Post subject: Re: We are top of the league, say we are top of the league!
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:10 pm
knockersbumpMKII
International Chairman
better for 2nd, 3rd, 4th to keep losing, that puts pressure on them and loss of confidence, we've seen time and time again how losing a few games can have further ramifications. IF and that of course is a big if, we are well ahead in the race for the LL trophy come the 8s we could choose to rest a couple of players (more pro-actively than we have currently) alternating for a few games so all the big hitters are getting some game time off or at the very very least anyone with a hint of a knock gets rested properly. If those big hitters are coming in to the back end of the season a bit fresher due to our better form earlier on and other teams losing ground and forced to play as many big names as possible to try make the 4 then that surely gives us an advantage come the play-offs. All hypothetical but as I said i would prefer to see 2-4 losing ground on us than worrying about distancing 5th
Post subject: Re: We are top of the league, say we are top of the league!
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 8:49 am
ccs
International Star
Joined: Aug 15 2011 Posts: 5318
Wellsy13 wrote:I don't see why it matters what 2nd-4th do for us to pull away from 5th? If we pull away from all of them, surely that's better?
If 2nd-5th keep losing, we'll pull just as much in front of 5th as we would if 2nd-4th kept winning.
Obviously, if we keep winning it doesn't matter what everyone else does, but if the top 4 keep winning then 5th and 6th will lose at least 2 or 3 more games, and then we are nearly in the semis before the last 7 games are played. If 5th place gets closer, and we have a bad spell, the last 7 games could be very difficult. Anyway, it's much easier to just wait and see.
Is Hodgson the new Griffin, or is it all about pace?
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