Quote Originally Posted by WOW2.0 View Post
I don't think that is accurate at all

Kids have still moved in to tier 1, and those who haven't are often dreaming about it (obviously hard to squeeze someone out in a division above you (a number of those clubs don't even have trials for those kids to be looked at)

I think we'll find again, that the same 4 clubs going down, will again come back up. Just like last season.

I don't believe any of the clubs you mentioned are improving at a rate that will see them enter tier 1...just like last year, they will have a tough time overcoming the bottom 4 of tier 1s when they go down (the longer phase2 might improve their chances though, more time to acclimatise to a higher pace of play, nerves, etc)...Having said that, it would be exciting if they did. The best chance of that would be individual teams being judged on their own merit
No one is saying kids don't move, just that all the best ones aren't leaving every year. I know of players that were approached by Div 1 clubs that have decided to stay, before they would've gone. Div 1 kids also happy to leave for the League B teams.

We shouldn't be expecting clubs to improve overnight, the U16s and U18s started before the new system, even the u15s were the first year of this system. The gap did close from the first year to the second year.


Considering teams can and do change it should be a club thing, that way clubs are held responsible for going up and down and not just focusing on one team or ignoring others. Want to be promoted or stay up? The clubs need to work on it.

Still like to know how the U13s would start each year if it is done at a team level.