[Mild Rover]

Re: Middle 8s v2.0 : Sat Jun 30, 2018 12:23 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Dont worry Mrs B, we are now secure.

For us to miss the top eight we'd have to lose all four and Leeds, Huddersfield and Catalans would have to win every game AND Wakefield would need at least another win apart from beating us. Wakey's other three games happen to be Leeds, Huddersfield and Catalans so they can't all overtake us.

Still a thread worth keeping open though as the battle to avoid the bottom four is fascinating as will be the middle 8s.

But what if... Leeds and Hudds won three games by big enough margins to overturn the gap in points difference (this probably requires Hudds beating Hull by 100+, but stick with me) and both draw with Wakefield. They could all end up on 22!

Catalans then only need to win at least four of their last five and they’re on 22 as well. All to play for.

Re: Middle 8s v2.0 : Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:50 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

But what if... Leeds and Hudds won three games by big enough margins to overturn the gap in points difference (this probably requires Hudds beating Hull by 100+, but stick with me) and both draw with Wakefield. They could all end up on 22!

Catalans then only need to win at least four of their last five and they’re on 22 as well. All to play for.

I knew you'd oblige. 23 points required then. Grrr...

Re: Middle 8s v2.0 : Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:17 pm  

[quote="Mrs Barista"]I knew you'd oblige. :lol: 23 points required then. Grrr...[/quote]




The question is do you think you’ll be in the bottom 4 and the answer of course you don’t

Re: Middle 8s v2.0 : Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:56 pm  

Looking like a useful result for us in France. We just have to keep plugging away.

Re: Middle 8s v2.0 : Sat Jun 30, 2018 6:19 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

But what if... Leeds and Hudds won three games by big enough margins to overturn the gap in points difference (this probably requires Hudds beating Hull by 100+, but stick with me) and both draw with Wakefield. They could all end up on 22!

Catalans then only need to win at least four of their last five and they’re on 22 as well. All to play for.

Oh no..

Re: Middle 8s v2.0 : Sat Jul 07, 2018 8:23 pm  

Catalans beat Wakey. Hmm, Hudds can still reel us in then? Leeds v Cas is interesting tomorrow.

Re: Middle 8s v2.0 : Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:15 pm  

[quote="Mrs Barista"]Catalans beat Wakey. Hmm, Hudds can still reel us in then? Leeds v Cas is interesting tomorrow.[/quote]


I hope you end up in the bottom four just so you can come on here and say I told you so

[Mild Rover]

Re: Middle 8s v2.0 : Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:31 pm  

On a more serious note, it looks likely this is the swansong for the 8s system. What have you thought of them?

As general RL fan, I think there are drawbacks - not least the complexity - but that is true in different ways for any system.

As a partisan Rovers fan, obviously i’ll be glad to see the back of them. Depending on whether Leigh make it, we could be the only ever presents in the middle 8s, I think. 2015 wasn’t so bad - 7-0, with some very slight salving of the wounds of Wembley. 2017 was cathartic, but what came in between would sour a person on anything. And here we are again in 2018, gearing up to start our season in July.

Obviously the same period has been much better for Hull FC - what have you made of them, as one of the four clubs who made the top 8 each time? Will you miss them, or do think change is due?

Re: Middle 8s v2.0 : Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:44 pm  

The weakness in the system is the disparity in tv money/salary cap between championship and super league teams.
I started off not liking the system but, ironically, they’re getting scrapped just when the system has settled down and showing signs of being more equal.
Rugby League needs to have courage and stick with a system long term.
Some hope.
Chopping and changing makes it look as though they’re being proactive, when in reality they’re just blagging it.

Re: Middle 8s v2.0 : Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:50 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

. And here we are again in 2018, gearing up to start our season in July.

What? Have you not read Gareth Westmorland's acres of copy on Rovers making the 8 in the last couple of weeks? Not to mention both RL weekly papers printing the same.