Re: Sheffield V Donny Result : Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:16 am  

RugbyLeague-Betting wrote:

It will be interesting when it comes to who goes full time. The SL clubs and the two relegated this season will have the pick of the full time players leaving anyone else going full time picking up the scraps. Obviously you cant run a full time team if only half your team is full time so its not like you could have 10 or so full time players and the rest part time which then leaves the other top teams say Sheffield and Fax to claim all the best part time players with their inflated salary caps(or the max they are working to).

I think there are quite a few current part-time players who would go full time if there was a) enough of a financial carrot and b) the prospect of Super League. The eventual top 2 in Championship this year might be able to offer both. For instance, both Leigh and Fev, who at this stage look amongst the leading candidates to finish in the top two, have a handful of players who are already working full time for the clubs (albeit partly with the community department in each case). The likes of Anthony England and Liam Finn have given up their jobs to have a crack at SL and I'm sure there will be more to come. Also, I don't agree that the two relegated teams, even with parachute payments, will have the pick of the full-time players next season, I'm not sure the likes of London and even Bradford (if they get relegated) are going to be a more attractive proposition for players than such as Leigh and Fev next season.

Re: Sheffield V Donny Result : Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:00 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Before, a benefactor was put off by a licensing system which was bent.

What evidence do you have of this ?

Re: Sheffield V Donny Result : Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:22 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

Mick there is a great view from the Panoramic Bar .Charlie knows .

If you like watching a game behind glass,not sure if us plebs could get in though

Re: Sheffield V Donny Result : Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:15 pm  

bentleyman wrote:

If you like watching a game behind glass,not sure if us plebs could get in though

Mick you are amongst the Aristocracy of Yorkshire and would get in anywhere , even the Wren .

Re: Sheffield V Donny Result : Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:42 pm  

What will the team who finish top of the third tier of 8 get in terms of finance?

I can see SL2 ie the group of 12 becoming very fixed in it's order because of the financial advantages of being in the 2nd group of 8 when SL2 splits.

Some of the better players in the Championship will be tempted by a crack at full-time rugby and will be mopped up by Leigh and Fev. The rest of the clubs are going to get left behind.

Re: Sheffield V Donny Result : Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:29 pm  

bentleyman wrote:

Getting back to the topic header,i went to the game and even though Donny were 16 points down at h/t i still felt if they had enough possession they could win.With not going to Owlerton since 1989 i had forgotten how small&narrow the pitch was,this had a big bearing on tactics,Paul Cooke was superb.
The viewing is truly awful one tiny bit of terracing in one corner the rest just a slope,no good news for real ale lovers one pub near the ground selling rubbish freeflow,same inside beer at £3-10 a pint
When we play there i will have a decent drink in Sheffield

Sheffield away is the only game I will miss this year due to holiday commitment. I didn't plan it that way but it does prove there is a God.

Re: Sheffield V Donny Result : Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:47 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

What evidence do you have of this ?

Bradford Bulls you perlonker!!!!

Re: Sheffield V Donny Result : Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:29 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Bradford Bulls you perlonker!!!!

Re: Sheffield V Donny Result : Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:14 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Bradford Bulls you perlonker!!!!

I think he means are you sure Halifax lost a benefactor because of the bent licensing.

Re: Sheffield V Donny Result : Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:19 pm  

Oh, I see. Well, if that's the case then I'm a perlonker. I didn't even mean to say it was bent really - just extremely flawed. I mean, the RFL shelling out £750k for a licenced club's lease!! Complete joke.