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| Quote Ronzy="Ronzy"This year is a bit unusual with it being the WC; however, your point is valid and not just to the Aussie teams.
If we are going to have a WCC, under normal circumstances, it would be better played a couple of weeks after the respective domestic competitions have finished.
On the whole, I personally no longer see any merit in the WCC, not least for the reasons you have already stated.'"
Nope. If we want it, let's go back to the tested way and give it another go. Take three weeks out of the season, top eight from each competition split into four groups of four. Three matches each group played over first 10 days, top teams from each group in semi finals weekend after, and the winners play the final week after.
They could even play one of matches like a magic weekend, four games one day, four the day after, to save us having to have the silly extra match in our competition. And we all get to see the top players in action.
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| Quote Gotcha="Gotcha"Nope. If we want it, let's go back to the tested way and give it another go. Take three weeks out of the season, top eight from each competition split into four groups of four. Three matches each group played over first 10 days, top teams from each group in semi finals weekend after, and the winners play the final week after.
They could even play one of matches like a magic weekend, four games one day, four the day after, to save us having to have the silly extra match in our competition. And we all get to see the top players in action.'"
It could and probably would be worse than before.
No thanks.
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| Quote Biff Tannen="Biff Tannen"It could and probably would be worse than before.
No thanks.'"
That we might lose would be the worst reason not to play it.
The challenged should be welcomed.
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| 3 matches in only 10 days, two of them against NRL opposition. Talk about setting SL clubs up for a battering. We've seen how the quality drops more when teams are forced into short turnarounds.
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| It is a nice idea but, let's be honest, no UK team could come close to being competitive. We simply do not have the intensity on a weekly basis and playing multiple games in a short turn around would leave us with some cricket scores in the against column.
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| Quote Ronzy="Ronzy"It is a nice idea but, let's be honest, no UK team could come close to being competitive. We simply do not have the intensity on a weekly basis and playing multiple games in a short turn around would leave us with some cricket scores in the against column.'"
Spot on, and maybe our top two or three teams MIGHT do respectably but looking at the Top 8 from this season do you think Wakey, Salford and Hudds are going to be able to hang with NRL teams twice in just over a week?
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| Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"That we might lose would be the worst reason not to play it.
The challenged should be welcomed.'"
We wouldn't just lose, we would be destroyed generally across the board and ridiculed again like 97'. Their teams are light years ahead and it does pain me to say that but its reality.
Our best team can compete at home on a cold, damp night in feb against them but thats as far as it goes.
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| Quote Biff Tannen="Biff Tannen"We wouldn't just lose, we would be destroyed generally across the board and ridiculed again like 97'. Their teams are light years ahead and it does pain me to say that but its reality.
Our best team can compete at home on a cold, damp night in feb against them but thats as far as it goes.'"
Of all reasons that could possibly be put forward, being scared is the worst i could possibly think of.
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| Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"Of all reasons that could possibly be put forward, being scared is the worst i could possibly think of.'"
It's not being scared it's being realistic.
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| Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"Of all reasons that could possibly be put forward, being scared is the worst i could possibly think of.'"
Would you want to see a high profile series of games between the top 8 in the SL and top 8 in the Championship? And how do you think that would end? Because the gap between SL and NRL is similar.
Lets get our own comp up to scratch and worth watching top to bottom before feeling some ridiculous urges to challenge the best league on the planet when we are miles off.
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| Another beggar the quality look at the volume money grab. I would rather watch less games of higher quality than have the players (in a limited rosta sport) flogged into more and more games. We need to up the quality of the sport and for me these cash drives do not facilitate that goal.
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| Quote PrinterThe="PrinterThe"Spot on, and maybe our top two or three teams MIGHT do respectably but looking at the Top 8 from this season do you think Wakey, Salford and Hudds are going to be able to hang with NRL teams twice in just over a week?'"
So go top four from each then. Two groups. Still play a magic weekend style for one round. The coverage would be massive compared to now, or Magic weekend. Gives an even bigger focus for teams to finish top four also.
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