The Virtual Terrace • Future of the Game
Donnyman wrote:
Neither club has even applied to run a reserve side have they? You've had the links to prove this. I enjoy our exchanges, and they can be tongue in cheek at times, but I never joined the board to fantasise my good fellow....
Come on, answer the question.
Who, where and when would Catalan and TWP play their reserve fixtures and would the 15 clubs that have applied, be happy to send their reserve squad to play overseas before a regular round game ?
I dont deny that this is a fundamental flaw of having overseas sides in the comp but, there have to be some practicalities here and I'm pretty sure that all of the 15 clubs that have applied would baulk at the cost of sending a second string to Toronto (or Perpignan) on a Wednesday or Thursday evening, when this would clearly be detrimental to their own prep.
I'm sure that you have seen where reserve players are given very limited minutes, just in case they are needed for the "main event" or, pulled from the squad at short notice ??
Obviously this isn't a problem if Wakefield are playing Cas but it would be if they were away at TWP of Catalan or, visa versa.
The obvious answer may be to play the reserve fixture on the same day as the first team fixture but, this wont suit all clubs and clearly isn't possible at all in the case of THe Championship clubs that have applied or, are we now going for a 15 (or 17) club SL ??
Statistics: Posted by wrencat1873 — Sun May 31, 2020 4:31 pm — Replies 662 — Views 30068