Re: The Decider : Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:53 pm  

Massive commiserations to London, most undeserved relegation ever.

Re: The Decider : Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:02 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

Thank you Wakefield.

If we’d gone down off another Golden Point vs Salford I think i’d have broken my foot kicking something.

Really need to aim up for 2020.

You are most welcome

Re: The Decider : Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:57 am  

Win or lose Goldenpoint in regular season should be point to loser and 2 for Victory. But throw in players forced retirements. First 2/3rds of season injury ravaged. Change of coach. Floodlight collapse.small squad 1 fit prop for months.Saints only losing 3 games 2 of which London with weak squads.Umpteen chances to avoid last day shoot out it's been hell of a season again. Some good days along the way but ultimately glad it's over.. Suspect things will slowly get better but long journey ahead.Thankfull it's not derailed by another relegation. Smith kept us up so credit there.

Re: The Decider : Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:27 am  

craig hkr wrote:

Win or lose Goldenpoint in regular season should be point to loser and 2 for Victory.

This idea has been previously considered and rejected by the NRL who incidentally are reviewing GP again ahead of the 2020 season.

Congratulations on retaining you SL status making half of my rugby league following family in Hull very happy(and relieved!).

Re: The Decider : Sat Sep 14, 2019 4:47 am  

Cheers.We stumbled across the line but suppose the only thing that mattered was stay up.
Will enjoy watching the remaining games and see who we sign and what these rumoured improvements are? Hudge and Smith deserve our thanks . After being at MPG 2016 then this fiasco season another relegation wouldn't have been terminal but would again set us back.

Re: The Decider : Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:53 am  

One good thing we are still in super league just but we need to learn how to win in the last 2 minutes how many times have we been in a winning position to lose it in the last couple of minutes something is not right but roll on 2020 let’s hope for better times

[Mild Rover]

Re: The Decider : Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:21 am  

Freddie Miller. wrote:

This idea has been previously considered and rejected by the NRL who incidentally are reviewing GP again ahead of the 2020 season.

Congratulations on retaining you SL status making half of my rugby league following family in Hull very happy(and relieved!).

Three league points available for a game that goes to GP has the potential create unfairness and even contrived results. I’ve seen it mentioned a few times and I understand the sentiment, but it should be a complete non-starter imo. I’m surprised the NRL even considered it.

I know that games are worth 2 or 3 points overall for a drawn and won match in association football, but there is no situation in which both teams benefit from the extra point available.

Overall, I don’t think GP adds much, apart from making PD matter more, and i’d be happy to see it binned for league matches. It was nice to win one against Cas and that balances out yesterday. It just feels like a solution to a problem that doesn’t really exist.

Thanks for the congrats - they’re appreciated.

Re: The Decider : Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:26 am  

Pleased your still in SL, but feel for London. Good luck next season

Re: The Decider : Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:30 am  

Sandro II Terrorista wrote:

Massive commiserations to London, most undeserved relegation ever.

Why ?

[Mild Rover]

Re: The Decider : Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:37 am  

lampyboy wrote:

Pleased your still in SL, but feel for London. Good luck next season

I feel for London too. They’ve outperformed most peoples’ expectations by a sizeable margin and done it with a really good spirit and a real team effort. Huge credit to Danny Ward and his squad. Shown up a few teams as well, frankly, including Rovers.

The difficulty for them is that team will be broken up. The team of the man who I think might just pip Ward to coach of the year, Ian Watson, is also losing key players. It is tough on a tight budget but they seem to have embraced that and made the best of it, and a single good season stays in the record books and is still worth it for the memories.