Last season, Eddie asked Stevo during a game how his generation of players coped with the schedule and he replied 'we were playing for fun'. He probably didn't quite mean it as it sounds, but his point was that there wasn't the intensity to matches that we see these days.

More lardy pies, not fewer games.

I wonder if players would take less cash for fewer games? I'd take a 20% pay cut for a 4 day week.

Perhaps individual players should be limited to 20 regular season SL games, each season. Coaches would have to manage their squads carefully, it'd give kids more chances and even out the injury curse variable a bit.
The fear would be that fans would pay full whack, and not feel they were getting their money's worth. And coaches sacrificing games they thought they'd lose anyway - Leeds (or whoever happens to be strong at the time) might spend half their season playing virtual reserve teams.

who? when? links to quotes??

i mentioned the players

im not going to waste time with links.

im guessing you just forgot the comments in the wake of leeds beating you in the GF.

Graham, Wilkin and Cunningham wasn't it?
And my god didn't they moan, the argument has real credibility but there's just nothing they can do other than be well rested by the coach.

jeeze thats twice in 24 hours youve agreed with me.

those 3 moaned about the Magic Weekend - and Wilkin had a whinge about cameras being in the dressing room at the GF.

Never to my recollection has any Saints player complained about having to play in the GF depsite winning the league. It would be slightly ironic seeing as though Saints were the first team to win the GF after not finishing top of the league.

as i've said, all the players named (except Wilkin) have benefited from the GF and play off system rewarding the team not finishing top becoming champions.

Pryce benefitted more than any other, in 2005 when Bradford finished 3rd in the league and won the GF.

So unless you can provide links/quotes - stop making things up.

Wilkin has voiced his opinion about how the team finishing top of the league should be given more prominence and that the playoffs are too heavily weighted

I dont remember that, but even if it did happen - it is hardly on the scale of"the saints players who used to whinge about having to play in the GF after coming first in the league"[/i

not surprised.

He said"We should make more of the team that finishes top after the regular season,

"It's almost neglected and I find that embarrassing. I saw hardly any publicity about the fact Leeds won the league and don't understand why that's the case. It's almost like 'let's snub the league leaders' so we can celebrate the Grand Final more."'"

Which isn't what the moaning get above stated. That is Wilkin moaning that LEEDS didn't get the credit for finishing top.

lol

so nothing at all like whinging about having to play the GF after coming first in the league.

[i"the saints players who used to whinge about having to play in the GF after coming first in the league"[/i

Quite, it is clarifying what Hopie said, which was what I was referring to