Re: Further changes to Super League : Sat Jun 24, 2017 11:38 am  

The problem we have is most fans in RL want every game to mean something but in reality this is impossible in any league system. Do you hear footie fans complaining, most teams in the PL have nothing to play for with months of the season remaining. If your team hasn't had a decent start and find they're to far behind come crunch time, then tough, better luck next year. What your team can do though (when there's nothing to play for) is to cause other teams damage and affect the final result.

Re: Further changes to Super League : Sat Jun 24, 2017 11:45 am  

moxi1 wrote:

The problem we have is most fans in RL want every game to mean something but in reality this is impossible in any league system. Do you hear footie fans complaining, most teams in the PL have nothing to play for with months of the season remaining. If your team hasn't had a decent start and find they're to far behind come crunch time, then tough, better luck next year. What your team can do though (when there's nothing to play for) is to cause other teams damage and affect the final result.

Agreed.

The worst thing the RFL ever did was moving to a 8 team play off in a 14 team league that had only 4/5 capable of competing at the top end.ever since then, when average teams gained access to the business end of the season it opened this can of worms where it was felt everyone had to be involved.

Re: Further changes to Super League : Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:31 pm  

Wigg'n wrote:

It's too boring and RL likes to be innovative for media coverage which we cannot secure otherwise.

Most, if not all, other sports seem to do ok for media coverage without making themselves look stupid/innovative.

We should be portraying RL as the hardest physical sport, played by top athletes, going toe to toe to find the beast Club in the League, Country, World and not selling ourselves as a mickey mouse sport, run by a mickey mouse administration, that cant even take itself seriously.

Nothing wrong with being innovative if it leads somewhere and improves the sport.

Re: Further changes to Super League : Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:45 pm  

Perhaps it's all about marketing . RU seems to be doing well from selling itself.

Re: Further changes to Super League : Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:06 pm  

Chopping and changing the system does rugby league no favours and whilst I think we should be innovative another change will make us look like we do not know what we are doing!

As mentioned take WBA in the Premier League. Come Feb/March this year they had hit the 40 point mark and literally had nothing else to play for, and the Premier League is the dogs whatsits according to many.

The super 8's as a Hull fan was boring in 2015 when we qualified but had zero chance of making the top 4. We decided to blood youngsters and the likes of Logan, Fash, Turget and Matongo all made their debuts. Two years later they are super league ready which probably played a part in this?

I personally still think that the points should be wiped and the top 4 start on 4,3,2,1 points dependant on league placings giving every team a real incentive.

Re: Further changes to Super League : Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:05 pm  

Warrington,Wigan,Saints,Widnes and Leigh in the elite league. Then sod the biased Yorkshire teams.lol

Re: Further changes to Super League : Sat Jun 24, 2017 11:22 pm  

OFFTHECUFF wrote:

Warrington,Wigan,Saints,Widnes and Leigh in the elite league. Then sod the biased Yorkshire teams.lol

Isn't that this seasons "qualifiers"

Re: Further changes to Super League : Sun Jun 25, 2017 4:22 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Isn't that this seasons "qualifiers"

Can't argue with that wrencat lad !

Re: Further changes to Super League : Sun Jun 25, 2017 7:11 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Most, if not all, other sports seem to do ok for media coverage without making themselves look stupid/innovative.

We should be portraying RL as the hardest physical sport, played by top athletes, going toe to toe to find the beast Club in the League, Country, World and not selling ourselves as a mickey mouse sport, run by a mickey mouse administration, that cant even take itself seriously.

Nothing wrong with being innovative if it leads somewhere and improves the sport.

Hardest physical lol. It's not in the top 5. Rugby league has been soft for years

Regards

King James

Re: Further changes to Super League : Sun Jun 25, 2017 10:13 pm  

Lebron James wrote:

Hardest physical lol. It's not in the top 5. Rugby league has been soft for years

Regards

King Dildo

please name the sports above RL and then make a reasoned argument on each to justify your selections.
I'll give you a helping hand, outright injury numbers doesn't automatcially make a sport 'more' physical.
Crack on sonshine.