Super Eights : Fri May 27, 2016 9:22 am
Not having Sky I don't often watch non-cup live to games, I watched Cas v Wigan last night at my brother in laws and it made me think.There is a huge gap between anyone in our league and these teams, both are above average, but realistically no one is going to get promoted unless a SL team collapses.
Despite the gap the standard of play is not good. No real level of high skill or speed most of the time and Sky having to play up the quality of the kicking to find something to keep going on about. The same guys who moan about all the kicks in Union. And why is every penalty a "silly" one?
The quality of the referee last night was poor. Time for two refs like in NRL? But even worse was Cummings constantly jumping to the wrong conclusions. If these are the best refs no wonder the guys in our league really struggle.
overall the game is going backwards at this level and despite this we can't close the gap, so after a season and a half I think the Super 8's are just a con and will continue to be, automatic promotion is the only answer, even if we get yo yo's. We are simply playing for the prize money and a nice trip to Headingly and to the empty stands at Salford and Huddersfield (which will be fun).