FORUMS FORUMS






RLFANS.COM
Celebrating
25 years service to
the Rugby League
Community!

  
 Current LIVE TV Match : Hull Kingston Rovers 28 - 0 Hull FC LIVE ON SKY SPORTS Latest
WWW.RLFANS.COM • View topic - IMG Podcast
RankPostsTeam
International Star7181No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Dec 21 20149 years272nd
OnlineLast PostLast Page
17th Mar 24 19:1715th Oct 23 16:05LINK
Milestone Posts
5000
10000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Signature
No reserves,but resilience,persistence and determination are omnipotent.

Re: IMG Podcast : Sat Oct 01, 2022 1:31 pm  
TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:
Widnes got promoted around 2012 ish? And stayed in SL for about 5 seasons? Apart from that, they seem to just yoyo


Widnes got promoted because of off-field reasons - and remained there while no relegation was happening.

2 legged game for round 6 of the Challenge cup.

Cant wait until St Helens put 70 points on Keighley in the away leg first before welcoming Keighley to TWS for the second leg.......


Getting your excuses in before future potential fixtures because a club with all that broadcast money,and success over recent years still cannot sell out either their home stadium,or Old Trafford for a Grand Final.
Give that club a Category A!
Standard of Super League declined while St Helens won a bit of silverware....as for improving the national side...
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Club Coach17871
JoinedServiceReputation
Apr 24 201113 years46th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
28th Mar 24 16:0828th Mar 24 10:32LINK
Milestone Posts
15000
20000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: IMG Podcast : Sun Oct 02, 2022 1:54 pm  
FlexWheeler wrote:
With rugby league it always feels like a get-rich-quick scheme. Looking for the next magic bullet, the next shortcut to make it big. A new playoff format, a new competition structure, more teams, less teams, more loop fixtures, less loop fixtures, more games against the top teams (remember super 8's? why did we get rid of that?) The list just goes on and on. Remember club call? It's sad looking back at all these numerous different schemes, ultimately fruitless but never destined to make any difference anyway. I've lost count of the different playoff formats, and it starts to eat away at the integrity of the competition after a while.

If it isn't a 'get-rich-quick-scheme' it's like someone putting in place a 6-month phased training plan to get in shape but quitting it after a month. Supposed long-term plans will be made only to be scrapped after short-term implementation.

I feel like Rugby league had a boost from the introduction of super league for 10-15 years, but then it's gradually started to return to it's pre-super league condition, exacerbated by external socio-economic factors.


It's worth remembering that for the last major shakeup, the third party came up with the 3 x 8 structure, when, every minute was supposed to matter.
Unfortunately, the relegation issues had a massive destabilising effect on the lower end of SL and the top end of The Championship and guess what, here we go again.

It looks like that in a bid to spread the game nationally, there will be some more "forced promotion and relegation", always a sure-fire way to keep old fans interested and gain new viewers and spectators. Oops.

Also, despite the questionnaire, will they actually listen to the fans or, was this just window dressing, something to make fans believe that they'd been thought about.

You can already hear the opening of their presentation, "after consulting with ........."

It doesn't matter unless they actually listen !
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Club Captain2529No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Jun 15 20204 years57th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
29th Mar 24 00:4929th Mar 24 00:48LINK
Milestone Posts
2500
5000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: IMG Podcast : Thu Oct 13, 2022 3:33 pm  
The proposals have been approved by all but 5 clubs, and will be introduced from 2024
Pemps 
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Club Coach18736No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Jul 14 200519 years248th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
28th Mar 24 09:1316th Nov 23 17:08LINK
Milestone Posts
15000
20000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Usually on here
Signature
king warrior wrote:
Adam Blair flew over yesterday and has been training the deal is going to be signed this week

Got to say this is a top signing
Moderator

Re: IMG Podcast : Thu Oct 13, 2022 5:47 pm  
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... e-25256694

However, one of the key pieces of information to be clarified was around the mechanics of promotion and relegation. We now know that clubs will all be graded on unspecified criteria, with clubs to eventually be graded from A through to C. But what was unclear was what happens if a Grade B club finished bottom of Super League and a Grade B club won the Championship. Crucially, that has now been confirmed and, if that were to happen, the team finishing bottom of Super League will be relegated, and the team who wins the Championship will be promoted. In essence, promotion and relegation from Super League will still exist in its current guise on the basis the club coming up is the same grade as the clubs going down. Grade A clubs will be exempt from Super League relegation.
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... e-25256694

