We broke DR rules in 2013.... : Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:12 am  

According to a report in one of the RL papers Leigh were one of 5 clubs who broke DR rules in 2013. It concerned the playing of Iain Thornley.

Re: We broke DR rules in 2013.... : Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:35 am  

DR needs confining to the bin - simples!!

Re: We broke DR rules in 2013.... : Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:36 am  

Nostradamus's lad wrote:

DR needs confining to the bin - simples!!

Agreed. The whole thing is mired in farce.

Re: We broke DR rules in 2013.... : Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:50 am  

I remember the game he played in. It was the mid week game against fax. I think we won 11 to 4. But thats not important, as has been said, the whole system needs to be scrapped.

Re: We broke DR rules in 2013.... : Mon Sep 01, 2014 1:09 pm  

Can't see how it can continue next season, certainly not in The Championship. When a bottom 4 SL side could theoretically gain an advantage sending its best players to another team, to get them in the Qualifier Super 8, then withdraw all their Dual Coders to try to make them loose every game so there's less competition for their SL place, makes it a bigger farce than it already is.

Re: We broke DR rules in 2013.... : Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:02 pm  

No one forces the clubs to take the DRs. I think they've served their purpose, but don't see any club taking them on next year.

Re: We broke DR rules in 2013.... : Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:34 pm  

Agree DR has turned into a complete farce from an initial concept that had some merit.
However I think a number of clubs may like to keep it in some form. Especially those within small squads and very limited budgets. Can also see a viewpoint of some SL clubs who have benefitted from player development that DR can deliver.
I would prefer to see DR disappear but if is retained in any form then the RL must have stringent and clear rules that are strictly applied.
It would be absolutely ridiculous if SL clubs were in a position to manipulate the outcome of the league system planned for next year by the use of DR. This concern must be addressed by the RL in a year when league position will be so crucial in terms of Sky income for the following year.

Re: We broke DR rules in 2013.... : Tue Sep 02, 2014 1:22 pm  

I can't see how it can work in The Championship next year. I can see some reasons to keep it in League 1, especially amongst the new and smaller clubs (although I'd still rather it wasn't). Think partnering should be scrapped so you can get them from any team, surly if player development is the point you want them playing for the best team they can. There should be a cap of say 6 other registered players per team with a max 3/4 DRs, so clubs are more encouraged to send players on loan. Also DR should have a minimum time of 1 month, like loans so even if a player is never available he's taking up a DR spot for a month, to discourage clubs from just taking anyone and everyone.

Re: We broke DR rules in 2013.... : Tue Sep 02, 2014 1:40 pm  

IF it stays it must be restricted to under 22, and a max of 2 per club for any game