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| Quote darwoo11="darwoo11"Only stinks because you didnt achieve it?
Enjoy your sour grapes!
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Not at all, We achieved more than Leeds did this season.
We finished 2nd in the league, we beat Leeds in the CC Final and we were runners up in the GF Final.
No sour grapes here, the better team won on the day.
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| Quote #63wire_fan="#63wire_fan"Not at all, We achieved more than Leeds did this season.
We finished 2nd in the league, we beat Leeds in the CC Final and we were runners up in the GF Final.
No sour grapes here, the better team won on the day.'"
Leeds also won the World Club Challenge.
Even if you start from the premise that the Challenge Cup has equal value to the Grand Final - and objectively nobody seriously would - you'd still be pitching runners up for the hubcap as being better than a WCC.
In football terms its almost like saying a team that wins the league cup and are beaten finalists for the FA cup have been more successful as the league champions who also won the Champions League.
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| Quote Horatio Yed="Horatio Yed"So going to the hubcap winners home ground is an easier route?'"
Games between the top sides the home advantage doesn't matter that much. The fact they get basically a week off the first week against a crap team, then have to away games whilst the teams in the top four have to play a tougher opponent.
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| Hate the idea of the play off's as the weekly rounds are so devalued. Well done to leeds they were the best team on the night. I attended 2 league games this season, London and Hull k.r , no intensity in those early round games and scant reward for finishing top.
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| Quote foggy="foggy"
totally und leaving the match last night, been more gutted at loosing Locker Cup games.'"
Me thinks you speak false words.
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| Can't see how you win a league by winning a cup competition. But there you go.
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| Quote foggy="foggy"Champions should be league winners not a playoff competition which is boring till the semi finals.
Correct, play off system rewards mediocrity, hate to say it but Wigan should be champions. Finished top of the league.
totally und leaving the match last night, been more gutted at loosing Locker Cup games.'"
"totally und"...... Really?
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| I dont want to get into the argument about the playoff format again as its been done to death, and I do have sympathy with Dropkicks view that Leeds deserve their trophy. Particularly as 'everyone knows the rules'. But, but, but I wonder whether 5th winning the final again will have a bad affect on the weekly rounds next year ? I imagine supporters may well take the view that they will take an interest towards the end of the season rather than at the beginning. Does it really matter if they lose games during the first half of the season ? Can they expect their best players to be played regularly ? If they are short of cash, they may avoid a season ticket, attend their derby / attractive matches, but miss out on some of the early rounds. Perhaps watch more TV matches ?
I suspect the result this year will drive home the point yet again that the comp. is really all about the last few games, and whilst its good to watch attractive rugby during the regular rounds, nothing really matters until the end of season.
I would hope Wire increase their ST sales for next year after a fantastic year, but I will be interested to see the sales figures for teams like Wigan and Saints and perhaps even Leeds.
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| Quote WireFanatic III="WireFanatic III"Top 5.
There should be more reward for finishing top of the pile.
2 v 5
3 v 4
1 straight to GF'"
This is how I would like it to be. If the SL are bothered about losing a bit of income from the fewer games then add an extra game to the regular season.
The current formula makes a mockery of the regular season & rewards mediocrity.
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| Fans voted with their feet on the playoffs, including Leeds fans, the comp is on the slide, hopefully it can be rescued before its too late.
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| The playoffs never rewarded us for mediocrity in the pre Tony Smith era?
We made the playoffs from 6th, 4th etc but never managed to get reward for it.
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