Sat 22nd Feb: SL: Castleford Tigers v St Helens KO 20:00 (SS+/SL+)

[Fevrover]

10 hours ago, Agbrigg said:

He is not smart or ambitious though is he, what was he thinking signing a long contract with that lot

Contracts don't mean players can't move these days,they'll just get sold for a good fee to get them out of it if they want to move. You can bet he ends up at Leeds eventually. 

[Agbrigg]

25 minutes ago, Fevrover said:

Contracts don't mean players can't move these days,they'll just get sold for a good fee to get them out of it if they want to move. You can bet he ends up at Leeds eventually. 

5 years is massive and could put teams off coming in for sometime. Meanwhile playing in that rubbish set up won't do his development much good. 

Only my opinion 2 years at most  would have been the best and would have set him up nicely to move on to a better club.

[bobbruce]

2 hours ago, Wakefield Ram said:

It allows SL clubs to save money on running reserve teams, whilst distorting lower tier competitions. 

You’ll have explain how SL clubs would save money on reserve teams seeing as every English SL club runs a reserve team. It surely allows lower league clubs to save money on squads and gives players a higher standard to play in than reserves if it will help their development. 

[daz39]

2 hours ago, Wakefield Ram said:

It allows SL clubs to save money on running reserve teams, whilst distorting lower tier competitions. 

And lower league clubs to be able to drop young up and coming and developing talent who need matchday experience on a game by game basis for a 'bigger name' player to immprove their matchday squad.

[MZH]

2 hours ago, daz39 said:

And lower league clubs to be able to drop young up and coming and developing talent who need matchday experience on a game by game basis for a 'bigger name' player to immprove their matchday squad.

But that's a fault of the clubs themselves rather than the DR system. If you've got a talented youngster you need to back him and give him game time. If a coach chooses to use DR players instead that's on him.

[Fevrover]

5 hours ago, Agbrigg said:

5 years is massive and could put teams off coming in for sometime. Meanwhile playing in that rubbish set up won't do his development much good. 

Only my opinion 2 years at most  would have been the best and would have set him up nicely to move on to a better club.

Yeah i agree when you put it like that.

[The Blues Ox]

21 hours ago, daz39 said:

And lower league clubs to be able to drop young up and coming and developing talent who need matchday experience on a game by game basis for a 'bigger name' player to immprove their matchday squad.

Im not sure teams in the Championship have much in the way of up and coming developing talent. SL clubs snapping up every player who has ever looked at a rugby ball put paid to that over the years.

[muckymunksy]

On 23/02/2025 at 08:17, Fevrover said:

Contracts don't mean players can't move these days,they'll just get sold for a good fee to get them out of it if they want to move. You can bet he ends up at Leeds eventually. 

Why would anyone go to Mid Table Leeds 

He will be at Manly in 3 years or a top side like saints or Wigan not Leeds 

[Fevrover]

Just now, muckymunksy said:

Why would anyone go to Mid Table Leeds 

He will be at Manly in 3 years or a top side like saints or Wigan not Leeds 

Maybe but Leeds have had plenty from cas,who knows what any team will be like in 3 years.