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Post by Druzik on Apr 29, 2008 20:09:57 GMT 10
So there is much critisism that the ESL teams have relatively small squads and not much depth when hit with injury. But as this article shows, the NRL teams can be just as suceptible. |
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Post by Kiwi fan on Apr 30, 2008 14:59:28 GMT 10
Last year the Dragons almost had to forfeit matches because of injuries.
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Post by Druzik on Apr 30, 2008 16:04:05 GMT 10
Last year the Dragons almost had to forfeit matches because of injuries. So is the whole "English clubs have no depth" just a myth? |
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Post by Marv on Apr 30, 2008 22:48:59 GMT 10
Well with the salary cap its impossible to have depth, you have perhaps 20-25 first team players and with half a dozen injuries you soon get through numbers, its not a myth as such its just australia has had more time with its salary cap, its something unheard of here.
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Post by Druzik on Apr 30, 2008 22:58:42 GMT 10
Will the academy set up help teams as well now? I guess they are the feeder clubs like in Australia.
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Post by Marv on May 1, 2008 23:48:56 GMT 10
It might do, we have always had the Academys they were just like u 20s, well U21s here
maybe this new Franchise system should open up more options, not nesaceraly for bona fide "feeder" clubs like you guys have but the smaller town clubs, like Barrow should get maybe 3 or 4 SL "loanees" for the whole season this would give young SL kids a higher level of comp than just the reserve team RL.
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Post by Druzik on May 5, 2008 17:13:01 GMT 10
From what I have been reading that is certainly the case... the first instance we have seen is the Whithaven/Leeds aggrements last week to do just this.
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