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Halifax won it from 7th and Dewsbury have won it from 8th. Dewsbury winning it from 8th caused so much uproar the RFL changed the rules so the best team from start to finish became the Champions and not the playoff winners.


Not Super league europe LTD though Dougy
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I'm not trying to be clever - i'm worried about the future of the game.
I don't think there was a single oustanding game between 'the big 4' this year in the regular season as they all know it doesn't matter. I want the RFL to do something to make it matter. What if all the big clubs 'did a Leeds' and didn't try for half the games? We would watch garbage for 27 games. You could argue it may have already set in this season.
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LOL which were these games that Leeds weren't trying to win in the regular season, it's frankly ludicrous to suggest they picked which games to show up for. They were just inconsistent simple as that, the thing is they know how to play at this end of the season.
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LOL which were these games that Leeds weren't trying to win in the regular season, it's frankly ludicrous to suggest they picked which games to show up for. They were just inconsistent simple as that, the thing is they know how to play at this end of the season.


So you think the level of intensity in sl is of the nessarsary requirements?
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LOL which were these games that Leeds weren't trying to win in the regular season, it's frankly ludicrous to suggest they picked which games to show up for. They were just inconsistent simple as that, the thing is they know how to play at this end of the season.



You can't honestly believe that Leeds tried their best in every game? Surely they would have finished top if they had.

what would be interesting would be to see a league where the top team is declared the champions. That would give us a great regular season and a reason the buy a season ticket.
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You can't honestly believe that Leeds tried their best in every game? Surely they would have finished top if they had.

what would be interesting would be to see a league where the top team is declared the champions. That would give us a great regular season and a reason the buy a season ticket.


Not really. Following your logic, teams in the bottom half of the table wouldn't sell any season tickets. After all, why should they fund 27 "friendlies" when they stood no chance of being champions?
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Why should we do away with the playoffs when it is the default position for how the rugby league champions are decided?
Is it ok for the 2nd placed team to win the Grand Final?

A team winning from low down the league and with lower win %age than Leeds doesn't seem to have ruined the NRL.
If you're that concerned then maybe you should implore the team you support to stop so regularly choking in the playoffs. Wigan got home advantage, a week off and the choice of who to play and still couldn't manage to beat such a "poor" team. If Wigan can't stand that intensity then they shouldn't be crowned champions.
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I'm a season ticket holder at a top 4 side. Encourage me to buy a season ticket next season to watch 13 friendlies?

I know my team will make the top 8 before we start so whats the point in me buying one? should i just wait for September to start going like the Leeds club do????


Laughable post. Personally, I pay for my season ticket at London because I love rugby league. And I love watching games of professional rugby league. My team won't win the league but even though we had a terrible season I still had some brilliant afternoons when we picked up 2 points.

Clearly only winning interests you. Get a grip.
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You can't honestly believe that Leeds tried their best in every game? Surely they would have finished top if they had.

Not for the first time you've demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of sport generally and the Leeds club in particular. You appear totally ignorant of the amount of pressure the players were under during that disastrous midseason spell, the amount of abuse McDermott was, once again, getting, the discussions being had at the top of the club as to how to solve it, the repeated player heart to heart meetings discussing how to turn around the disastrous form.

You also completely ignore the fact that that hellish run totally ****ed up any thoughts Leeds might have had of gaming the system in their favour just as Wigan and Warrington did. Because it meant, once again, that Sinfield and Peacock just couldn't be rested because, unlike Shaun Wane, McDermott couldn't risk anything like that in any game as playoff qualification was constantly on the line.

Claiming in any way that anyone at Leeds planned or enjoyed the poor run, aimed to finish fifth or was pleased in any way with what happened in the regular season is typical Pie eating delusion. But then a fair proportion of your support base appears to have become completely unhinged in recent times so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised.
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Laughable post. Personally, I pay for my season ticket at London because I love rugby league. And I love watching games of professional rugby league. My team won't win the league but even though we had a terrible season I still had some brilliant afternoons when we picked up 2 points.

Clearly only winning interests you. Get a grip.


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