Quote Barnacle Bill="Barnacle Bill"The difference this time around though was that Celtic and Salford knew at the same time as all the other clubs that they were awarded a license. Therefore they did not face the same difficulties as previously promoted teams in terms of assembling a squad for SL.
Celtic have put in some good efforts this season so far and hopefully a morale boosting win will not be too far away. However, there is a danger that their advantage due to location will be nullified by a perceived failure to contribute to the competition next time around.'"
We all know that all the other clubs would more than likely get a licence anyway. Then there's the fact that every SL club, with the exception of Cas, already had plenty of time to strengthen in SL - Even Cas had an extra 12 months or so. This gave them an advantage over both Salford and Celtic.
Then there's the fact that two new clubs had to compete for players, from a pool that would be spr, and thus harder to find quality players than ever before. I suppose you have to give Salford a bit of credit for doing better than CC without the quota exemption CC have. With one going up and one going down, you at least had the merry go round of players possibly available that wasn't there before.
Going to 14 clubs was always likely to weaken the competition at the bottom of the league. That should change over the next two years if things are done right.
It was always going to be a hard season they are not playing badly at home. Tightening the defence up a bit will bring a win sometime, Le Cats or Salford best bet?
