Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:02 am  

mapleyther wrote:

Looking to me like a London v Toronto MPG in London in front of a bumper 3-figure crowd. What an absolute farce.

Would it be a wise move for both Toronto and London to field weakened teams this weekend in preparation for the MPG? Picking up key injuries with little to gain this weekend could have catastrophic consequences. With it looking like London having home advantage it would be a very close one to call.

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:06 am  

mapleyther wrote:

Looking to me like a London v Toronto MPG in London in front of a bumper 3-figure crowd. What an absolute farce.

As a fellow Leigh supporter I find that embarrassing, I would be delighted to play at London in the MPG.

Sour grapes at their sourest.

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:06 pm  

mapleyther wrote:
Looking to me like a London v Toronto MPG in London in front of a bumper 3-figure crowd. What an absolute farce.


As a fellow Leigh supporter I find that embarrassing, I would be delighted to play at London in the MPG.

Sour grapes at their sourest.

Sadly thats the bitter underlying tone that comes out of a number of Leigh posters. Its all about the crowd. We all know London don't have great crowds and didn't in SL. If league status was based on crowds of course London wouldn't be anywhere near the top.

At the end of last season London let 2 of its better players go to rivals (Barthau and Ackers) whist bringing one player in plus promoting kids from the development squads. Its living to your means and Wardy has done a good job with what he has available.

Leigh have lost to a 14 man squad, Batley ....in recent times not forgetting missing out on the top 4 and now they are in a financial pickle but have decent crowds. Looking in the mirror sometimes isn't a bad option.

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:29 pm  

disappointed toulouse fell at the final hurdle, when they got back to 14-10 i thought the next ten minutes were vital, after that their heads went down, salford need to thank marwan for signing hastings, lets behonest without them two they would have gone down, two losses to leeds and london showed without hastings they are poor!

cant see any other than a london v toronto mpg now, think leeds will sneak tonights game

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:52 pm  

theredshed wrote:

Would it be a wise move for both Toronto and London to field weakened teams this weekend in preparation for the MPG? Picking up key injuries with little to gain this weekend could have catastrophic consequences. With it looking like London having home advantage it would be a very close one to call.

Unless there is some collusion between certain clubs to ensure that Toronto or gain promotion and / or a shock result in the remaining fixtures, London do now look to be in the box seat. Home advantage will be huge, not to mention travel etc and they could sneak their way back into the top flight.
It's going to be interesting, not least because London (being the last game of the round) have the advantage of knowing exactly what they will need to do to make 4th spot.

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:18 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Unless there is some collusion between certain clubs to ensure that Toronto or gain promotion and / or a shock result in the remaining fixtures, London do now look to be in the box seat. Home advantage will be huge, not to mention travel etc and they could sneak their way back into the top flight.
It's going to be interesting, not least because London (being the last game of the round) have the advantage of knowing exactly what they will need to do to make 4th spot.

London aren’t the last game of the round Hull KR v Widnes is

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:52 pm  

If the wolfpack beat leeds I think they may as well then they could be auto promoted depending on kr v widnes