: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:32 pm  

just_browny wrote:

Eh? They've won one game out of one. Amounts to three league points.

I think he means in regards to the franchising and the fact that you can't get promoted from the Championship.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:35 pm  

WireFanatic II wrote:

I think he means in regards to the franchising and the fact that you can't get promoted from the Championship.

yes that's exactly what i meant

A futile exercise really

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:36 pm  

A Cullen team comes up against one of, if not the, best teams in the league and put in a valiant effort totally dominating for long periods of the game - and lose, with the result sealed in the last couple of minutes.

Sound familiar?

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:37 pm  

Thought Fax were by far the better team, awsome in defence and always looked like they could score. i would have given worrency the MOM. Fax looked liked they had 3 more players than Widnes and absolutely dominated the collision.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:37 pm  

WireFanatic II wrote:

I think he means in regards to the franchising and the fact that you can't get promoted from the Championship.

I don't remember it ever having been the case that you got promoted for winning the first game of the season.

Why is it "for nothing"? Leeds didn't get promoted, did they win loads of games last season for nothing?

Why can't winning the Championship be an achievement in itself?

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:38 pm  

YED79 wrote:

yes that's exactly what i meant

A futile exercise really

I see. Every top division in every sport is a futile exercise then.

You can't get promoted.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:42 pm  

just_browny wrote:

I see. Every top division in every sport is a futile exercise then.

You can't get promoted.

?
no the objective is to be the pinnacle of your respected sport
which that division isn't so finishing top just means you are still only the 15th best team in Northern Hemisphere rugby

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:49 pm  

YED79 wrote:

?
no the objective is to be the pinnacle of your respected sport
which that division isn't so finishing top just means you are still only the 15th best team in Northern Hemisphere rugby

Which they would be whether they got promoted or not.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:55 pm  

exactly !
Futile !

No way of bettering yourself even though there are teams a lot better than you

It's like a glass ceiling in the work.

You might be better than some of your bosses but you'll never be given the opportunity to prove it.

ergo - futile

i feel for the guys that play for arguably the strongest team in that league (Fax)

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:06 pm  

It was good game to watch and more interesting/ exciting than watching Warrington at the moment.

Considering it was 'futile' nobody seemed to have told the Fax players who defended with enthusiasm, commitment and determination.