Dont be so sure about leigh they will get better

Also, I feel that their owner won't allow things to stagnate like we have, and has more cash to make squad improvements when needed

Hopefully we will get better

Where’s he getting those players from though? They need at least 4 or 5 to be competitive and only one quota space left and from mid-season the amount of games per week increases (there’s 3 lots of fri/mon easter style fixture i believe), plus theres the internationals alongside club games so clubs aren’t going to be releasing players. Leigh will go down by some distance.

I have seen that a record number of players are off contract at the end of the season both at home and Aus.
CLubs may well look at obtaining out of contract players early on loan, or try to make a permanent deal early.
Leigh will throw big money at transfers while we will not.

It was in press they are close to making 3 or 4 signings one from nrl so dont be be so confident

You just love it don't you.

If we ever get relegated it will be the best day of your life, don't even deny it.

I think this would depend on what deal the SL have just signed with Sky Sports for the next two years. The fact the figure hasn't been announced (unless I have missed it somewhere) would suggest its less then what we currently receive.

Hahaha you really are clueless how do you manage to wipipe ya

Taken from love Rl

The new deal is thought to be worth around £25m a year, compared to £40m a year at present.

After the 12 Super League clubs take their share, it could leave little for the RFL, which gave up the right to conduct the broadcast negotiations when Super League clubs broke away from the governing body in 2018, and the clubs in the second and third tiers of the professional pyramid.

However, the RFL can now negotiate its own deal and also has its own streaming service, which has proved to be a boon for behind-closed-doors fixtures.

Also, as part of the new deal, Sky have agreed to make some of this season’s fixtures available via free-to-air Sky platforms in an effort to increase audiences.

I’ve heard that super league is going to be rebranded as NRL Europe and possibly go to 14 teams, quite where all the players would come from is beyond me. It would dilute the intensity and standards even further.

Didn't know the pubs had reopened yet.

The mooted 10 team league is more of a concern.

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I wonder which of the 13? Turkeys will be voting for Christmas.

And here was me thinking that the last restructuring of the league was the final one for years because the constant tinkering was harming the game.

Well one of the Hull teams would have to go then.

RL in the UK is going down the pan.
The new TV deal is bloody awful, a 25/30% cut and that's not taking account of inflation over the last 5 years.
Where the sport will be in 10 years looks scary, especially when yo factor in the lack of junior rugby and the very likely further drop in numbers when the game gets going again (primarily due to covid).

Suppose a 10 team Super League would put us out of our misery and maybe a place in the second tier could make us more competitive than we are now. Players would come and go, hopefully the coach would go and with a revamped stadium and a strong management a fresh start might be for the best.

Will there be promotion up to the top league or is it way that all the S L clubs with Sugar Daddy's can keep cheating ,

On the face of it we should be in with a good chance of victory tomorrow. We are at home, the squad is not as bad as predicted, Catalan will have flown in on the day and they lost at home last week.

I honestly think we will win

I didn’t say that, history indicates probably not.

Your right there, the game is in a right state and the powers that be just seem to bury their heads in the sand or are completely oblivious to what is going on. Junior and open age teams going to the wall every season, pro teams having to make decisions on young players at 18/19 when they have left the academy with their bodies not yet developed and no A team structure to drop in to. When you get teams in Wakefield/ cas and fev struggling for numbers and teams like west Hull struggling to exist your in serious bother. The scouts are scrapping for the odd good player and are even turning up to games with 12v 11. The level of knowledge about the game is not there anymore in fact you don’t drive past parks or fields and see kids throwing a ball about anymore. Challenging times ahead

The reason for the cut is because the contract has changed.
We got something like 40 million when it was exclusive to Sky.
Now they have a chance of selling games to BBC and other broadcasters.
Apart from hitting a wider audience, if the money from other broadcasters eclipses the 15 million reduction, then it's a masterstroke. If not then it's a problem but we know the product has to change if we can't sell it anywhere.

What’s he going to blame this week.