Super 8s gone : Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:24 pm  

https://mobile.twitter.com/M_Shaw1 I reckon it'll be 1 up one down in so from 2019.

https://mobile.twitter.com/M_Shaw1 I reckon it'll be 1 up one down in so from 2019.

Re: Super 8s gone : Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:29 pm  

Jaffro wrote:

https://mobile.twitter.com/M_Shaw1

I reckon it'll be 1 up one down in so from 2019.

Plus loop fixtures for the SL clubs to make up the number of games / money income.

Re: Super 8s gone : Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:19 pm  

Just leaves more questions than answers really.

Re: Super 8s gone : Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:08 pm  

Just rubbish from the RFL, change the whole process a couple of games from the end of the season. It really does just indicate that they really have F-all idea about what they are doing. The whole game is a shambolic joke.

Re: Super 8s gone : Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:12 pm  

faxcar wrote:

Plus loop fixtures for the SL clubs to make up the number of games / money income.

The problem with loop fixtures - like the $uperEights 1 and 3 - is that there are a lot of games with bu99er all at stake. Folk not so interested, gates are lower for these third (maybe fourth or fifth) meetings of clubs in a season. Still, at least we'll have a bit more notice of the fixture list instead of the current ten minutes.

So - are we playing 26 games, then ? Plus maybe the Bash. I'm not a huge fan of the Bash, but I can live with it if it gets us on TV once a year.

Re: Super 8s gone : Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:15 pm  

How on earth can they change the whole system so late in the season?

This just shows how weak the RFL are, four or five SL clubs being the tail that wags the dog.

The sport of rugby league deserves better

Re: Super 8s gone : Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:17 pm  

Norman Bates wrote:

Just rubbish from the RFL, change the whole process a couple of games from the end of the season. It really does just indicate that they really have F-all idea about what they are doing. The whole game is a shambolic joke.

In fairness, Norman, there was so much pressure to try this TwelvesandEights that we had to give it a run or we'd never have heard the end of it. In fact, all the predictions about its problems are now well understood.

Teams finishing halfway up the table after 23 games getting relegated
Clubs can't decide whether to include $uperEights games in season tickets
Middle Eights the only games where crowds are decent because they're the only teams that start on zero
Fixtures arranged at short notice
Ground sharing clubs shafted by their soccer partners again because the soccer fixtures are out first

All these problems were predicted back in 2013.

Re: Super 8s gone : Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:19 pm  

freddies wig wrote:

How on earth can they change the whole system so late in the season?

This just shows how weak the RFL are, four or five SL clubs being the tail that wags the dog.

The sport of rugby league deserves better

You speak as though it's never happened before.

Are you new to Rugby League ?

Re: Super 8s gone : Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:30 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

The problem with loop fixtures - like the $uperEights 1 and 3 - is that there are a lot of games with bu99er all at stake. Folk not so interested, gates are lower for these third (maybe fourth or fifth) meetings of clubs in a season. Still, at least we'll have a bit more notice of the fixture list instead of the current ten minutes.

So - are we playing 26 games, then ? Plus maybe the Bash. I'm not a huge fan of the Bash, but I can live with it if it gets us on TV once a year.

Fully agree and I'm not proposing it, it's just what has been mentioned the SL clubs are looking at along with the 1 up 1 down.

Re: Super 8s gone : Thu Aug 23, 2018 5:08 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

In fairness, Norman, there was so much pressure to try this TwelvesandEights that we had to give it a run or we'd never have heard the end of it. In fact, all the predictions about its problems are now well understood.

Teams finishing halfway up the table after 23 games getting relegated
Clubs can't decide whether to include $uperEights games in season tickets
Middle Eights the only games where crowds are decent because they're the only teams that start on zero
Fixtures arranged at short notice
Ground sharing clubs shafted by their soccer partners again because the soccer fixtures are out first

All these problems were predicted back in 2013.

But announcing the change at this point in the season is pathetic. All teams should know what the are playing for at the start of the season and that shouldn’t change, this is so unprofessional it’s beyond belief, well actually, no it isn’t.