Re: 12 Month On : Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:53 am  

I liked the old top six set-up and one-up, one-down relegation. Made it twitchy at the bottom. The play-offs rewarded in some way a high finish, and provided a Championship climax with a grand final. Going down is tolerable if there is a fair punt at coming back up again at some point.

Re: 12 Month On : Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:03 am  

12 months on ?Never , more like a year.

Re: 12 Month On : Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:28 pm  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

I liked the old top six set-up and one-up, one-down relegation. Made it twitchy at the bottom. The play-offs rewarded in some way a high finish, and provided a Championship climax with a grand final. Going down is tolerable if there is a fair punt at coming back up again at some point.

I would go further than that Slugger & say that only the top 4 play off, 2 semis & a final, the top 8 makes a mockery of finishing top *regular rounds* & makes League Leaders a poor relation to being the best team throughout the season.

Going even further Top of Championship gains straight promotion, bottom SL team relegated with a play off between 11th SL & 2nd Championship for P&R.

This way the number of games played in SL season can be reduced & maybe an extra International fixture or two played.

Re: 12 Month On : Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:32 pm  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

If you don't make it, I don't think the concept will last much longer. There is unlikely to be a Championship team as capable as yours again, but there is unlikely to be a bottom four as capable again, with Leeds, Huddersfield and a Salford who have won more games than their points tally. From 5th to 8th in the Super League, it will soon become a waste of time. They might as well blood kids, because none of them can make it to fourth in reality.

Every minute matters? Up until late June. After that, not really.

Don't know who you support Slugger ......


But how dare you come onto this forum making some sense.

Re: 12 Month On : Fri Jul 01, 2016 5:02 pm  

The players have the taent an the experience. The issue is "how much do they want it?"

Re: 12 Month On : Sat Jul 02, 2016 11:00 am  

I cant see any of the Champ top 4 getting near the bottom 4 SL teams so it basically will come down to how Leigh go on against London. Win that game and its a one off and anything can happen. Despite Leigh spending more money this season the bottom 4 of SL looks better than last season but for me the gap appears to have grown bigger. You never know though all it takes is one slip up and the chance might open up for one of the championship teams. Its still tough for a champ team to finish 3rd or above.

Re: 12 Month On : Sat Jul 02, 2016 11:42 am  

Mindset GFB.One on one,on paper,forget it.One on one with different mindsets,anything can happen.

Re: 12 Month On : Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:43 pm  

I don't think any of the championship teams have a prayer against the SL teams. Unless we significantly improve, it's embarrassment time again.