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| Quote ="Diablo1967"I'd like to hold my hand up and say I want to be arrogant for the next few days. Thank you, that is all.'"
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| Quote ="Diablo1967"I'd like to hold my hand up and say I want to be arrogant for the next few days. Thank you, that is all.'"
Is that like a sex op, yesterday you were Diablo and today your Arrogant
Beginning of the season, I predicted a cheeky fourth spot and a good cup run, now I want more, a Wembley win for me, but that could mean league focus slipping????
Onwards and upwards, to infinity and beyond.
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| Quote ="Armavinit"Is that like a sex op, yesterday you were Diablo and today your Arrogant
Beginning of the season, I predicted a cheeky fourth spot and a good cup run, now I want more, a Wembley win for me, but that could mean league focus slipping????
Onwards and upwards, to infinity and beyond.'"
Bugger it i want to be Greedy. I want to win the lot
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| Did someone say we've not been top since the 80s? Well, I've certainly enjoyed this week.
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| You're season has just ended, Clarke has just tipped you to finish top.
He also said hudds would win 8 from 8 and leeds 6 from 8. How he predicted those two based on the year so far is beyond me.
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| Quote ="barham red"You're season has just ended, Clarke has just tipped you to finish top.
He also said hudds would win 8 from 8 and leeds 6 from 8. How he predicted those two based on the year so far is beyond me.'"
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| Quote ="barham red"You're season has just ended, Clarke has just tipped you to finish top.
He also said hudds would win 8 from 8 and leeds 6 from 8. How he predicted those two based on the year so far is beyond me.'"
Haha, well it's been good while it lasted!!
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| Quote ="Mrs Barista"Did someone say we've not been top since the 80s? Well, I've certainly enjoyed this week.
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Joint top rd 5 2001, we were top 4 all season that year bar one round.
Rnd 2 2002,
2004 we kept slipping up but were scoring for fun, we racked up 82 against Salford and 70 two weeks later again at home averaged 30 for and only 17 against for the 28 games (2016- 27/21.5 respectively)
And 2006 was a very good season but with silly slip ups costing us and were 2nd for much of the second half of the season with that end of season run ending when we lost to London!
2009- rounds 2-5 joint top with Leeds undefeated until we lost by a point to Cas at home then lost to London..again then Rovers at home..5 defeats on the trot after 5 wins then worse with just 5 more wins in 22 games, we had truly gone from the dizzy heights to rock bottom under Agar
We've basically sniffed around in the early rounds then fell away, we certainly haven't been top this deep into the season for a very long time. This part of the season is as fraught as the rest of it wondering if/when we are going to get knocked over...
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| Quote ="knockersbumpMKII" This part of the season is as fraught as the rest of it wondering if/when we are going to get knocked over...
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Not fraught for me. Hoped for 6th. Anything else is a massively enjoyable and unexpected bonus. Why spoil the enjoyment of a lovely run of form with stress about it ending? Plenty of time to mither about that should it happen.
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| In 2006 we didn't make 2nd until round 23 when we beat Leeds to go above them. The Catalans win at home in round 26 guaranteed us 2nd and we then lost the final two regular season rounds at Warrington and Wigan. The Harlequins loss was a disappointment to end the thirteen match winning run. We came back from 18-2 down at half time to bring it to 16-18. Cooke was missing that game and Kirk Dixon missed a conversion.
We briefly went top on points difference in 2012 after the Good Friday derby win over Rovers but that was only round nine.
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| Quote ="Mrs Barista"Did someone say we've not been top since the 80s? Well, I've certainly enjoyed this week.
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we were top for a week in 2012/13 weren't we?
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| Quote ="the cal train"we were top for a week in 2012/13 weren't we?'"
I think we were top last year too. For one round?
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| Quote ="Mrs Barista"I think we were top last year too. For one round?'"
round 1 presumably
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| As good as it is to be top, I really hope we lift a cup or trophy this year. Don't think anyone really cares about the big dinner platter compared to the other two.
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| Some would say that the RFL manipulated things so that the proper champions (being the best overall in a league season after playing everyone) have next to no reward/respect or fanfare.
In essence a mini knock out/cup competition constructed for the financial benefit of the broadcaster and governing body is now deemed to be decider as to whom are 'champions'.
I still think the current system is badly flawed, I'm all for a straight knock mini cup comp along the lines of the old premiership but not to decide whom gets the title and prestige.
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| Quote ="knockersbumpMKII"Some would say that the RFL manipulated things so that the proper champions (being the best overall in a league season after playing everyone) have next to no reward/respect or fanfare.
