2025 Club Ratings

[wilsontown]

2 hours ago, Gav Wilson said:

 

It should be Toulouse, York, Bradford.

I fear it'll be Toulouse, Bradford, London.

I'll be delighted with Toulouse, York, London.

If it's York, Bradford, London then the game's gone.

Correct. I have this horrible feeling that it's us going to miss out though.

[Tommygilf]

10 hours ago, Gav Wilson said:

 

It should be Toulouse, York, Bradford.

I fear it'll be Toulouse, Bradford, London.

I'll be delighted with Toulouse, York, London.

If it's York, Bradford, London then the game's gone.

I agree with that assessment. 

This whole coup and expansion was driven by the Salford fiasco making a Toulouse promotion as team 12 more likely. Teams feared that and so here we are.

Toulouse should be in the 12 on IMG Gradings. 

[ColD]

12 hours ago, Gav Wilson said:

 

It should be Toulouse, York, Bradford.

I fear it'll be Toulouse, Bradford, London.

I'll be delighted with Toulouse, York, London.

If it's York, Bradford, London then the game's gone.

A lot of money being spent as if they all seem to assume they will be in SL - surely at least one of the 4 has to miss out and have a very expensive Champ squad with at this stage what  appears to be very little to play for in terms of promotion etc the following season 

[georgeb1]

1 hour ago, ColD said:

A lot of money being spent as if they all seem to assume they will be in SL - surely at least one of the 4 has to miss out and have a very expensive Champ squad with at this stage what  appears to be very little to play for in terms of promotion etc the following season 

But it's a long term plan for the serious clubs that want to improve, so start building now is the only way to be top of the pile when the next opportunity arises 

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

I'm hoping it's Doncaster and Widnes (with Salford retaining their place)......

Edited October 14 by Les Tonks Sidestep

[Spidey]

If there's nobody dropping out of SL it should be Toulouse & York

If Salford go, add London

If Salford & Huddersfield go then possibly Bradford

[whatmichaelsays]

38 minutes ago, georgeb1 said:

But it's a long term plan for the serious clubs that want to improve, so start building now is the only way to be top of the pile when the next opportunity arises 

I'm not sure people like Paul Vaughan (34) and Andy Ackers (31) represent "long term plans". 

[Fevrover]

3 hours ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

I'm hoping it's Doncaster and Widnes (with Salford retaining their place)......

Not a chance.

[Max_Power]

What IMG and licensing caused was finger pointing between fans, our ground is better than yours, we have this, that and the other. That club isn't good enough for Super League. They bring no fans, etc etc. It's shrinking the game further and further. 

 

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

7 minutes ago, Fevrover said:

Not a chance.

Who knows with this shower

[SinBinSid]

Who remember Super League 2021? Leigh Centurions were 'committee' voted in after Toronto Wolfpack withdrew, mainly because of their ground. They struggled and were immediately relegated. That fact is often forgotten when people debate the two open spots for the 16 October 2025 committee vote. Surely it should have been London Broncos, who held the last Super League place in 2019 with 10 wins, especially as there was no Championship competition in 2020 due to COVID.  And the rest is history…

[gingerjon]

1 minute ago, SinBinSid said:

That fact is often forgotten when people debate the two open spots for the 16 October 2025 committee vote.

Are you sure? It's mentioned all the blinking time.

[whatmichaelsays]

30 minutes ago, Max_Power said:

What IMG and licensing caused was finger pointing between fans, our ground is better than yours, we have this, that and the other. That club isn't good enough for Super League. They bring no fans, etc etc. It's shrinking the game further and further. 

 

All things rugby league supporters have never argued about before......

[Chrispmartha]

48 minutes ago, Max_Power said:

What IMG and licensing caused was finger pointing between fans, our ground is better than yours, we have this, that and the other. That club isn't good enough for Super League. They bring no fans, etc etc. It's shrinking the game further and further. 

 

 

[Fevrover]

1 hour ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

Who knows with this shower

Lol,i honestly can't see beyond Bradford, London and York,I'd put my mortgage on Bradford if i had one lol.

[Ackroman]

4 hours ago, whatmichaelsays said:

I'm not sure people like Paul Vaughan (34) and Andy Ackers (31) represent "long term plans". 

What does a long term plan look like?

[Simon Hall]

5 hours ago, whatmichaelsays said:

I'm not sure people like Paul Vaughan (34) and Andy Ackers (31) represent "long term plans". 

80 minutes is a long term plan in Rugby League.