However, one of the key pieces of information to be clarified was around the mechanics of promotion and relegation. We now know that clubs will all be graded on unspecified criteria, with clubs to eventually be graded from A through to C. But what was unclear was what happens if a Grade B club finished bottom of Super League and a Grade B club won the Championship. Crucially, that has now been confirmed and, if that were to happen, the team finishing bottom of Super League will be relegated, and the team who wins the Championship will be promoted. In essence, promotion and relegation from Super League will still exist in its current guise on the basis the club coming up is the same grade as the clubs going down. Grade A clubs will be exempt from Super League relegation.
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Moderator12568
JoinedServiceReputation
Jun 01 200717 years125th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
28th Mar 24 23:2225th Mar 24 07:35LINK
Milestone Posts
10000
15000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Leicestershire.
Signature
'Thus I am tormented by my curiosity and humbled by my ignorance.' from History of an Old Bramin, The New York Mirror (A Weekly Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts), February 16th 1833.
Moderator

Re: IMG Podcast : Thu Oct 13, 2022 8:30 pm  
Pemps wrote:
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/key-details-imgs-rugby-league-25256694

However, one of the key pieces of information to be clarified was around the mechanics of promotion and relegation. We now know that clubs will all be graded on unspecified criteria, with clubs to eventually be graded from A through to C. But what was unclear was what happens if a Grade B club finished bottom of Super League and a Grade B club won the Championship. Crucially, that has now been confirmed and, if that were to happen, the team finishing bottom of Super League will be relegated, and the team who wins the Championship will be promoted. In essence, promotion and relegation from Super League will still exist in its current guise on the basis the club coming up is the same grade as the clubs going down. Grade A clubs will be exempt from Super League relegation.


Hopefully whoever wrote that article has misunderstood. If not, it is enormously worrying and suggests that it has been really poorly thought through, and it’ll be a neither one thing or another, worst of both worlds calamity. Why does nobody associated with RL ever seem to ask ‘what if…?’. The initial announcement seemed pretty coherent. Please, please, please let it be the journalist having grabbed the wrong end of the stick.
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Player Coach6201No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Sep 04 200618 years94th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
23rd Mar 24 20:4629th Mar 24 13:04LINK
Milestone Posts
5000
10000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Hull
Signature
Twitter : @TheResidentPete

Re: IMG Podcast : Thu Oct 13, 2022 8:52 pm  
Mild Rover wrote:
Hopefully whoever wrote that article has misunderstood. If not, it is enormously worrying and suggests that it has been really poorly thought through, and it’ll be a neither one thing or another, worst of both worlds calamity. Why does nobody associated with RL ever seem to ask ‘what if…?’. The initial announcement seemed pretty coherent. Please, please, please let it be the journalist having grabbed the wrong end of the stick.


It wont be, destined to fail.

Not even surprised.
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Moderator12568
JoinedServiceReputation
Jun 01 200717 years125th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
28th Mar 24 23:2225th Mar 24 07:35LINK
Milestone Posts
10000
15000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Leicestershire.
Signature
'Thus I am tormented by my curiosity and humbled by my ignorance.' from History of an Old Bramin, The New York Mirror (A Weekly Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts), February 16th 1833.
Moderator

Re: IMG Podcast : Thu Oct 13, 2022 9:33 pm  
pmarrow wrote:
It wont be, destined to fail.

Not even surprised.


While there’s no direct quote from an IMG representative, I’m holding out hope. Even then, I’ll be hoping new parent, sleep deprived and confused or something like that.

If it is true, at least it should fail swiftly. I think I’d find something else to do until it passed.
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Moderator12568
JoinedServiceReputation
Jun 01 200717 years125th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
28th Mar 24 23:2225th Mar 24 07:35LINK
Milestone Posts
10000
15000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Leicestershire.
Signature
'Thus I am tormented by my curiosity and humbled by my ignorance.' from History of an Old Bramin, The New York Mirror (A Weekly Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts), February 16th 1833.
Moderator

Re: IMG Podcast : Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:27 am  
This sounds a lot less like they’ve suddenly lost the plot.

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... relegation

As a minor quibble, I don’t see why all clubs shouldn’t be re-assessed annually (or, rather, on an ongoing basis to inform an annual decision). Tbf, they might mean that but only the assessments of those currently rated B are relevant to who is in Tier 1 and Tier 2. I know the focus is on improvement and growth, but ‘A’ has to be a standard to maintain as well as reach.
This sounds a lot less like they’ve suddenly lost the plot.

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... relegation

As a minor quibble, I don’t see why all clubs shouldn’t be re-assessed annually (or, rather, on an ongoing basis to inform an annual decision). Tbf, they might mean that but only the assessments of those currently rated B are relevant to who is in Tier 1 and Tier 2. I know the focus is on improvement and growth, but ‘A’ has to be a standard to maintain as well as reach.
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
First Team Player1219
JoinedServiceReputation
Aug 25 20213 years88th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
14th Sep 23 10:162nd Sep 23 22:28LINK
Milestone Posts
1000
2500
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Signature
Wakefield Wildcats RLFANS Quiz Champion 2023

Re: IMG Podcast : Fri Oct 14, 2022 6:25 am  
Ornery Optimist wrote:
Widnes got promoted because of off-field reasons - and remained there while no relegation was happening.

