Gotcha wrote:
I see Peacock has now come out and said the exact same thing as the Huddersfield and Leeds coach said to me. His words, "It is no coincidennce that five of top six teams in the league this year have a reserve team".
It really isn't, but to see that you would also have to think without the need to defend everything Leeds does.
It is a massive coincidence. It can be nothing else at this stage.
I notice you cherry pick Peacocks statements but ignore the fact that 3 clubs have already given up on it and another is moaning about it.
I have no problem with a reserves in principle. The issue comes with the fact it pays no attention to the reality of the structure the game operates under.
SL's reduction to 12 should have seen an increase in quality and talent, a consolidation of quality between fewer sides, except it didnt because we actually still have 14 full time sides, plus a couple more with increased wage bills trying to get close to full-time but we havent produced any more players. So we have the same pool spread over more sides.
The SC has stayed the same so SL clubs can't offer more to these players, or these ones who have broken through at 20/21 so its not even the best of that cohort who are playing in it. Its a joke league. Its quality is less than league 1, there are barely any fixtures, and its costly.
Would you want a young player playing and learning week in week out against Leigh, Bradford, Dewsbury, or playing once every couple of weeks against Dewsbury Reserve, Keighley Reserves or Hull Reserves.