BigTime wrote:Huddersfield or South of France- I think you e made. Sensible choice.
I agree that Hull are really poor. Unless it’s total incompetence it must be yet another unintended consequence of IMG shenanigans. So that’s us, Hull and Castleford who haven’t really pulled up trees who have run sub par squads as a result of their decision. Once they’ve got shot of us they must be hoping that things will improve otherwise what’s actually happened is standards have dropped which won’t help in negotiations for any tv renewal deal.
I suppose it all depends on what the relegation criteria is. If just by playing in SL makes it easier to rack up ranking points & you know everyone else's score, where is the incentive to improve? You just need to ensure you score in the top 11 or risk being bottom depending on the scoring of Championship clubs.
I would love IMG/RFL to publish the ranking table based over the full term of SL. Be interesting to see where various teams were placed & far more representative than the last 3 years despite limited opportunities for promotion/relegation.