilson said:

Building solid, sustainable clubs with robust business plans will enable to game to secure more investment, and ultimately provide a better sport on the pitch.

If we get 20 grade A's with a much improved TV deal and more eyeballs on the game, P&R can come back and IMG's job is done.

Have you ever thought of a career in comedy ?

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4 minutes ago, Gates1 said:

Finance at the point of submission though, a 400k - 700k boost (from selling players and a share scheme) will make it all look rosy (for a short period....)

I doubt the money from Croft and Ackers will be in place yet so that will help with the actual gradings.

The player sales aren't income on a balance sheet.

The "share scheme" is a one-off, so yes, agreed, gets them through the short term.

But only the short term. Which doesn't count.

Salford going bust is Castleford's best hope of staying in SL.

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1 minute ago, GUBRATS said:

Have you ever thought of a career in comedy ?

The funny thing is, is that what he posts is factually desirable/the overall aim for the sport, and you think it's a joke!

Until the game aspires to that goal and actually acts on it (maybe we are doing now), then we'll never progress the sport.

 

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3 minutes ago, dboy said:

The funny thing is, is that what he posts is factually desirable/the overall aim for the sport, and you think it's a joke!

Until the game aspires to that goal and actually acts on it (maybe we are doing now), then we'll never progress the sport.

 

And you think the clubs didn't already know what makes them better/bigger ? , that more people through the gates = more money , better sponsorship = more money , more merchandise sales = more money  

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