This is an important point. It is very tough, for many clubs, to put out a team that can compete in Div4 and (to a bit less of an extent) Div3.Squeezy Cheesey Peas wrote:... My opinion is that some of the big boys in the lower Divs enjoy shooting goldfish in barrels but there is no longevity in that. New teams will struggle to retain players if they are thumped etc...
Our D4 is doing much better than our D3 team of last season (this is the first year we have run 4 teams), but even so it is a case of damage-limitation, most weeks, and then a real effort to win the couple of games that are against similar standard opposition.
I think it is a case of too few teams/clubs and I'm not sure what can be done unless/until the CSL is a much larger competition?
If the bigger clubs are able - and allowed - to put out 4+ teams that are capable of winning D1A, D1B, D3 and D4 then many of the smaller clubs are going to find it difficult to retain players and their additional teams.
* No offense intended to any club, large or small.