On-field success during the current franchise. : Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:42 pm  

Just to add a few stats to the current franchising information, have a look at the average position for 2009, 2010, 2011 (obviously up to the current table!). This makes for interesting reading. The number after each team is the average league finishing position for the last 2 seasons and this season up to this week.

1 St Helens 2.3
2 Wigan 2.7
3 Huddersfield 4.0
3 Leeds 4.0
5 Warrington 5.0
6 Hull K R 6.7
7 Castleford 7.3
8 Hull 8.7
9 Catalans Dragons 9.0
10 Bradford 9.7
10 Wakefield 9.7
12 Celtic Crusaders 12.0
12 Harlequins RL 12.0
12 Salford 12.0

Looks like we've ticked the average top 8 box!

Re: On-field success during the current franchise. : Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:53 pm  

Georgie Best on a Bloomer wrote:

12 Celtic Crusaders 12.0
12 Harlequins RL 12.0
12 Salford 12.0

The three that I would have in the hat for the chop tbh, and as I see it, the only fair outcome

Re: On-field success during the current franchise. : Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:58 pm  

casman2 wrote:

The three that I would have in the hat for the chop tbh, and as I see it, the only fair outcome

TBH, the more I look at that list, the more I'm impressed by what the club's done on a tight budget over the last 3 years.

Re: On-field success during the current franchise. : Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:22 pm  

There is no way you should even be in the running for relegation. The likes of yourselves and KR are what has given many Championship fans hope that a team can go up and hold it's own with the big guns (twice!) with no help from the RFL (unlike Huddersfield, Salford, Crusaders, Quins and Hull who have all been a protected species at some point). You have survived two relegations to bounce back and can only be viewed as an extremely strong RL club.

Re: On-field success during the current franchise. : Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:22 pm  

i have copied the quote below from casforum and i think you will agree that the poster has a point

On top of the aforementioned, we are also a success story of franchising. The rfl would look ridiculous denying us a franchise when we are evidence of franchising working. Two crippling relegations plus being hampered financially but inspite of that we are currently sixth best side in the country and solvent. Without franchising we would have been down again after finishing bottom on our return and suffered further loss of support and income etc. Franchising allowed us to accept a lower finish and place emphasis on bringing the kids through not just hurling money at loads of foreign imports to desperately try and stay up.
In all honesty as much as I prefered promotion and relegation, we have benefitted more than others because the frsnchise and it is another reason why the rfl should be proud of what cas have done for them

Re: On-field success during the current franchise. : Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:13 pm  

casman2 wrote:

The three that I would have in the hat for the chop tbh, and as I see it, the only fair outcome

Common sense will not prevail with the RFL sadly.

Re: On-field success during the current franchise. : Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:56 pm  

tropical1 wrote:

i have copied the quote below from casforum and i think you will agree that the poster has a point

Couldn't agree more