Joined: Apr 26 2005 Posts: 4190 Location: Under the thumb!
There may be plenty of critics of the playoff system (me being one of them), and almost as many critics of the eight team playoff system, but the excitement that they are likely to generate cannot be ignored. Four games over next weekend, and not one of them can be considered a forgone conclusion.
Despite our not being a part of it, I'm really looking forward to.
Leeds v Rovers
Saints v Huddersfield
Wakey v Catalan
wigan v Cas
C'mon Huddersfield.
Eddie Hemmings said not wrote:"Remember last time they were here, the Huddersfield Giants, they lost to a Luke Walsh drop goal. He's only scored four drop goals in his St Helens career has Luke Walsh and each and every one of them have been scored by Luke Walsh"
I really like this playoff format, its more like the NRL system.
Like you say though there are a lot of critics and the main reason is because it favours excitement and unpredictabilty over rewarding the top most consistent teams over the season. In Australia there's often been top consistent teams over a season who have ended up going into the playoffs either with injuries or slightly out of form and one slip has blown it for them, Parramatta, St George and Cronulla have been done by this, in Parra's case its happened a couple of times. However generally the winners/Grand Finalists do emerge from the top three. It is very difficult for a team who finishes in one of the lower playoff spots to make it right the way through, but its not uncommon for them to cause one upset which shakes up the playoffs.
I'm definitely looking forwards to these playoffs and we can relax and enjoy them now and not get too stressed that we aren't in them, because at the end of the day there are 2 trophies on offer and we've already got one in the bag.
Joined: Aug 10 2005 Posts: 2082 Location: Washing the sheets
Yes, the play-offs provide good, quality entertainment, but do they actually provide the answer to who is the best British Rugby League team out there today, which is surely what the premier competition in the game should do??
Yes, we all want an underdog (HKR, Giants, Cas) to go on and win it, but if one of them did, would we seriously regard them as Britain's best, or would we still rate Leeds as the best, on the premise that over a full season they came out on top of a league table?
sally cinnamon wrote:I really like this playoff format, its more like the NRL system.
Like you say though there are a lot of critics and the main reason is because it favours excitement and unpredictabilty over rewarding the top most consistent teams over the season. In Australia there's often been top consistent teams over a season who have ended up going into the playoffs either with injuries or slightly out of form and one slip has blown it for them, Parramatta, St George and Cronulla have been done by this, in Parra's case its happened a couple of times. However generally the winners/Grand Finalists do emerge from the top three. It is very difficult for a team who finishes in one of the lower playoff spots to make it right the way through, but its not uncommon for them to cause one upset which shakes up the playoffs.
I'm definitely looking forwards to these playoffs and we can relax and enjoy them now and not get too stressed that we aren't in them, because at the end of the day there are 2 trophies on offer and we've already got one in the bag.
What you said, I like the new structure. I think it's speccy friendly too, for any RL fan, next weekend looks mouth watering. Four live, high intensity games, given our position, we can just sit back and watch the drama unfold, awesome.
Joined: Jan 21 2009 Posts: 2899 Location: Wembley block 514
The Angry Pirate wrote:Yes, the play-offs provide good, quality entertainment, but do they actually provide the answer to who is the best British Rugby League team out there today, which is surely what the premier competition in the game should do??
Yes, we all want an underdog (HKR, Giants, Cas) to go on and win it, but if one of them did, would we seriously regard them as Britain's best, or would we still rate Leeds as the best, on the premise that over a full season they came out on top of a league table?
Rugby league is changing now thanks to the salary cap and the gap between leeds saints and the rest is getting closer so any1 has a chance of winning it, there will hopefully soon be a different winner each year
Never get too cocky
Beeston_Loiner wrote:I'll go for Warrington are SH1T3! and Leeds are gonna make 'em look silly like we do to all the Pretenders in Finals..... 64th Minute when the Pressure starts to tell on the Useless TW@!
Joined: Apr 26 2005 Posts: 4190 Location: Under the thumb!
foleywire wrote:catalan will lose heavily at wakey they are crap only in cause saints let them
Nothing to do with the other 12 wins, including wins against Leeds and Rovers, then?
Eddie Hemmings said not wrote:"Remember last time they were here, the Huddersfield Giants, they lost to a Luke Walsh drop goal. He's only scored four drop goals in his St Helens career has Luke Walsh and each and every one of them have been scored by Luke Walsh"
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