In essence a mini knock out/cup competition constructed for the financial benefit of the broadcaster and governing body is now deemed to be decider as to whom are 'champions'.
I still think the current system is badly flawed, I'm all for a straight knock mini cup comp along the lines of the old premiership but not to decide whom gets the title and prestige.'"
If we were not a cash-strapped sport, then maybe. But at the end of the day, there's very little money being made in rugby league. There are very few opportunities for big club events that fans will turn up for in numbers.
The Premiership Final only got about 30-40k. The Grand Final gets 70k. The sport needs events like that.
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| Quote ="knockersbumpMKII"Some would say that the RFL manipulated things so that the proper champions (being the best overall in a league season after playing everyone) have next to no reward/respect or fanfare.
In essence a mini knock out/cup competition constructed for the financial benefit of the broadcaster and governing body is now deemed to be decider as to whom are 'champions'.
I still think the current system is badly flawed, I'm all for a straight knock mini cup comp along the lines of the old premiership but not to decide whom gets the title and prestige.'"
Interesting fact - over the entire history of RL the Champions have been decided by a playoff system more often than by coming top of the league. It's actually the more 'traditional' method.
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| Quote ="knockersbumpMKII"Some would say that the RFL manipulated things so that the proper champions (being the best overall in a league season after playing everyone) have next to no reward/respect or fanfare.
In essence a mini knock out/cup competition constructed for the financial benefit of the broadcaster and governing body is now deemed to be decider as to whom are 'champions'.
I still think the current system is badly flawed, I'm all for a straight knock mini cup comp along the lines of the old premiership but not to decide whom gets the title and prestige.'"
Very few sports decide the champions by a league system now. Domestic football being the exception, yet even that is now moving towards that with the league increasingly becoming a method of qualifying for the Champions league. The world cup, Euro championships are all leagues that head into a play off type competition. The vast majority of the rest of sport, RU, NRL, NFL (all american sports) etc are all decided on play offs.
I agree a bit more should be made of the hub cap and to the winners it will be rightly lauded but it is often derided by the rest of the league. No one really cared when Hudds won it but I bet Hudds did.
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| Quote ="barham red"Very few sports decide the champions by a league system now. Domestic football being the exception, yet even that is now moving towards that with the league increasingly becoming a method of qualifying for the Champions league. The world cup, Euro championships are all leagues that head into a play off type competition. The vast majority of the rest of sport, RU, NRL, NFL (all american sports) etc are all decided on play offs.
I agree a bit more should be made of the hub cap and to the winners it will be rightly lauded but it is often derided by the rest of the league. No one really cared when Hudds won it but I bet Hudds did.'"
im sure another team, possibly leeds/wigan or saints demanded some kind of recognition for finishing top after the regular season finished and along came the hubcap, so its obvious they cared
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| Quote ="number 6"im sure another team, possibly leeds/wigan or saints demanded some kind of recognition for finishing top after the regular season finished and along came the hubcap, so its obvious they cared'"
The team that wins it will care and as I said there should be a level of recognition but it is pretty much ignored and unremembered unless you go on and win the GF. I'd bet you'd gladly take 4th and a GF win over the hub cap and out in the first eliminator.
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| Quote ="barham red"The team that wins it will care and as I said there should be a level of recognition but it is pretty much ignored and unremembered unless you go on and win the GF. I'd bet you'd gladly take 4th and a GF win over the hub cap and out in the first eliminator.'"
No chance.
4th, GF win and CC win please
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| Quote ="barham red"The team that wins it will care and as I said there should be a level of recognition but it is pretty much ignored and unremembered unless you go on and win the GF. I'd bet you'd gladly take 4th and a GF win over the hub cap and out in the first eliminator.'"
Unfortunately this ^^^^^^^^
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| Quote ="Armavinit"Unfortunately this ^^^^^^^^'"
whilst he may have a point, finishing top could be financially beneficial
a game vs the aussies in the WCS
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| I don;t want us to finish top. 2nd would do just fine. Winning the hub cap is a means to an end, not the end itself and we could easily blow up in the play offs like hudds did when they finished top. Anyway, I expect wigan or wire to finish top
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| Quote ="Jake the Peg"I don;t want us to finish top. 2nd would do just fine. Winning the hub cap is a means to an end, not the end itself and we could easily blow up in the play offs like hudds did when they finished top. Anyway, I expect wigan or wire to finish top'"
i think there maybe a bit of gamesmanship come the end of the 8s, if its the same top four now, will some teams 'play' so they avoid another team in the semi finals?
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