Re: Pre-season predictions : Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:19 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

Charlie - the players try to win every game. They'll go for the league and, once that's over, they'll go for the Grand Final. There'll be no "I'd rather win this than that" at this stage of the season.

Griff ,I know all the Players go out to win every game , if they didn't it would be pointless taking the field , my point is SOME games will be more important this season , im sure you agree the League Positioning comes first ?If you finish in the Top 2 you receive around £550,000, and fractions less as you finish further down the League , what do you get for Winning the GF ?Around £50,000 ?Give me a Top 2 Finish anyday , then worry about the Play-offs after .Tubbs knows and so does Charlie .

Re: Pre-season predictions : Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:26 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

Griff ,I know all the Players go out to win every game , if they didn't it would be pointless taking the field , my point is SOME games will be more important this season , im sure you agree the League Positioning comes first ?If you finish in the Top 2 you receive around £550,000, and fractions less as you finish further down the League , what do you get for Winning the GF ?Around £50,000 ?Give me a Top 2 Finish anyday , then worry about the Play-offs after .Tubbs knows and so does Charlie .

Well, hold your horses, Charlie. There's a couple of meetings to go before it's all confirmed.

I take your point - but in practice it means nothing. You're not going to deliberately throw your GF series games to give you a better chance of winning the league, are you ?

Re: Pre-season predictions : Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:42 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

Well, hold your horses, Charlie. There's a couple of meetings to go before it's all confirmed.

I take your point - but in practice it means nothing. You're not going to deliberately throw your GF series games to give you a better chance of winning the league, are you ?

Definatley not Griff , but as the GF play -offs come after the League games your priorities are the League , as for the Meetings , I may be a bit ahead , but I thought it had all been agreed , in this weeks League Express , it even states the Prize money for where you finish , and how much you get . .Surely the RFL HAVE NOT MADE THAT UP ?

Re: Pre-season predictions : Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:26 pm  

If the prize money is based on were you finish then they should scrap the play-offs as they have no relevance unlike last year were the grand final winners got more mney the League winners.

Re: Pre-season predictions : Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:34 am  

charlie caroli wrote:

Definitley not Griff , but as the GF play -offs come after the League games your priorities are the League , as for the Meetings , I may be a bit ahead , but I thought it had all been agreed , in this weeks League Express , it even states the Prize money for where you finish , and how much you get . .Surely the RFL HAVE NOT MADE THAT UP ?

They've published their proposals, not their decision.

Re: Pre-season predictions : Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:36 am  

EAGLEBLADE II wrote:

If the prize money is based on were you finish then they should scrap the play-offs as they have no relevance unlike last year were the grand final winners got more money the League winners.

Gates are poor enough in the play-offs without giving them another kick in the teeth.

Re: Pre-season predictions : Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:05 am  

There must be some kind of incentive to win the final as well though? Have the RFL thought that far yet?

Re: Pre-season predictions : Fri Feb 07, 2014 1:18 pm  

E.S.O wrote:

There must be some kind of incentive to win the final as well though? Have the RFL thought that far yet?

Well, one would think so. But - hey - this is Rugby League.

Re: Pre-season predictions : Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:29 pm  

1st fev 2nd leigh. 3rd. Sheff. 4th. Batley. 5th. Fax

Re: Pre-season predictions : Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:12 am  

Don't think for one minute Warrington will let Swinton go down.All 3 trys on Sunday were scored by Wolves players,last season Swinton were bottom with 6 games to go then a big influx of Wolves players saw them escape.