League table/bonus point. : Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:25 pm  

Anyone who still ridicules the bonus point needs to study the Championship league table as it stands tonight.

Re: League table/bonus point. : Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:32 pm  

Featherstone lost today and moved one place up in the table. Tell me that isn't wrong? It's weak. Rewarding a club for losing is shocking. Get rid.

Re: League table/bonus point. : Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:44 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Featherstone lost today and moved one place up in the table. Tell me that isn't wrong? It's weak. Rewarding a club for losing is shocking. Get rid.

Those are the rules of the competition & they're there to be used or abused. Will York be complaining about their point tonight ?

We still don't carry a single BP in our points tally this season, but i wonder how many sides have taken one from us ?


I'm all for it & I hope, just hope ( A'LA Kevin Keegan stylee ) that if we do get one it leaves us top of the table come crunch time.

Re: League table/bonus point. : Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:17 pm  

I have never liked it rewarding failure is not right in sport and rewarding a defeat is wrong.
Look at the table, without the bonus point we would be 2nd and Fev 3rd.
For those who like the bonus point just take a look at the bottom of the table, Hunslet have got 10 points from defeats yet got a bonus point for them, they might stay up having won less than Swinton, York or whoever and that is just wrong come on.
You benefit from keeping the score down by the good old points for/against if you finish level you stay up if you hav a better points difference end of story.

Re: League table/bonus point. : Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:24 pm  

Fax4Life wrote:

without the bonus point we would be 2nd and Fev 3rd.

The bonus point is part of the Championship, that's my ERMMMM point !!!!!


Why would you like to look at the bottom of a league table ? That's their fault for not winning enough games, serves 'em right. I bet you're anti-drop goal as well aren't you ? Pat Richards & Wigan certainly aren't after the effort I witnessed on monday evening. You've gotta play for every single point that's on offer, play for every minute, gain every advantage, sneak every inch, win every single contact.


That's my POINT.

Re: League table/bonus point. : Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:34 pm  

marillion man wrote:

The bonus point is part of the Championship, that's my ERMMMM point !!!!!


Why would you like to look at the bottom of a league table ? That's their fault for not winning enough games, serves 'em right. I bet you're anti-drop goal as well aren't you ? Pat Richards & Wigan certainly aren't after the effort I witnessed on monday evening. You've gotta play for every single point that's on offer, play for every minute, gain every advantage, sneak every inch, win every single contact.


That's my POINT.

Er presumptious aren't we I think the drop goal is well worth having, it won us the Challenge Cup in 1987 for goodness sake and for me it is pshycological as well it just puts that gap in the scores.
As for the bonus point well you said it, its part of the Championship - but not SL or Championship 1 you may have noticed so why do we have it???
As for Hunslet they have 22 points yet have only won 4 games, how ridiculous.

Re: League table/bonus point. : Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:39 pm  

Fax4Life wrote:

Er presumptious aren't we I think the drop goal is well worth having, it won us the Challenge Cup in 1987 for goodness sake and for me it is pshycological as well it just puts that gap in the scores.
As for the bonus point well you said it, its part of the Championship - but not SL or Championship 1 you may have noticed so why do we have it???
As for Hunslet they have 22 points yet have only won 4 games, how ridiculous.

Don't be ridiculous, the tries & goals that we scored "attributed" to the 19-18 win on that occasion also. It's all part of the game. We don't compete in SL or C1, so why should that affect our psyche during the heat of battle ?

Re: League table/bonus point. : Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:51 pm  

I like the BP,it keeps games interesting at the top and bottom end of the table when it looks like they could just fizzle out.
Having said that if they got rid of it then i could live with that as well.

Re: League table/bonus point. : Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:52 pm  

marillion man wrote:

Don't be ridiculous, the tries & goals that we scored "attributed" to the 19-18 win on that occasion also. It's all part of the game. We don't compete in SL or C1, so why should that affect our psyche during the heat of battle ?

Its nowt to do with the heat of the battle its an experiment that has been forgotton about and we are still paying the price, like I said its rewarding failure.

Re: League table/bonus point. : Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:59 pm  

Fax4Life wrote:

Its nowt to do with the heat of the battle its an experiment that has been forgotton about and we are still paying the price, like I said its rewarding failure.

You're incorrect. You watch closely games across this division how many teams/individuals attempt to preserve or salvage the bonus point during a close game towards full time. Smart players will & do, both when they have the ball & suss out the opposition when defending. Try watching the game on the whole fella.