: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:15 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Is no hope the same as a little hope?

To me it's an extra round of (all pay) meaningless fixtures where the lower ranked team gets knocked out away to a superior side as determined by the regular rounds.

I really liked the old top 5 format (where every place really made a difference) rather than any they've come out with since.

I remember that we had it, but it was quite complex, and I have forgotten how it goes again now

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:36 pm  

Should have done 7 IMO if they were to expand it.

Week 1:

4 v 7
5 v 6

Week 2:

2 v 3
4 or 7 v 5 or 6

Week 3:

Game 1: 1 v 2 or 3 (Winner)
Game 2: 4, 5, 6 or 7 v 2 or 3 (Loser)

Week 4:

Loser of Game 1 v Winner of Game 2

Week 5:

Winner of that v Winner of Game 1

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:39 pm  

leicester_rhino wrote:

I remember that we had it, but it was quite complex, and I have forgotten how it goes again now

Only the league leader earned the week's rest.

Week 1:

Game 1: (QPO) 2 at home to 3
Game 2: (EPO) 4 at home to 5 (Loser OUT)

Week 2:

Game 3: (QSF) League Leader home to Winner Game 1 (Winner through to GF)
Game 4: (ESF) Loser of Game 1 home to winner of Game 2 (Loser OUT)

Week 3:

Game 5: (FE) Loser Game 3 home to winner of Game 4 (Winner through to GF, Loser OUT)

Week 4:

Game 6: (GF) Winner Game 3 V Winner Game 5

or something like that. From memory you understand so probably a bit long winded but you get the gist.

It really mattered where you finished with a real battle to finish as high up the 5 as possible as each position was better than the one beneath. I also really liked how one team each week was eliminated over the play off series.

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:41 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Only the league leader earned the week's rest.

Week 1:

Game 1: (QPO) 2 at home to 3
Game 2: (EPO) 4 at home to 5 (Loser OUT)

Week 2:

Game 3: (QSF) League Leader home to Winner Game 1 (Winner through to GF)
Game 4: (ESF) Loser of Game 1 home to winner of Game 2 (Loser OUT)

Week 3:

Game 5: (FE) Loser Game 3 home to winner of Game 4 (Winner through to GF, Loser OUT)

Week 4:

Game 6: (GF) Winner Game 3 V Winner Game 5

or something like that. From memory you understand so probably a bit long winded but you get the gist.

It really mattered where you finished with a real battle to finish as high up the 5 as possible as each position was better than the one beneath. I also really liked how one team each week was eliminated over the play off series.

That sounds familiar, but from what I remember, we usually beat Cas or someone week 1, then lost to whichever of Wigan/Saints/Bradford were least dominant

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:53 pm  

Richie wrote:

Won't that be great......to see a team pull it all together at the right time, and go on a run of successive victories, away from home, and carry that run all the way to the trophy. What a great event that would be.

I think it would.

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:54 pm  

leicester_rhino wrote:

That sounds familiar, but from what I remember, we usually beat Cas or someone week 1, then lost to whichever of Wigan/Saints/Bradford were least dominant

Did we?

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:54 pm  

Richie wrote:

Won't that be great......to see a team pull it all together at the right time, and go on a run of successive victories, away from home, and carry that run all the way to the trophy. What a great event that would be.

Wasn't that far away from happening last year with Wigan, was it?

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:59 pm  

King Monkey wrote:

Did we?

Lost to Cas one year, to end Graham Murray's Leeds career the same way it began

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:09 pm  

i personally think the best system was the top 5.

Having a top 8 is just silly.

I dont however agree with McManus suggestion of merely a top 3 as it then ceases to be a competition.

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:24 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Wasn't that far away from happening last year with Wigan, was it?

they still came up short in the eliminator no matter how close they ran us. Thats 2 whole games that they were away from winning the final. Also, they finished 4th last season, so got at least 1 home game. They were clsoer the season before but got stuffed by Leeds in the eliminator.