Asking rather alot : Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:10 pm  

I for one would love to win every game in the super eights, but it isn't going to happen.
Therefore looking at the top four we need 4 wins extra than Warrington !
Will they loose 4 to enable us to pass them ? & then loose more for them not to overtake us ?
Time to get real, we can play for 5th. In order to get better prize money & club prestige !
At some stage we may have to decide on some younger players gaining experience & our half backs
Bonding better week by week !
Come on the trin.

Re: Asking rather alot : Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:15 pm  

Sorry for the double post, error !

Re: Asking rather alot : Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:54 pm  

You're talking about Wakefield Trinity here remember TrinTrin. I can't see them performing any differently to the erratic way that they have been throughout the season so far. I'd like to think different but I can't. I reckon 7th or 8th final placing.

Re: Asking rather alot : Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:58 pm  

Yep, I agree -- it pains me to say !

Re: Asking rather alot : Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:33 pm  

I think we could realistically aim for 5th .

it just how much motivation is left in the players - most are signed up for next year - is there anything to play for?

Re: Asking rather alot : Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:15 am  

Maybe pride and the monetary prizefund BOJ042

Re: Asking rather alot : Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:54 pm  

BOJ042 wrote:

I think we could realistically aim for 5th .

it just how much motivation is left in the players - most are signed up for next year - is there anything to play for?

I've been saying this since the 1st year of the concept...it's flawed and the only way to fix it is to have a 4th vs 5th jeopardy game which can be played on the same weekend as the £m game.
It means 1234 can't rest players because their all wanting to avoid 4th and an extra game, and 5678 all have a realistic chance of 5th like you pointed out.
No dead rubbers.

Re: Asking rather alot : Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:09 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

I've been saying this since the 1st year of the concept...it's flawed and the only way to fix it is to have a 4th vs 5th jeopardy game which can be played on the same weekend as the £m game.
It means 1234 can't rest players because their all wanting to avoid 4th and an extra game, and 5678 all have a realistic chance of 5th like you pointed out.
No dead rubbers.

How peeved off would you be if lets say Wire were to finish 8 points above 5th and ended up missing out on the semis because of that jeopardy game? For me the top 4/8 format is fine as it is as it currently stands, teams know they have to be consistent throughout the season to earn a place in the playoffs.

Re: Asking rather alot : Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:32 pm  

I don't mind the super 8's format - but think they should get rid of the points at the end of round 23 like they do with the middle 8's - giving more incentive from every team.

Re: Asking rather alot : Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:07 pm  

Less than a 50% win ratio from the last 53 League games suggests that we’re an 8th or 7th standard team, so we’re where we deserve to be.

That said, with this squad I beleive we should be performing better than that! When you factor in the implosions by Sts, Warrington, Leeds, Catalan & Wigan in either one or both of the last two seasons then we’ve missed an opportunity to do something really special.