Re: Fight for the Grand Final & A Relegation Battle : Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:10 pm  

Ruune Rebellion wrote:

3rd best and at least a 100 point cushion against the other teams in the lower half.

Cannot see Salford going down at all

That must really hurt to say.

Ruune Rebellion wrote:

Too right I am. The sooner the likes of Wakefield, hudds, Salford and London are in the championship, the sooner we can grow super league.

Re: Fight for the Grand Final & A Relegation Battle : Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:15 pm  

At least the bottom 4 must be pleased that they don't have to sell hospitality packages for the Middle 8 games. Isn't that what we were told was the reason for scrapping them.

Re: Fight for the Grand Final & A Relegation Battle : Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:31 pm  

London have have caught a bit of luck with Hill being banned.

Next week will be a real test at home against them but if Warrington get complacent.....

Re: Fight for the Grand Final & A Relegation Battle : Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:40 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

At least the bottom 4 must be pleased that they don't have to sell hospitality packages for the Middle 8 games. Isn't that what we were told was the reason for scrapping them.

The 3 x 8 structure was a joke when it was launched and thank the lord its been consigned to the scrapheap.
The battle for the wooden spoon (or avoiding the trap door to the Championship), looks like being the tightest in the SL era and one of the tightest ever.
7 games left and 4 clubs "level" on 14 points.

As for selling hospitality packages, it must be a hell of a lot easier when you know how many games you have and who they are against and with the battle for a play off spot warming up nicely, there wont be too many "dead rubbers" before the end of the final season.

Huddersfield and London currently look the two clubs in most peril, although a couple of decent results could change the look of the league quite quickly.

Re: Fight for the Grand Final & A Relegation Battle : Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:52 pm  

SaleSlim wrote:

Salford are 4 points clear of Huddersfield with a vastly superior points difference (3rd or 4th best in the league last time I checked). Little confused as to why we'd be in the mire as even if we lost in Thursday we're effectively 3 points better off than Hudds with our points difference.

Salford and those just above that bottom 4 group SHOULD be ok. Even if a few of those 4 teams get on a roll I can one of them possible only 3 from 9, which would leave the likes of Salford and Wakefield & Catalans too only needing 1 win or maybe 2 from 9. As poor as Catalans have been lately it’d be a surprise to see a losing streak go on for a full 9 games more.

Salford will be fine if they win their two home fixtures vs Hudds. Which btw if we’re to have loop fixtures can we not space them out better. Salford vs Hudds at AJ Bell twice within a few weeks. Likewise Leeds vs Catalans at Headingley, Wigan vs HKR, Hudds vs Catalans all played twice several weeks apart coming up.

Re: Fight for the Grand Final & A Relegation Battle : Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:45 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Salford and those just above that bottom 4 group SHOULD be ok. Even if a few of those 4 teams get on a roll I can one of them possible only 3 from 9, which would leave the likes of Salford and Wakefield & Catalans too only needing 1 win or maybe 2 from 9. As poor as Catalans have been lately it’d be a surprise to see a losing streak go on for a full 9 games more.

Salford will be fine if they win their two home fixtures vs Hudds. Which btw if we’re to have loop fixtures can we not space them out better. Salford vs Hudds at AJ Bell twice within a few weeks. Likewise Leeds vs Catalans at Headingley, Wigan vs HKR, Hudds vs Catalans all played twice several weeks apart coming up.

Depending on how much consistency any of the clubs can get.....and looking at the season to date, it won't be a lot, 20 Points might keep you up........but IMHO, London will need 22 to survive.
As for Catalans....they look bereft of ideas at present. I wouldn't be stunned to seem them remain winless from now on

Re: Fight for the Grand Final & A Relegation Battle : Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:22 pm  

Call Me God wrote:

Depending on how much consistency any of the clubs can get.....and looking at the season to date, it won't be a lot, 20 Points might keep you up........but IMHO, London will need 22 to survive.
As for Catalans....they look bereft of ideas at present. I wouldn't be stunned to seem them remain winless from now on

Catalans do look bad at the moment and are on a 4 match losing run. But if they don’t win again this season that would take it up to 13 games in a row winless...which seems a bit of stretch really, when teams go through a bad patch they usually go 5/6/7 games without a win before landing one. Think they’ll find one or two from somewhere before seasons end.

I agree London’s point difference looks like meaning they’ll need an extra win than those around them.

Re: Fight for the Grand Final & A Relegation Battle : Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:01 am  

ThePrinter wrote:

Catalans do look bad at the moment and are on a 4 match losing run. But if they don’t win again this season that would take it up to 13 games in a row winless...which seems a bit of stretch really, when teams go through a bad patch they usually go 5/6/7 games without a win before landing one. Think they’ll find one or two from somewhere before seasons end.

I agree London’s point difference looks like meaning they’ll need an extra win than those around them.

7 to go before they equal the misery FC faced last season.

Re: Fight for the Grand Final & A Relegation Battle : Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:27 am  

IR80 wrote:

7 to go before they equal the misery FC faced last season.

Too right,wouldn`t want to go through that again in a hurry. Proves it can be done though.

Re: Fight for the Grand Final & A Relegation Battle : Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:31 am  

rugbyreddog wrote:

At least the bottom 4 must be pleased that they don't have to sell hospitality packages for the Middle 8 games. Isn't that what we were told was the reason for scrapping them.

The argument that clubs can't sell hospitality for M8 games was a convenient excuse from clubs that just wanted the eights scrapped and to blame someone other than themselves for their poor commercial performance.

There are lots of reasons why clubs weren't selling tickets / hospitality for M8 games - the lack of 'notice' on who and when they're playing was way, way down the list.