At first I did think the Bonus point system would make for some entertaining Rugby to be played in the last 10-15mins. But when you look at Super league Teams rushing to form scrums to stop the clock in the last 5-10mins with obviously no chance of catching the win it made me realise that (has been stated above) that our players are proffesional enough to play out any game with the same intensity and the bonus point is basically rewarding a losing side for effort.
And if you look at it on the other side of the fence. If you say that one team was winning by 16 points with 5 mins to go (in effect 3 tries) you would assume that that team was confident of winning that game. Does that team now have a mentality of "we have won this now" and any incentive to keep out the other team in scoring at all costs which in effect would get them the bonus point. Or even things like the coach bringing players off to protect them for the next round. Quite a few different scenarios here to give the other team an opportunity to get the bonus point.
Quote: charlie caroli "The point of any Bonus is that it is a reward for its effort , meaning nobdy doesnt go into a gamewithout this knowledge , many disagrre but me im flexable , we all think it is a bad idea till the outcome is right then its ok to become a profile of the match .My point being , get to the point .'"
See he is off on one again. Not content with double negatives at the time he posted he really should have been in bed at his age.
Quote: frankb "See he is off on one again. Not content with double negatives at the time he posted he really should have been in bed at his age.
Cya at Poker tomorrow Charlie.
Good evening Frank , hope you are well?IM fine just finished off a 3 bottles , getting ready for my forth , before i settle to watch TV , this is hard work , i will see ya at Poker , could be my turn this week , im waiting for the Fev game with anticipation , this could be a classic , as we all know what both teams can do and what they are capable of , the Lagoon bar will be selling aperitiffs for those ready to take part ,i hope to see you there and not alone , maybe Crazy Harry will appear?
I can see the good and bad points of the system to be fair but for me if you've lost then thats it. I don't think anyone should be rewarded for not winning the game but thats just me.
Quote: The Kevster! "I can see the good and bad points of the system to be fair but for me if you've lost then thats it. I don't think anyone should be rewarded for not winning the game but thats just me.'"
No, it's not just you - I never played when we got rewarded for coming second. Either play to win or just accept you are not as good as the opposition and accept the "Nil Points" verdict. It does seem to me very unfair that you can avoid relegation just by not losing by as many points as some of your competitors. If we must have it, then make it a 4 point difference instead of twelve. Twelve is a lot of points to lose by anyway.
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, i will see ya at Poker , could be my turn this week 
, im waiting for the Fev game with anticipation , this could be a classic , as we all know what both teams can do and what they are capable of , the Lagoon bar will be selling aperitiffs for those ready to take part ,i hope to see you there and not alone , maybe Crazy Harry will appear?
