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Quote: wrencat1873 "Of course the Wakefield game was watched cy 11,000, plus a few on nearby rooftops and the GF and World Cup Final took place in larger stadiums.
I was trying to compare the entertainment value.
Certain "better quality" games don't live up to their billing and are a turn off for the TV viewer and spectators.
This game, despite its "poor quality" was no such game, even though you maintain it was poor viewing.

Looks like I will have to accept whatever you tell me Smokey, of course we cant both be right. You may have thought it was a great game, tense and exciting because your clubs life depended on it. If you didnt care who went down, it was god awful.

Im sure watching a paint drying race would be exciting if my life depended on one outcome, but for the neutral it would still be an awful spectacle.

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it was billed as the million pound match as it was pure chance the two teams in the relegation battle were drawn together on the last day of the season, this year it could all be cut & dried 4 or 5 weeks before the season ends.

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Quote: SmokeyTA "
Im sure watching a paint drying race would be exciting if my life depended on one outcome, but for the neutral it would still be an awful spectacle.'"


A bit like the two Hull FC play off games against against Catalan and Hudds last year then or Saints against Hull KR.

I know which game i would rather be watching.

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Quote: Beverley red "it was billed as the million pound match as it was pure chance the two teams in the relegation battle were drawn together on the last day of the season, this year it could all be cut & dried 4 or 5 weeks before the season ends.'"


The Million Pound Match will happen every year from 2015 under the new structure. Final table of the middle 8; 4th v 5th - winner in Super League the next season.

Wonder anyway what SmokeyTA (a Leeds supporter) was doing at a bottom of the table match Wakefield v Cas (especially as it was on TV). Could have left space for another Cas/Wakey fan to get in.

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Quote: SmokeyTA "You may have thought it was a great game, tense and exciting because your clubs life depended on it. If you didnt care who went down, it was god awful.

Im sure watching a paint drying race would be exciting if my life depended on one outcome, but for the neutral it would still be an awful spectacle.'"


You really are a typical rhino, still banging on about something even when your opponent (me) has admitted defeat.
We just have to agree that out taste in RL is different, thank goodness.

Btw, I never said it was a great game but, that it had plenty of drama !

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Quote: The Devil's Advocate "You’ve been spoilt then.

I presume you didn’t watch the Wigan v Hull C.C final .'"



You leave us alone, I'm still having nightmares.

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To respond to the OP.

Such a rule change would need to be ratified by the SL clubs, like all other rules. Given we have already had round 1, a change in operational rules this late would be so far from being possible that it's not really a serious consideration.

Changing the rules to possibly relegate 3 teams this year is not really going to happen in any world.

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Quote: Wooden Stand "The Million Pound Match will happen every year from 2015 under the new structure. Final table of the middle 8; 4th v 5th - winner in Super League the next season.'"

Correct.
I suspect that it will always involve a SL team and a Championship team, with the side that has a bigger salary cap and more overseas players coming out on top.

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Quote: bewareshadows "To respond to the OP.

Such a rule change would need to be ratified by the SL clubs, like all other rules. Given we have already had round 1, a change in operational rules this late would be so far from being possible that it's not really a serious consideration.

Changing the rules to possibly relegate 3 teams this year is not really going to happen in any world.'"

I take it you don't remember the 1994-95 season?

The rules were changed mid-season to relegate the bottom 6 from the top division in order to prepare for a Super League competition in 1996.

Bull could happen in this game at any time.

The history of the game is inundated with examples of defecation.

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Quote: bewareshadows "To respond to the OP.

Such a rule change would need to be ratified by the SL clubs, like all other rules. Given we have already had round 1, a change in operational rules this late would be so far from being possible that it's not really a serious consideration.

Changing the rules to possibly relegate 3 teams this year is not really going to happen in any world.'"


Fair enough regarding it being too late to consider it, I suppose.
As for 'changing the rules to possibly relegate 3 teams this year', I've no idea what you're taking about.

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Quote: wrencat1873 "You really are a typical rhino'"


Steady on now...he doesn't speak for even a minority of us. For what its worth the tension value of that game alone made it entertaining. Its rare that any games in any sport with that much riding on them produce games of high quality. But tension can be every bit as important, and entertaining for the neutral.

As an aside, these two teams tonight should be grateful that London exist.....they both have a slight sniff of staying up.

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Quote: frankbooth64 "When the new format for 2015 was announced, the RFL were quick to trumpet the return of the Million Pound Match.



given that 12 -v- 13 could very likely be Wakefield -v- Bradford, I think I have seen enough tonight without seeing either team again all year.

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Classic Stevo. "they need to get Diskin back out there"....O'Brien immediately scores! icon_lol.gif

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Quote: EHW "given that 12 -v- 13 could very likely be Wakefield -v- Bradford, I think I have seen enough tonight without seeing either team again all year.'"


Worst televised game in recent memory, in front of a massive 4000 crowd now Wakey have stooped giving a ticket away with every £10 worth of shopping at sainsburys.

A real terrible advert for SL

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I hope you're all ready for more enthralling relegation battles like the one tonight icon_thumb.gif

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