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| Quote: sergeant pepper "I don't think you can say any play-off run to the GF is either easy or a fluke. Your always guaranteed to play top sides in the play-offs and you normally find the matches are high intensity as well.
How can you say Leed's 2011 run was easy - Hudds & Wire away followed by Saints in the final! Hardly the same as playing potential championship sides or London in the semi's like you can get with the cup.
I have to hold my hands up and don't see the magic about Wembley as well.'"
They played a poor Hull side. A Hudds side that at that time would struggle to beat St Pats. Toughed it out against Wire I agree and then got past Saints because of a freak set of circumstances. If Saints don't lose the players they lost then Saints win the game.
Not to mention of course you can lose a game and still win the playoffs (always fun explaining that one) and we have a first round that means nothing. Look at the scores from last year and the year before and tell me they're high intensity games. Off the top of my head there's a 47-0, 40-0 and a 30+ hammering. Maybe the rugby union top 4 idea is best?
The playoffs are the big thing at the minute I agree but they're far from the prestige they should be. |
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Winning GF is brilliant when you also (win) finish top of the league. 2010 was incredible! Finishing 5th isn't credible enough for me, GF or no GF. CC is just great if your in the final, otherwise it's sadly sidelined. Obviously holds a special place for Wigan though! I for one felt the magic when the final hooter went in the semi. She wore, she wore...
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[quote="Frank Zappa":1sacjrvf]Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.[/quote:1sacjrvf]
[quote="The_Enforcer":1sacjrvf]Most idiotic post ever goes to Grimmy..... The way to restart should be an arm wrestle between a designated player from each side.[/quote:1sacjrvf]: |
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| Quote: Big Jim Slade "
You talk abouta fluke and then mentiona cup final you were second best in for all but 20 minutes as an example of doing it tough? No fluke there I take it?'"
 You had a brief spell where you almost got back into the game, that's literally it |
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[quote="Frank Zappa":1sacjrvf]Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.[/quote:1sacjrvf]
[quote="The_Enforcer":1sacjrvf]Most idiotic post ever goes to Grimmy..... The way to restart should be an arm wrestle between a designated player from each side.[/quote:1sacjrvf]: |
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| Quote: Dougy "It would be interesting to see a season where to win the Championship you had to finish top. Just to see if the intensity would go up a level week on week. I think it would do, and IMO the playoffs are the reason regular season games don't seem as good as they used to.'"
The intensity would lift initially, but once a team knows they're out of the running, which would happen to some before halfway through the season, where's their motivation? I'd be releasing the guys who we weren't keeping for next season early and giving the fringe players lots of game time. That doesn't exactly make for a high intensity game |
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Fans Forum 28.08.08 Fan from Haydock
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| Quote: Grimmy "The intensity would lift initially, but once a team knows they're out of the running, which would happen to some before halfway through the season, where's their motivation? I'd be releasing the guys who we weren't keeping for next season early and giving the fringe players lots of game time. That doesn't exactly make for a high intensity game'"
Maybe if 2 were relegated and there was money at stake dependant on league positions?  |
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[quote="Frank Zappa":1sacjrvf]Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.[/quote:1sacjrvf]
[quote="The_Enforcer":1sacjrvf]Most idiotic post ever goes to Grimmy..... The way to restart should be an arm wrestle between a designated player from each side.[/quote:1sacjrvf]: |
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| Quote: Jukesays "Maybe if 2 were relegated and there was money at stake dependant on league positions? ![]()
Then we're back into the problem of yo-yo clubs. Might not be as much of an issue in Championship I suppose. Having said that, it still wouldn't fix it. There will be plenty of clubs that know fairly early they won't get relegated and won't finish top.
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