Re: Relegated : Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:15 am  

roofaldo2 wrote:

TBH, we've been relegated at probably the best point in the season for it to happen. It's round about this time of year when players are told yes or no that they're getting a new deal with their current club. So there should still be players about looking for 2015.

Pedantically, I think that's April. While the anti-tampering deadline was moved forward, I'm sure I read somewhere that clubs have to write to players in their last year stating the intention whether they'll be offered a new deal or not. Admittedly we may probably be in a different boat for a couple of reasons so I'm happy to be corrected.

[Bulliac]

Re: Relegated : Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:57 am  

DemonUK wrote:

Not talking about the players. At least all the other clubs will want to knock you off your perch. Take the pressure off Leigh Fev and Fax for a while.

Either way you should finish top shouldn't you

That's a little presumptuous isn't it?.

Re: Relegated : Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:12 pm  

I've got a slant on P&R. Given that we do not have a sugar daddy in the wings as he/she would have come forward before what do people think about promotion. Everyone is talking about the best chance of any championship club have of getting promoted is to finish in the mid 8 in 4th/5th and the winning the one off play-off. What that means realistically is that they would be slightly better than the worst of the SL teams. Moving on a few months you could only see a season of perpetual struggle and back into the play-offs. What I would like to know is: would people prefer to get to the position of 4th/5th and then lose which would probably give you another season of relative success the following year or would you prefer to win and follow it up with a season of struggle.

Re: Relegated : Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:29 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

I've got a slant on P&R. Given that we do not have a sugar daddy in the wings as he/she would have come forward before what do people think about promotion. Everyone is talking about the best chance of any championship club have of getting promoted is to finish in the mid 8 in 4th/5th and the winning the one off play-off. What that means realistically is that they would be slightly better than the worst of the SL teams. Moving on a few months you could only see a season of perpetual struggle and back into the play-offs. What I would like to know is: would people prefer to get to the position of 4th/5th and then lose which would probably give you another season of relative success the following year or would you prefer to win and follow it up with a season of struggle.

Yes but you get maybe another £1.5m in Sky money and sponsorship plus a probable bounce on the gates so I would take the promotion risk. You never know Mr Loyalty Carvell might ask to play for us again?

Re: Relegated : Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:26 pm  

Watching that game tonight,how on earth have we not got in the top 8

Yes I know the reasons why

Best description of tonight's game was us playing us

That was a terrible game

Re: Relegated : Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:51 am  

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