Re: Bonus points. : Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:24 pm  

jtfev wrote:

As one of the teams that will be up there next year fighting for the 4 what's your views on the million pound match not been on a neutral ground I'm all for the new structure but this cannot be right

You cant have it on a neutral ground when the 4th team has earned the right to finish above the 5th team. It works in a playoff system but wouldnt in this system.

Re: Bonus points. : Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:16 pm  

I like the 4th v 5th play off game even if it is on the highest finsihers home ground at least 1 of the Championship clubs will be in that game with a chance of going into SL, that has to be better than the closed shop of the hated Franchise system surely?
One thing I don't get unless I am missing something is the 7th & 8th teams in the Championship Shield being relegated? What happens to the clubs who were 9th to 12th in the Championship regular season?

Re: Bonus points. : Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:03 pm  

Fax4life wrote:
"One thing I don't get unless I am missing something is the 7th & 8th teams in the Championship Shield being relegated? What happens to the clubs who were 9th to 12th in the Championship regular season?"

The teams which are 7th & 8th in the Championship Shield will be the ones who have played a total of 30 matches against Championship opposition and have secured the lowest number of points. They'll deserve to be relegated.
Remember that only 5 to 12 will be in the Championship Shield, and they'll carry forward their League Points into the Shield competition.

Re: Bonus points. : Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:10 am  

It should be on the ground of the team who finishes fourth.

Re: Bonus points. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:03 am  

Fax4Life wrote:

I like the 4th v 5th play off game even if it is on the highest finishers home ground at least 1 of the Championship clubs will be in that game with a chance of going into SL, that has to be better than the closed shop of the hated Franchise system surely?

A chance ? Surely four teams have "a chance". They just have to win games.

But that's the problem, isn't it ? There's just too much of a mismatch in resources. A bit like the World Club Championship. How did you do in that ? We won one in the last minute and got stuffed in the other three.

Closed shop ? One team would have gone up at the end of this season. Instead we have to wait another year for a none up, none down system.

Re: Bonus points. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:05 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

You cant have it on a neutral ground when the 4th team has earned the right to finish above the 5th team. It works in a playoff system but wouldnt in this system.

Why not ? How could it not work ?