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Re: Change to the season

Post by Tamworth Tiger » 27 Oct 2020, 09:55

stuey wrote: 27 Oct 2020, 09:36 The Powers that be will make sure that Warrington, Leeds, Wigan, Saints & Catalan will be in the play offs, whatever there finishing positions are. If needed they will include all 11 teams, if any one of them are not in the top 8.
I did wonder, if they are going to cut the season off, whether they would come up with a formula including all teams like they did in the old Premiership or the days when the top 16 played off for the Championship ( I remember Dewsbury with Stevo in it winning the Championship from 8th in the table.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by Hepworth7 » 28 Oct 2020, 12:32

Would be in favour of pulling the season after this weeks round and going back to an abridged version of the old top sixteen play offset. If the top five teams went straight to the quarters the bottom six could play each other to join them. Then a case of the highest ranked team playing the lowest and so on until you get to the final. Reduces the number of matchdays to four so you can play the rounds a week apart getting rid of these ridiculous short turnarounds, everyone gets a shot, Sky get to show the games live and we still get a Grand Final.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by mart0042 » 29 Oct 2020, 11:19

Lofthouse Tiger wrote: 26 Oct 2020, 20:55 Would Maurice Lyndsey come back as Kenneth Williams?
Nice, you have to be a certain age to understand.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by Shameless » 29 Oct 2020, 16:25

Hepworth7 wrote: 28 Oct 2020, 12:32 Would be in favour of pulling the season after this weeks round and going back to an abridged version of the old top sixteen play offset. If the top five teams went straight to the quarters the bottom six could play each other to join them. Then a case of the highest ranked team playing the lowest and so on until you get to the final. Reduces the number of matchdays to four so you can play the rounds a week apart getting rid of these ridiculous short turnarounds, everyone gets a shot, Sky get to show the games live and we still get a Grand Final.


This is the way forward. The max any team could play for the rest of the season is 4 games. Seems doable and gives everyone one last shot to keep the fans interested.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by stevieblunder » 29 Oct 2020, 22:53

Its so simple to predict the format of the End of Season playoffs.

Just see where Leeds Finnish.
4th - Well its obviously top 4.
5th or 6th - pretty obvious top 6.
7th or 8th- to be fair to all let's have a top 8.

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Before you jump in and say I'm radged, let's see where Leeds end up.!!!!
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Re: Change to the season

Post by Piquad1 » 30 Oct 2020, 05:49

Lol Radged haven't heard that for a while.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by Lofthouse Tiger » 30 Oct 2020, 09:27

mart0042 wrote: 29 Oct 2020, 11:19
Lofthouse Tiger wrote: 26 Oct 2020, 20:55 Would Maurice Lyndsey come back as Kenneth Williams?
Nice, you have to be a certain age to understand.
Nice to see someone can remember. Thought it was just me, Gateman and OCL that were old.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by Lofthouse Tiger » 30 Oct 2020, 09:29

100% correct Stevie.

As soon as the whines list last night and likely again on Sunday it will be stopped and rejigged to look after Gawwy and co.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by old cas lass » 30 Oct 2020, 09:31

Lofthouse Tiger wrote: 30 Oct 2020, 09:27
mart0042 wrote: 29 Oct 2020, 11:19
Lofthouse Tiger wrote: 26 Oct 2020, 20:55 Would Maurice Lyndsey come back as Kenneth Williams?
Nice, you have to be a certain age to understand.
Nice to see someone can remember. Thought it was just me, Gateman and OCL that were old.

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Yes it’s a word I used when I was younger.
Don’t use it now, in fact I forgot it existed.
Great word though.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by stuey » 30 Oct 2020, 10:56

stevieblunder wrote: 29 Oct 2020, 22:53 Its so simple to predict the format of the End of Season playoffs.

Just see where Leeds Finnish.
4th - Well its obviously top 4.
5th or 6th - pretty obvious top 6.
7th or 8th- to be fair to all let's have a top 8.

SIMPLES!!!!

Before you jump in and say I'm radged, let's see where Leeds end up.!!!!
Spot on.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by Piquad1 » 30 Oct 2020, 11:56

Radged what does it mean exactly lol.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by Dazzyb » 30 Oct 2020, 12:09

duke street 10 wrote: 27 Oct 2020, 09:30 They'll find a way of including Catalans in the play offs by hook or by crook.
Looks like Catalans are being allowed to choose the teams they wish to play to keep their percentages up. Not exactly fair to all the teams working their butts off to complete the season. I include Leeds in that. Catalans will play hull kr Salford and Wakefield to hit the 15 and end up top. The Farce continues

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Re: Change to the season

Post by tigerfeat » 30 Oct 2020, 12:46

Yeah thanks for your efforts everyone else battling Covid and injurys and everything else let's make sure we have the five or six teams we want in the play offs
The RL and Super League are a disgrace if it wasn't for Cas I'd never watch a super league game again

Just waiting for them to let Toronto back in next season to put lid on it
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Re: Change to the season

Post by greenhouse » 30 Oct 2020, 12:54

thats how i feel if it wasn't for cas i would never watch the game again and i am questioning my loyaty to cas after sixty years home and away.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by Dazzyb » 30 Oct 2020, 13:00

I hope BT put a bid In; wishful thinking I know but with the personnel employed by sky and the complete shambles this season has been it looks like they’ve already given up on league. Reduced contract from 2021 we need a fresh direction and sky don’t give a toss. How else would Clarke Terry and Baz get a job on the tv, if they did give a sod

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Re: Change to the season

Post by Dazzyb » 30 Oct 2020, 13:01

I hope BT put a bid In; wishful thinking I know but with the personnel employed by sky and the complete shambles this season has been it looks like they’ve already given up on league. Reduced contract from 2021 we need a fresh direction and sky don’t give a toss. How else would Clarke Terry and Baz get a job on the tv, if they did give a sod

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Re: Change to the season

Post by tigerfeat » 30 Oct 2020, 13:08

I can't see anybody else wanting to come forward and work with Rugby League that's how bad it's got
The sky deal last time was 200 million for five years that will be massively reduced if they sign a new deal
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Re: Change to the season

Post by Hepworth7 » 30 Oct 2020, 14:08

Piquad1 wrote: 30 Oct 2020, 11:56 Radged what does it mean exactly lol.
A couple of definitions depending on where you come from so either a) A little bit crazy or b) To have your judgement impaired by sexual arousal. Either way you've been a bit of a wassock. Now there's a word that's a great loss to the English language. "Mr Grant the referee was a complete Wassock" Shakespeare couldn't have written it better. :D

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Re: Change to the season

Post by Piquad1 » 30 Oct 2020, 17:31

Radged and now wassock. All the old phrases popping up. Must be the climate. Lol.

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Re: Change to the season

Post by old cas lass » 30 Oct 2020, 17:33

Piquad1 wrote: 30 Oct 2020, 17:31 Radged and now wassock. All the old phrases popping up. Must be the climate. Lol.
Or bloody Covid.

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