Same points for a narrow win as for a draw, then. Controversial.

I've said that from the off. If a team can't be bothered to play to the end of the 80, they deserve to lose one of there winning points.

It's still used in CC1.

Well I for one dislike it!

I could just about understand it if it was a reward for entertaing play, for example you get a point for scoring 5 trys in a game.

Griff would have you believe it makes no difference, but if you look at the current table, I'd be a bit miffed if I was a Sheffield fan and we lost out on top Spot to Fev because Fev got 4 bonus points and Sheffield 1 BP. And the bottom of the table even worse how about being a Swinton fan and finding yourself relegated having won more games than Barrow? And at what cost over the next few years!

A system that means that can mean get more points for 4 losses (4 BP) than a win and 3 losses (0 BP) just does not feel right.

That backs up my point, if you lose then you lose and get Nil Points as they say in Eurovision land.
I have no grumbles with that we lost to Fev twice and Sheffield and got nowt as we failed, end of story.
As for your statement playing for the full 80 minutes yer but we had already lost all those 3 games at around the 50th minute point so that is irrelevant it aint like we were losing in a close game we just didn't play well in most of the game full stop!
Like I said if its so good SL and RU would have adopted it, you may note RU rewards scoring more tries and cricket rewards scoring more runs and getting more wickets, not for holding out for a close defeat!

I like the bonus point BUT it should be within a coverted try, nothing more !

Not really - we got 17 extra points for winning 17 games, compared with the 2-1-0 system. We're never going to get 4 bonus points from losing two games, are we ?

Who's contributed more to the entertainment value of their games this year ? Swinton - or Barrow and Hunslet ?

Who gives a Sh!t about entertainment value when it comes to the league table. It should reflect the result and nothing else. 3 win 2 Draw 0 Lose.

Dont get me wrong entertaining teams should be comended and reports and game write ups should reflect that, as should the championship player of the week etc, but thats where it stops.

We're in the entertainment business. If the game's doesn't entertain, we're dead in the water.

3-2-0 - that's a new proposal.

Quote: Fax4Life "Er presumptious aren't we I think the drop goal is well worth having, it won us the Challenge Cup in 1987 for goodness sake and for me it is pshycological as well it just puts that gap in the scores. As for the bonus point well you said it, its part of the Championship - but not SL or Championship 1 you may have noticed so why do we have it??? As for Hunslet they have 22 points yet have only won 4 games, how ridiculous.'" You may feel the need to apologise. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league ... -one/table

Quote: Fax4Life "Er presumptious aren't we I think the drop goal is well worth having, it won us the Challenge Cup in 1987 for goodness sake and for me it is pshycological as well it just puts that gap in the scores. As for the bonus point well you said it, its part of the Championship - but not SL or Championship 1 you may have noticed so why do we have it??? As for Hunslet they have 22 points yet have only won 4 games, how ridiculous.'" You may feel the need to apologise. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league ... -one/table

Griff,

So I'll ask again does the 3-2-1-0 system make a difference compared to the previous 2-1-0 system?

And if it does is it fair to the Swinton fans that they find themselves in a relegation place having won more games than Barrow?

And while we're asking questions, yes we are in the entertainment business - so what is the entertainment in:
- Taking a penalty with 5 minutes to go so that you get within 12 points in a losing game?
- Or playing 5 drives followed by a deep kick to stop, so called better teams, having the chance to score against you and therefore trying to stay within the 12 point margin?

In my opinion it is these sort of tactics that the current bonus system encourages, it does not encourage flowing open running rugby which I think is entertaining.

Rich,

Thanks for [iNOT[/i answering my questions, you ever thought about being a politician?

Still fancy that beer sometime?