They should have been better in other games then, if rovers go down, it's the fault of Hull Kingston Rovers and no one else! they've had enough games to avoid going down but failed to win enough!
And FWIW, i don't agree with the MPG but it's there and so it's upto clubs and players to avoid playing in it.

yeah. They should probably have sealed the deal against your side last week i think you would agree, but they still have another bite of the cherry, and at home. Hull KR players can't really blame anyone but themselves if they aren't good enough to take it.

Yeh we've been rubbish this year. A bit rich from the fan of the team who finished bottom of the league yet didn't get relegated to say we didn't do enough.

But finishing bottom didn't matter- if it did the outcome may have been different. Coaches sacked early in the season, players brought in, players trying a bit harder in the games....

If Salford go down it will be a direct result of Koukash's cheating.
If he hadn't deliberately broken the salary cap in previous seasons, Salford would have probably made the top 8.
I won't feel for Koukash, but I'll feel for the genuine supporters of whichever club is relegated.

I think the difference between P&R and this system is with P&R the club going down would probably hold on to most of its players in the hope of a quick return having only to best fellow championship sides wheras the middle 8s you have to be better than a team not in your league but at the end of day we will have had 2 home games to seal our SL survival so if we don't it's our own fault and nobody else's

Jamie Peacock agreeing with Cockayne now. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-lea ... -8949917?1 In fairness to the players, the players as a whole were hugely against this terrible idea from the start.

Jamie Peacock agreeing with Cockayne now. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-lea ... -8949917?1 In fairness to the players, the players as a whole were hugely against this terrible idea from the start.

i dont think this idea is so terrible TBH- if we are going to have promotion the team promoted needs to demonstrate they can be competitive. The top four playing the bottom four is a reasonable scenario to evidence that. Leigh have shown they can be competitive against the bottom sides in the competition -last year they were not. should we therefore just do away with the MPG and say any team that finishes top four are in SL and those that finish lower stay on the championship. Keep the payment situation as it is so that all teams try to be competitive right to the end of the 8s.

So Mr Peacock does agree with promotion , but not relegation ? , interesting idea , totally unworkable , but interesting

He needs to find a career outside RL admin

If the MPG is decided either way by a marginal decision, with or without reference to the video referee, do you think that the affected club will mount a legal challenge to get the game replayed?

On what basis? Refs make errors every game. Why should this be any different?

i think that the million pound game can be described as a horrible watch for the fans of the 2 clubs concerned and a great watch for everyone else if not for the quality but the drama

Quote: SmokeyTA "Jamie Peacock agreeing with Cockayne now. Jamie Peacock certainly wasn't against it - in fact he said "I think it's good we have some kind of relegation back and some avenue for the clubs that aspire to be in the top league" www.skysports.com/rugby-league/n ... -structure Never in his wildest dreams did he think he'd be in a relegation dog fight 2 years later. But as soon as it gets tough, out comes the moaning.

Quote: SmokeyTA "Jamie Peacock agreeing with Cockayne now. Jamie Peacock certainly wasn't against it - in fact he said "I think it's good we have some kind of relegation back and some avenue for the clubs that aspire to be in the top league" www.skysports.com/rugby-league/n ... -structure Never in his wildest dreams did he think he'd be in a relegation dog fight 2 years later. But as soon as it gets tough, out comes the moaning.

Exactly, and we could have moaned all we want about it but we knew what the deal was before we kicked a ball.
As it is, had there been automatic P&R,we would have gone down anyway, so i suppose we should have been relieved at getting an extra chance.