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Some rubbish there my Hudge, they is no way he will want to finish outside the 8, financially for a start, plus the pressure, risk and making it more difficult to recruit.

I think he might be dead right only time will tell

Disappointed, thought this was going to be about X Files.

Little club syndrome in everything he says !!! Scared of playing the top 7 teams and would rather beat lower league teams ?
Good job not all your fans have this ambition

Reel them in Neil. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

I think you need to read it again TBH.
The and his point is that position 7/8 are going to be 3 wins away from a top 4 finish. There will be only 7 games so the chance of it happening and slim to none therefore team in positions 7/8 realistically are going to play 7 dead rubber games, whats the point in that?
A SL team finishing 9-12 will at least have a fresh start on 0 points so every game WILL mean something.

This was always the problem with the way the Super 8's were structured and it's something I mentioned at the time. It would IMHO be/have been better to either have the points for the regular SL season halved or allow teams to keep their +/- PD and nothing else bearing in mind that the teams towards the top get an advantage due to fixtures anyway.

What financial benefits?

Hard not to jump straight in and bite tbh haha after all it is Derby day

True


But you can see his point though and is was SOOOOOO obvious to see it coming. 'Every game counts' my anus.

Quote me on this come the end of the middle 8's, but lets see your opinion when FC finish 8th and have said scenerio. You wont gain anything for the bigger sides if your own fans dont turn up when losing 5/6 out of 7 etc. Home form is vital in that.

As for the money side. Away fans, barring FC and a couple of other teams, you dont get much in SL. Leigh and Bradford would of course travel as its a group they dont go too and would be classed as a big game in comparison.

Said this straight from Sunday night, given the results, i want us to finish 9th. 8th offers us nothing.

Financially, 9th & 10th will be much better for us than 8th. The extra home game (walk ups, away fans, corporate & bar takings) will be far more than a couple of hundred extra away fans. Besides , if we get Leigh at home they will shift 800 North Stand tickets faster than certain clubs closer to home.

Finishing 8th could be far more damaging for 2016 pass sales compared to finishing 9th. Remembering potentially losing 6 of your last 7 games could be enough to put some fans of renewing. The Radford out banners would be out come game 4. It would do Rovers no harm finishing 9th and been able to test new plays and ideas before the 2016 season. At the end of the day, a win is a win. No fear of relegation with our current squad. Can't see the crowds dropping much either.

give yourselfs a slap, course he wants to finish in the top 8 as do all the fans, just a case of saving face,he will be saying next its best if there lose the cc semi as might cost the club money blah blah blah

Well it seems everyone that wanted 9th because that's better than finishing 8th got your wish.

The guy is a prat. How to make yourself sound like a complete idiot in the press.

Its simple Hudge. The idea of sport is to win, otherwise there is little point. Obviously too complicated an idea.

Lose next week and you'll finish 10th with away games at widnes (probably) and leigh.

salfford's hammering tonight shows how bad you must have been last week to lose to them

Couple of injuries & a bit of bad luck & the middle 8 will be very hard. It will be interesting glad we are not in them though.

Me too, was dreading it

the only thing i agree with hudge is it should've been 1 up 1 down!

as to say to finish in the bottom 4 is a blessing in disguise is laughable, trying to ease the pain of missing the 8 and many kr fans will believe him

as for the four games at home compared to 3 fc will have, if you get sheffield at home, you will be lucky if you get a coach load of away fans, so the income from that game wont make any difference, may even cost rovers more putting that game on! home paying fans will probably give the game a wide birth too!

to be honest any Rovers fan even dreaming of the top 8 was living in La La land!!!

Hudge must be over the moon surprised he didn't tell Chessie to play the 19s.

better tell chris chester hes still talking about top 8 chance

Going to be an interesting battle with Leigh

Looks like the Leigh game will be away so my tickets theory won't be tested. I don't expect the others to travel in any great numbers, much like most of SL this season when it comes to this end of the M62.

We'll be ok, but it's about Widnes as much as Leigh. When Brown comes back, and with the unfair pitch advantage, they could top the middle 8's if they grab 9th next weekend.