10cc do you know why Waimak reserves are playing Pressies?
Guess with no PDL B pool (which ideally should mirror div1), relatively few options for "next tier" clubs to introduce promising youth alongside older players in a true Play Development League where primary focus should be on just that unlike in the Reserve grade branded as PDL is at moment, winning the competition. Mixing quality youth into a lower senior grade (provided a club has one or more in the first place) is not ideal. Perhaps failed U21may be better off changed into a true PDL league to mirror div 1 teams, so that it can be used mixing a limited number of older players and help bridge that gap.
Now that is a bloody good idea! Nice.
I agree its a good idea, but for a club like burwood where all the lads are under 20 the U/21s was a good fit - just poorly executed. can see them doing very well in div 4.
The senior sections are gunna need a bit of a shake up - will we see div 1 become a strictly feeder grade for clubs outside of MPL? Will clubs like parklands, pap redwood and the like step up for a div 1 slot?