Quote ="Sir Kevin Sinfield"Most of the clubs in the bottom half of the table look to have strengthened. I think the difference between top of the table and bottom will be much closer this year, although I can see the same 4 clubs in the middle 8's.'"
I'd imagine that at least 3 of last seasons bottom 4 SL will be in that bottom 4 this year and every year this system is in place.
This isn't a knock against those clubs but rather the system as there is, however small, a chance that one of those clubs won't be playing in SL the following year which hampers their recruitment. Not that I think any current SL club will be relegated by the current system as those clubs will have been playing a higher tempo game all year compared to the Championship clubs