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Todd Blackadder calls for play-offs to be expanded to Top 6.
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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 904905" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>What's your plan to deliver this (I assume you have your own ideas as you say that it should be possible to deliver this within 10 years)?</p><p></p><p>At level one, ignoring the problems created by stretching resources further (maybe AJ Gallagher makes up for the financial side of this) and reducing development opportunities, last season ran with one uncompetitive team. Things look set to be better next season with Bristol likely to do better than last time around and hopefully Quins and Northampton getting their houses in order, but where are the other two coming from? Reinstating the failed Irish team and adding in a team who in all likelihood will finish behind them next season? I don't see what this does to create a strong competition.</p><p></p><p>At level two, I can't help thinking that you've spent the past season listening to the Walter Mitty characters that inhabit the grounds around The Championship! The return of Coventry looks like it has a good chance of improving the strength of the league, although the difficulty of making the step up shouldn't be underestimated - London Scottish showed how difficult it is to make the step up, even with a National 1 Dream team (albeit to a stronger Championship), but where are the other teams coming from? Rotherham have proved for two seasons that they aren't up to Championship rugby, DMP have a nice ground, but not a lot else going for them, Albion are still reeling from their brush with ceasing to exist and Blackheath seem like the kind of club who want to do the best they can within their means. Ampthill might fancy a go, but there must be a limit who what they can achieve with the fruits of their money tree.</p><p></p><p>At the moment, The Championship doesn't work. Everyone wants it to be a professional league, but no one wants to pay for it. Unless a raft of people with deeper pockets and / or more ambition can be found, I don't see how this is going to change. Adding more sides is only going to make the funding shortfall worse, other than Ealing for obvious reasons, pretty much every side seems to be pleading poverty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 904905, member: 58362"] What's your plan to deliver this (I assume you have your own ideas as you say that it should be possible to deliver this within 10 years)? At level one, ignoring the problems created by stretching resources further (maybe AJ Gallagher makes up for the financial side of this) and reducing development opportunities, last season ran with one uncompetitive team. Things look set to be better next season with Bristol likely to do better than last time around and hopefully Quins and Northampton getting their houses in order, but where are the other two coming from? Reinstating the failed Irish team and adding in a team who in all likelihood will finish behind them next season? I don't see what this does to create a strong competition. At level two, I can't help thinking that you've spent the past season listening to the Walter Mitty characters that inhabit the grounds around The Championship! The return of Coventry looks like it has a good chance of improving the strength of the league, although the difficulty of making the step up shouldn't be underestimated - London Scottish showed how difficult it is to make the step up, even with a National 1 Dream team (albeit to a stronger Championship), but where are the other teams coming from? Rotherham have proved for two seasons that they aren't up to Championship rugby, DMP have a nice ground, but not a lot else going for them, Albion are still reeling from their brush with ceasing to exist and Blackheath seem like the kind of club who want to do the best they can within their means. Ampthill might fancy a go, but there must be a limit who what they can achieve with the fruits of their money tree. At the moment, The Championship doesn't work. Everyone wants it to be a professional league, but no one wants to pay for it. Unless a raft of people with deeper pockets and / or more ambition can be found, I don't see how this is going to change. Adding more sides is only going to make the funding shortfall worse, other than Ealing for obvious reasons, pretty much every side seems to be pleading poverty. [/QUOTE]
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