Quote: mickyb1234 "Lots of folk disliked the franchise system but we didn't keep bleating on about it.'"
Point of order.
Plenty of folk whined about licencing....resulting in the RFL binning it after 4 years.
Quote: mickyb1234 "Not sure if you noticed that leigh have the league leaders shield, what's the point? They are 13th '"
Leigh won their division and are entitled to a bauble. Leigh, Bradford, Sheffield and Halifax have earned the right to contest for a place in SL, but the relig8 trophy is a meaningless competition. Handing out a trophy doesn't change that.
Quote: mickyb1234 "Most competitions I have been involved in often have a cup comp, then a plate final for those that go out in early rounds then even a bowl, it makes tournaments more interesting for the lower standard teams that are never gonna win the tournament. '"
This is the national league competition, not a tournament or cup competition. We've played the other teams twice....seems good enough for a great deal of sports who have "losers" competitions in their cup formats.
Quote: mickyb1234 "So its not a new idea and not sure why it upsets you so much, none is under the illusion that if we "win" the bottom 8 that it's the 3rd level trophy but it's a way of keeping an interest in this part of the season.'"
It's a stupid system that the RFL emailed me about today claiming "sold out" games and every second counting when in reality Halifax and Sheffield (maybe Bradford too) are about to have 500 points stuck on them over 7 games in return for hosting the massed away fans of the Salford? As for keeping us interested in the competition? 543 hardy souls bothered with the last game of the regular season, giving us a grand total of 8,050 fans in attendance over 11 games.....we are already virtually(2 wins) assured of a semi-final spot so I suspect that the 731 average will get pegged back a tad over the coming months.
Interesting factoid for you buddy.
A grand total of 9 more fans visited the hive this season over 11 games than attended David Hughes first game in sole ownership of the club.......now that's a spectacular fall if ever there was!
