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Is Friday Night effectively the Grand Final? : Wed Oct 28, 2020 8:31 pm  
In the last 24 hours we've had;
- Castleford with 12 players with Covid
- Salford unable to fulfil a fixture
- Full lockdowns in France and Germany announced
- Government ministers admitting full UK lockdown in November is inevitable to avoid the NHS becoming overwhelmed.

All this talk about a 4 / 5 / 6 team play off, but realistically how much longer does this season have left to run?

I doubt very much we are going to get to the 27th November, and probably likely we will need to shut down before then. Covid rates in RL playing areas now 1/100 - and RL players not the best at following the rules, with much higher % above Joe Public.

Realistically, i could see the season finish in a couple of weeks and be decided on a points per game basis...in which case, Friday night effectively becomes the Grand Final!!

Feels like the biggest Saints v Wigan game in a long time.....lets pray for a dry night and get the lads up for this one, it feels like it could decide the season!!!
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Re: Is Friday Night effectively the Grand Final? : Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:04 pm  
afootingmiracle21-12 wrote:
In the last 24 hours we've had;
- Castleford with 12 players with Covid
- Salford unable to fulfil a fixture
- Full lockdowns in France and Germany announced
- Government ministers admitting full UK lockdown in November is inevitable to avoid the NHS becoming overwhelmed.

All this talk about a 4 / 5 / 6 team play off, but realistically how much longer does this season have left to run?

I doubt very much we are going to get to the 27th November, and probably likely we will need to shut down before then. Covid rates in RL playing areas now 1/100 - and RL players not the best at following the rules, with much higher % above Joe Public.

Realistically, i could see the season finish in a couple of weeks and be decided on a points per game basis...in which case, Friday night effectively becomes the Grand Final!!

Feels like the biggest Saints v Wigan game in a long time.....lets pray for a dry night and get the lads up for this one, it feels like it could decide the season!!!

No fans at the Italian grand prix this weekend either
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Re: Is Friday Night effectively the Grand Final? : Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:05 pm  
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No fans at the Italian grand prix this weekend either


Is that not just because F1 is terrible?
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Re: Is Friday Night effectively the Grand Final? : Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:07 pm  
I think if Wigan win on Friday we should win the LLS as we play Huddersfield,Leeds and Hull so should win those
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Re: Is Friday Night effectively the Grand Final? : Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:09 pm  
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Is that not just because F1 is terrible?

No it's because of a thing called Coronavirus
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warrior1872 wrote:
No it's because of a thing called Coronavirus


To be fair, F1 is crap though. If they gave me free tickets at present I don’t think I’d bother (of covid 19 disappeared of course) until it’s at least competitive.
I’d even say the product we have in RL is more interesting than F1 and that’s saying something in recent years
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Azul wrote:
To be fair, F1 is crap though. If they gave me free tickets at present I don’t think I’d bother (of covid 19 disappeared of course) until it’s at least competitive.
I’d even say the product we have in RL is more interesting than F1 and that’s saying something in recent years



Vastly overrated with to too many events and on television, about as exciting as watching snow melt!
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Re: Is Friday Night effectively the Grand Final? : Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:11 am  
F1, Scalextric with a crowd, and now not even that.
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Re: Is Friday Night effectively the Grand Final? : Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:39 am  
You may as well stand on a motorway bridge and watch at least you see some overtaking
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Re: Is Friday Night effectively the Grand Final? : Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:37 am  
Azul wrote:
To be fair, F1 is crap though. If they gave me free tickets at present I don’t think I’d bother (of covid 19 disappeared of course) until it’s at least competitive.
I’d even say the product we have in RL is more interesting than F1 and that’s saying something in recent years


When was it last competetive, out of curiosity?

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You may as well stand on a motorway bridge and watch at least you see some overtaking


Ironically, after the Portuguese GP people were complaining that overtaking was too easy...

Kimi made 10 places on the opening lap and was then overtaken several times to dump him out the points. The lead changed hands several times in the first quarter of the race.
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