Re: Warrington v Hull FC Friday 4th September 20:15 : Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:25 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

I tend to agree, I think pre Covid the 6 again rule would have been ok but all it has done is make games a nonsense. As with the limited recovery with such short turn a rounds to get games the players/teams are already finding it difficult so once you give 2 or 3 repeat sets of 6 in quick succession the game is over as teams just can't come back from it.

Unfortunately there is no clear or consistent way that the 6 again rule appears to be applied and this just makes a further mockery of the games so far. Players are going to tire and the referee's and RFL have to account for this having an affect not just ping teams repeatedly for 6 again.

It is especially difficult for the big biff and bash players favoured and signed by Radforf to adapt to the new rules.

Re: Warrington v Hull FC Friday 4th September 20:15 : Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:31 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

It is especially difficult for the big biff and bash players favoured and signed by Radforf to adapt to the new rules.

You mean like Alex Walmsley?

Re: Warrington v Hull FC Friday 4th September 20:15 : Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:35 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

It is especially difficult for the big biff and bash players favoured and signed by Radford to adapt to the new rules.

We haven't had a full side to find out yet.

Re: Warrington v Hull FC Friday 4th September 20:15 : Mon Sep 07, 2020 5:06 pm  

ccs wrote:

We haven't had a full side to find out yet.

I don’t think anyone has.

Re: Warrington v Hull FC Friday 4th September 20:15 : Mon Sep 07, 2020 5:08 pm  

bonaire wrote:

You mean like Alex Walmsley?

He’s rather more than Biff Bash

Re: Warrington v Hull FC Friday 4th September 20:15 : Mon Sep 07, 2020 5:41 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

I don’t think anyone has.

8 or 9 players missing after 2 weeks isolation when 9 players tested positive, hardly good preparation.
The players were totally knackered before the Warrington game, something the usual suspects on here conveniently choose to ignore.

Re: Warrington v Hull FC Friday 4th September 20:15 : Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:01 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

I tend to agree, I think pre Covid the 6 again rule would have been ok but all it has done is make games a nonsense. As with the limited recovery with such short turn a rounds to get games the players/teams are already finding it difficult so once you give 2 or 3 repeat sets of 6 in quick succession the game is over as teams just can't come back from it.

Unfortunately there is no clear or consistent way that the 6 again rule appears to be applied and this just makes a further mockery of the games so far. Players are going to tire and the referee's and RFL have to account for this having an affect not just ping teams repeatedly for 6 again.

Good post completely agree that the games are becoming a nonsense and with teams having limited training and recovery, players playing injured and fixtures crammed in to suit TV (with no apparent thought of player recovery and welfare), momentum in matches is everything. When one team is down on energy and patched up, blow out scores and predictable outcomes are more and more evident.

It almost looks like a 2020 campaign played out in desperation to keep the Sky boys sweet and bugger everything else but all the while the people who are most important the core support used to one game a week to look forward to and well matched hit ups of a high standard are just becoming oblivious to it all. The season doesn't seem to have anything like the gravitas it usually has. In a nut shell already some people are just getting bored of it all.

Re: Warrington v Hull FC Friday 4th September 20:15 : Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:55 pm  

......Fortunately, Gareth Ellis has found a solution, and will be wearing these against Wakefield.

Re: Warrington v Hull FC Friday 4th September 20:15 : Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:13 pm  

The inconsistent six again rule is making the game look like a nines tournament.

Finding it difficult to keep interest in the game at the moment.

Re: Warrington v Hull FC Friday 4th September 20:15 : Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:19 pm  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

The inconsistent six again rule is making the game look like a nines tournament.

Finding it difficult to keep interest in the game at the moment.

Thought the same about 9s - it does feel like the format has been diluted. That said, the order of the league table holds few surprises so maybe it's still a good way of differentiating between teams.