Re: Today's big decision : Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:42 pm  

William Eve wrote:

There's a vote missing there.

Who spat the dummy and walked out?

I am told Catalans where not there and abstained.

Re: Today's big decision : Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:43 pm  

Great decision to go with 2x12 - 3x8

Exciting times for Rugby league

Re: Today's big decision : Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:44 pm  

dubairl wrote:

explain how the top 8 teams playing the top 8 championship teams helps anybody? its just another challenge cup.

I said "it's only complicated according to really stupid people" and that is a correct statement. There is nothing complicated about it at all.

The pros and cons are an entirely different issue of course.

Feel free to uncomplicate yourself.

Re: Today's big decision : Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:44 pm  

dubairl wrote: Can see a split coming very soon if they just allowed it with majority decision. i have no idea how the format is going to work but it just seems very over complicated and some that has come across as rash decision to some how entice new fans when it wont. http://media.therfl.co.uk/docs/Policy%2 ... 202013.pdf its all explained there. Its pretty simple really, SL drops to 12 teams, play each other home and away once plus magic weekend. Top 8 playoff as now. The rest of the championship and bottom of superleague are also left with something to play for after the regular season ends

dubairl wrote: Can see a split coming very soon if they just allowed it with majority decision. i have no idea how the format is going to work but it just seems very over complicated and some that has come across as rash decision to some how entice new fans when it wont. http://media.therfl.co.uk/docs/Policy%2 ... 202013.pdf its all explained there. Its pretty simple really, SL drops to 12 teams, play each other home and away once plus magic weekend. Top 8 playoff as now. The rest of the championship and bottom of superleague are also left with something to play for after the regular season ends

Re: Today's big decision : Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:49 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

http://media.therfl.co.uk/docs/Policy%20Review%20-%20September%202013.pdf

its all explained there.

Its pretty simple really, SL drops to 12 teams, play each other home and away once plus magic weekend.
Top 8 playoff as now.

The rest of the championship and bottom of superleague are also left with something to play for after the regular season ends

I think when people are using the word complicated, they are using at as a synonym for convoluted. They aren’t really saying they are too stupid to understand it, its just too convoluted for them to bother with.

Re: Today's big decision : Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:49 pm  

William Eve wrote:

I said "it's only complicated according to really stupid people" and that is a correct statement. There is nothing complicated about it at all.

The pros and cons are an entirely different issue of course.

Feel free to uncomplicate yourself.

I never bothered to read the details of how it is going to work because the general concept of its completely stupid, I just read the mechanics of it on sky sports. like i said its over complicated.

Re: Today's big decision : Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:51 pm  

this new format is no more complicated than some of the silly playoff systems SL has used over the years to determined the winners

Re: Today's big decision : Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:51 pm  

fevfan76 wrote:

Great decision to go with 2x12 - 3x8

Exciting times for Rugby league

You know how people moaned and moaned and moaned that RL wasn’t exciting before when the team in 5th could win it. They argued it made the rest of the league ‘pointless’ we were told, 27 friendlies apparently.

Im looking forward to seeing what they have to say when the team that finished 9th gets relegated to the championship despite earning more points throughout the 29 game season than at least 3 other sides. That will be a funny one.

Re: Today's big decision : Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:53 pm  

dubairl wrote:

Can see a split coming very soon if they just allowed it with majority decision.

i have no idea how the format is going to work but it just seems very over complicated and some that has come across as rash decision to some how entice new fans when it wont.

Given that several clubs reliant on RFL advances voted for the 3x8 model and these clubs are odds on to be relegated in 2014 we could then move to a SL with 6 against and 5 for the new arrangement.

Re: Today's big decision : Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:54 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

http://media.therfl.co.uk/docs/Policy%20Review%20-%20September%202013.pdf

its all explained there.

Its pretty simple really, SL drops to 12 teams, play each other home and away once plus magic weekend.
Top 8 playoff as now.

The rest of the championship and bottom of superleague are also left with something to play for after the regular season ends

Top eight playoff isn't as it is now. Top eight play each other once, with points from first 23 games carried over too. At end of that series of games 1st plays 4th, 2nd v 3rd with winners of those games playing in grand final.