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I think to Macs credit he can get a club ready to win whats on offer. That doesn't require winning every week it means doing enough in the season and then peaking in Sept/Oct.
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Very true, but the average fayre on offer during the weekly rounds isnt going to grow the fan base or the game as a whole.
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| Quote: Channel Islander "I believe in what Brian Mcdermott has said since the game. Give him 10 weeks of NRL games and he could get that Leeds team close to Melbourne. Ambitious but his point is valid regarding consistently higher intensity.'"
Hahahaha give over, ten points behind us last year. I think that would mean we would make the playoffs in the nrl or something then 
No matter how long that McDermott spouts off any side in SL would be humiliated weekly in the NRL and finish bottom. |
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| Quote: Cas Till I Die "Hahahaha give over, ten points behind us last year. I think that would mean we would make the playoffs in the nrl or something then ![]()
No it doesn’t- as you showed you couldn’t hack it in the higher intensity matches.
He’s right in that If you play against poorer quality opposition your own game can suffer- But I’m not convinced that Leeds would do any better than bottom Regardless.
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The only way we’re gonna get week in, week out, high intensity games, is through scrapping the GF and making the regular season league leaders the champions.
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If Melbourne had travelled here without half their pack, a half who couldn't train, a refereeing system that favoured Leeds, played over half the game with only fifteen men and then lost people on here would be falling over themselves to make excuses for them. Nobody would accept it as an indicator that Leeds would do well in theNRL but reverse the roles and you'd think the Storm players could walk on water.
Yes they're better than us, as they should be with their resources, but the inferiority complex of British league fans is unbelievable sometimes.
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Melbourne whacked plenty of NRL teams last year by similar score lines, including the Grand Final against North Queensland. Those teams didn’t have to travel to the other side of the world with just a few days to recover (and probably weren’t missing as many players).
I’ll be honest I don’t like Leeds much but I certainly wouldn’t mock them for yesterday’s efforts. They were brave enough to get the game on when Melbourne couldn’t be bothered coming here.
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| Quote: moxi1 "The only way we’re gonna get week in, week out, high intensity games, is through scrapping the GF and making the regular season league leaders the champions.'"
Only for those teams who stay in the hunt throughout and even then they could be facing teams in 6/7/8th that are going through the motions. |
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| Quote: PrinterThe "Only for those teams who stay in the hunt throughout and even then they could be facing teams in 6/7/8th that are going through the motions.'"
The middle 4 will always eventually have nothing to play for, but top and bottom 4 will always be playing for something. There’s always dead runners in any league system, in any sport. |
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