Getting your excuses in before future potential fixtures because a club with all that broadcast money,and success over recent years still cannot sell out either their home stadium,or Old Trafford for a Grand Final.
Give that club a Category A!
Standard of Super League declined while St Helens won a bit of silverware....as for improving the national side...


St Helen’s. Still living rent free in your head lmao
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Moderator12434
JoinedServiceReputation
Jul 02 200222 years108th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
29th Mar 24 07:1428th Mar 24 10:01LINK
Milestone Posts
10000
15000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
The City of Wakefield
Signature
Wakefield TRINITY
Moderator

Re: IMG Podcast : Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:56 am  
TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:
St Helen’s. Still living rent free in your head lmao


St Helens.
PreviousNext

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 260 guests

REPLY

Subject: 
Message:
   
Please note using apple style emoji's can result in posting failures.
Use the FULL EDITOR to better format content or upload images, be notified of replies etc...

Return to The Virtual Terrace


RLFANS Recent Posts
FORUM
LAST
POST
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
0m
Rd 6 I Cas A
Once were Lo
137
1m
BORED The Band Name Game
Boss Hog
56062
1m
The Record-Breaking Good Friday Derby Massacre
Irregular Ho
213
2m
Game - Song Titles
Boss Hog
34338
3m
Protest
weaver93
14
8m
Surprise Surprise
Dunkirk Spir
64
10m
Ky Rodwell
Trojan Horse
113
17m
Hull FC
PopTart
36
21m
TV games not Wire
matt_wire
2876
25m
No grade A for 2025 for Trinity
financialtim
35
FORUM
LAST
VIEW
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
16s
Ky Rodwell
Trojan Horse
113
19s
Smith - should he stay or should he go
B0NES
369
23s
Saints a
apollosghost
26
26s
Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE
Jason65
1935
35s
Investment
Bully_Boxer
32
44s
21 man Squads - Devils v Leopards
WYSIWYG2
5
47s
Hull FC
PopTart
36
1m
WIRE YED Prediction Competition Catalans Home
WalterWizard
19
1m
ALL NEW 49ERS ERA LEEDS UTD THREAD
tad rhino
1386
1m
No grade A for 2025 for Trinity
financialtim
35
FORUM
NEW
TOPICS
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
TODAY
Protest
weaver93
14
TODAY
New Investors
BullRaider
2
TODAY
Wigan/Saints
Douglas Blac
3
TODAY
Another Tigers Defeat As Rhinos Go Level Top
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
York - 14th April
PopTart
23
TODAY
Stats article
Sir Gregory
5
TODAY
21 man Squads - Devils v Leopards
WYSIWYG2
5
TODAY
Squad for Catalan
CW8
19
TODAY
The Wigan Way - New Podcast - Chairman Special
Jukesays
1
TODAY
Dons v Swinton Lions 30 June 2024
Wanderer
1
TODAY
Squad for Sheffield
AdamH
1
TODAY
London Away
Fartown58
1
TODAY
The Bulls away
terry silver
9
TODAY
The official Leon Hayes Thread
Smiffy27
18
TODAY
Saints a
apollosghost
26
TODAY
Leon Ruan signs on loan
Jemmo
2
TODAY
Wardle
Jo Jumbuck
3
TODAY
Huddersfield - Home
Deadcowboys1
9
TODAY
Max Wood on loan to Bradford 2 weeks
rubber ducki
7
TODAY
Jake Wardle 5 Year deal
Zig
22
TODAY
No grade A for 2025 for Trinity
financialtim
35
TODAY
Cup Quarter Final TV Arrangements
RLFANS News
1
NEWS ITEMS
VIEWS
Another Tigers Defeat As Rhino..
181
Cup Quarter Final TV Arrangeme..
602
2024 Challenge Cup Quarter Fin..
723
Easy Does It For The Dragons A..
602
Warrington Demolish London For..
705
Leigh Leopards Beat Plucky Fea..
762
Saints Triumph Over Disappoint..
738
Easy Win for the Wolves Over L..
983
Dragons Condemn Castleford To ..
942
Leigh Leopards Secure First Po..
1093
St Helens Tame The Rhinos To W..
1060
Wigan Warriors Come From Behin..
1130
Betfred Championship and Leagu..
1104
2024 Challenge Cup Sixth Round..
3888
Featherstone Win Extra Time Cu..
1220