Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:15 am  

I agree that week 1 makes no sense, and invariably ends in repeats in the same games in week 3. Other than a week off and home advantage, winning in week 1 gives no benefit.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:28 am  

tvoc wrote:

That's why I'm currently favouring a top 7 format as outlined earlier in the thread over a return to the original top 5. Straight-forward knock out to ensure 100% concentration and committment to what should be the pinnacle of the season.

Week 1 - League Leaders - bye, 2 V 7, 3 V 6, 4 V 5
Week 2 - 1 V Lowest survivor, highest placed winner V next highest
Week 3 - GF

I quite like that cut-to-the-chase format. I think we'd have seen the same Semi Final line-up had that system been used this season because there's only 4 genuine competitors in SL.

Week 1
(2) Warrington V Huddersfield (7)
(3) Saints V Hull (6)
(4) Catalan V Leeds (5)

Week 2
(1) Wigan V Leeds (5)
(2) Warrington V Saints (3)

Still doesn't solve the dilemma of a team like Leeds coasting it during the regular season, finishing 5th, and only having to turn up for 2 tough games to win the title. I'd prefer the route to be tougher for a team finishing as low as 5th to win the title - where they'd have to turn up for 3 tough games and beat all the genuine competition away from home in successive weeks. Therefore the Top 5 system still gets my vote.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:02 am  

5 team format as it originally was. League leaders deserve a 2nd chance at any stage. League leaders also deserve to only have to play 1 game to qualify.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:18 pm  

William Eve wrote:

tvoc wrote:

That's why I'm currently favouring a top 7 format as outlined earlier in the thread over a return to the original top 5. Straight-forward knock out to ensure 100% concentration and committment to what should be the pinnacle of the season.

Week 1 - League Leaders - bye, 2 V 7, 3 V 6, 4 V 5
Week 2 - 1 V Lowest survivor, highest placed winner V next highest
Week 3 - GF

I quite like that cut-to-the-chase format. I think we'd have seen the same Semi Final line-up had that system been used this season because there's only 4 genuine competitors in SL.

Week 1
(2) Warrington V Huddersfield (7)
(3) Saints V Hull (6)
(4) Catalan V Leeds (5)

Week 2
(1) Wigan V Leeds (5)
(2) Warrington V Saints (3)

Still doesn't solve the dilemma of a team like Leeds coasting it during the regular season, finishing 5th, and only having to turn up for 2 tough games to win the title. I'd prefer the route to be tougher for a team finishing as low as 5th to win the title - where they'd have to turn up for 3 tough games and beat all the genuine competition away from home in successive weeks. Therefore the Top 5 system still gets my vote.

An away trip to a team finishing above you should always be considered a tough game, even if it doesn't fit into your neat little classification. Its just that the last 2 seasons 4th has been occupied by teams who haven't lasted the pace.

The 5 team play-offs were the best though, but we won't see them again unfortunately

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:35 pm  

I approach masturbation a lot like Leeds do the super league season

We all know what the real prize is and the end result is all that matters, start slow don't rush and save your best for the business end, if people want to pay to watch that's fine.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:15 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

I approach masturbation a lot like Leeds do the super league season

We all know what the real prize is and the end result is all that matters, start slow don't rush and save your best for the business end, if people want to pay to watch that's fine.

Whereas I approach it a lot like Huddersfield.

Start very fast, promise a lot, but it's all over very quickly.

Not many people willing to pay to watch, unless I offer knock down prices.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:30 pm  

I'm a bit more like Crusaders, it's all very excting to start of with, with a smile on my face, but ultimately I'm doomed to failure, and everything ending in a damp squib !!!

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:18 pm  

I'm more like Wigan. I did it a lot more often in the 1980s.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:44 pm  

G1 wrote:

Whereas I approach it a lot like Huddersfield.

Start very fast, promise a lot, but it's all over very quickly.

Not many people willing to pay to watch, unless I offer knock down prices.

Re: For the live of God,Allah or whoever-McDermott GO!!! : Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:24 am  

A-Fire-Inside wrote:

:lol:

You're more like Saints I hear, you do it in a shell suit and Argyle socks.

This is a better direction for the thread than those boring fekkers re-hashing for the fiftieth time the tired old discussions about playoff formats.