so am i reading this right.....if you make the 8, you play 4 games all at home against the 4 SL clubs coming down ? then the top 4 teams after those games play SL the following season ???
so in theory 4 champ teams could be promoted or all 4 SL clubs could just return to SL1 ??

No it's only two up, two down. But it's not. The thing is it will take a monumental effort for any Championship club to be one of the top 4 of the middle eight. That is how I see it. The top four of the middle eight go to 2016 SL.

OK from the official info I have read

8 teams = 7 games (play all others once)
Championship teams all get 4 home games (2 SL teams and 2 Champ teams)
Top 3 after the 7 games go into SL for 2016
4th placed team plays 5th placed team for the 4th position

Now to me that seems simple but to all the VTers it seems it makes their brains hurt (and their cosy little safe SL world fall down around their ears)

Still cant see any of the championship teams competing when the SL team will have double our salary cap plus a parachute payment !

Plus 5 overseas players compared to our leagues 1.

in 2015, once the league has been divided up from 2 x 12 into 3 x 8 we could see the two current superleague teams due to be relegated plus four other current supleague teams. That is unless the 2 relegated side fall into oblivion.

This then only leaves space for two championship sides in 2015 if the relegated SL sides come top of their 12.

So is this how it could look? and yes Leigh bias because its my spread sheet haha

And its just an example before other fans jump on me

Blimey, and I was impressed at being able to attach an image of the programme cover, to my post about Sunday's programme!



P.S. What's a spreadsheet?

Well it won't be easy for any Championship side but at least now there is that chance of reaching the top league.

Licenscing was absolutely mindlessly stupid. Thank god it has gone.

Well Charlie predicts a long season for Swinton , Barrow , Rochdale , Keighley ,and North Wales , in whatever order you want .Its harsh but someone has to in the bottom 5 .

I do spreadsheets every day but that's an awesome one .
Hope it come s true too !

Spreadsheets



do they fit Kingsize beds ?Im hoping to be in the prize money tonight

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Going to be hard for a Championship club to make it but I don't think as hard as it looks on first sight. Franchising as bad as its been for Championship clubs has really caused those bottom few SL clubs to stagnate, I don't think the gap is anywhere near as big as (from the advantages they've had in SL) it should be. Seeing Championship V Super League games the main difference between the 2 sides isn't usually skill but pace and fitness and that just comes from being full time, with the extra money for the top Championship teams that advantage will diminish.

So should Leigh get 1st spot at then end of this season what would we expect from signings and structure to compete with a relegated superleague club ( most probably full time ) and with a £750,000 parachute payment?

London coming down with 750k with no crowds realistically outside SL and reduced commercial opportunities as well as historic debt round their necks will IMO struggle to compete with us a traditional RL club operating on 550k in the RL heartlands and a RL hotbed with a strong board putting in cash, continued increased commercial activity and a progressive ambitious mentality which we now have.

Bradford will also struggle IMO and they will be carrying forward debt and dealing with financial issues still in 2015 as well as dealing with the negativity and fall out of this year ahead.

Finishing top this year will most almost certainly mean we will operate a full time squad of our own for 2015 and kick on for the middle eight and SL.

We've demonstrated our credentials both professionally and financially as a club to the RFL both face to face and by submitting copies of our fully compressive business development and strategic growth plans. While it's still relatively early days for us as a BOD we've shown while we are building towards a long term vision engaging the whole community we are not afraid to back our coach and add quality and depth to the squad and if Paul needs to strengthen any areas of his team we have the ability to do it. We will as a club always operate within a strict budget set by our Finance Director at all times but we will strengthen and be ready for 2015 rest assured and would expect some of the signatures to raise more than a few eyebrows going into 2015



One thing our last visit to SL did it taught harsh lessons and lessons clubs like Fev haven't yet tasted. We have people within our boardroom and environment who are better and stronger as people and businessmen for those experiences and this gives us a wealth of knowledge and experience as a group to compliment the energy and excitement that the new BOD has brought along not to mention a wealth of knowledge of all business aspects that will only see us as a club continue to get stronger and take this great club we all love forwards at the pace we have shown in the first nine months of our tenure.

Exciting times and if people continue to embrace it and numbers and bums on seats can increase we can achieve what many used to believe would never be seen again a successful top flight Leigh RL Club!!!!

Sunday is more than just the start of a new season it's the start of a new era.

Excellent reply Andy, thanks for clearing a few things up for me.

Onwards and upwards for Leigh!!!

Good Reply Andy,
There are a few SL clubs that are not as financially sound as most would think, I am chuffed our BOD have got our club in a good place where we can push on to much greater things, we have had some tough times like many other clubs have, but things are certainly very positive now !!
I will be there Sunday with my Daughter and two Grandkids who will be the next generation of fully fledged Leigh supporters.
See you in bar after the game !!

It is.

On Sunday my two brothers will be there' 2 of our grandkids and 2 sons.

Andy....great post but can you confirm if we are currently in talks with players regarding joining us at the end of this season for the 2015 season - understand that you wont be able to give names but are we talking to players of just thinking of targets at this moment in time?

No comment Jay sorry

Might be better to think about players for next season when we see how our lads perform say in the first 10 games.

The numbers coming through the turnstyles will also have a great impact on where our club is going.

Agreed Frank we are fortunate to have not just a talented Forst grade squad but a very talented group of U20s players and many potential SL players who I believe will progress through to first grade in the coming years.

Numbers through turnstiles as well as success on ten pitch will determine our future.

Silly talk
Let's put our faith in this year squad before worrying about next years . Come on Centurions let's take it down !!!!

Not nice