Covid-19 : Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:44 pm  

The games involving St Helens and Castleford are again both being postponed due to Covid. The list of games needing to be rescheduled are growing and must eventually reach a point where it is not possible. This could result in the final league positions not being a true reflection of a team’s performances and could lead to disputes between clubs and the RFL.

Re: Covid-19 : Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:45 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

The games involving St Helens and Castleford are again both being postponed due to Covid. The list of games needing to be rescheduled are growing and must eventually reach a point where it is not possible. This could result in the final league positions not being a true reflection of a team’s performances and could lead to disputes between clubs and the RFL.

Every man and his dog saw that as a likely outcome/issue.

Re: Covid-19 : Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:14 pm  

Leigh mssing games, may not catch us up but could have a better percentage by the end.

Re: Covid-19 : Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:21 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

Leigh mssing games, may not catch us up but could have a better percentage by the end.

Correct and could be the end of superleague for us Leigh will be getting injured players back plus a few knew additions .

Re: Covid-19 : Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:26 pm  

cheshirecat57 wrote:

Correct and could be the end of superleague for us Leigh will be getting injured players back plus a few knew additions .

Exactly why I think we need to rotate and play some squad players for Les cats and focus on Salford at home.

Re: Covid-19 : Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:05 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

Leigh mssing games, may not catch us up but could have a better percentage by the end.

If we don don't win another game but play all them all they would have to do is win 3 but would have to miss 6 games cancelled to do it, the more games they loose and play the better

Re: Covid-19 : Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:32 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

Leigh mssing games, may not catch us up but could have a better percentage by the end.

If you keep losing the percentage stays at 0%

Re: Covid-19 : Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:43 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

If you keep losing the percentage stays at 0%

Naturally, but they play us and Salford at home, I bet they fancy their chances with those two, I guess all it takes is one of the others getting less than 7 covid cases and forfeiting games or fielding weakened teams and it starts to be sqeaky bum time. Looking at our reaming fixtures, I can realtically see one or two wins, Salford at home, with Leigh away been the critical one.

Re: Covid-19 : Mon Jul 26, 2021 10:11 am  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

The games involving St Helens and Castleford are again both being postponed due to Covid. The list of games needing to be rescheduled are growing and must eventually reach a point where it is not possible. This could result in the final league positions not being a true reflection of a team’s performances and could lead to disputes between clubs and the RFL.

In hindsight, we should have adopted the Union example and put the onus on clubs to fulfil their fixtures, with ANY club, unable to play their fixtures hit with a 24 - 0 reverse.
This would at least keep all clubs "honest".
It is of course harsh, if clubs have a genuine covid issue. However, it would also encourage the clubs and players to take postponements a little more seriously that some clubs seem to be doing at present.
Having 3 games out of 6 postponed on a regular basis is causing untold damage to the reputation of the sport.
We dont look great at the best of times and just at the moment, we look all over the bloody place.

There clearly isn't enough space in the calendar to fulfil all of the "lost" games and the league will get ever more skewed as we move towards the last part of the season.

The situation with Saints and Cas shows just how unprofessional our sport has become.

Re: Covid-19 : Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:50 pm  

Salford game against KR in doubt but think if that’s cancelled they more than likely can’t play Monday either as both games will be within the ten day isolation period