Apologies if I'm repeating what's already been posted, I haven't read through all 4 pages of the thread.
I don't know why Warrington and ir their fans are trying to whip up a frenzy about this match, if we lose we're still 4 points clear if we win we're 8 points clear. It unless we suffer a slump for the rest of the season it wont affect the final league placing.
We play Warrington again in a few weeks time, there's a 50/50 chance we'll play them in the cup and we may play them twice in the play offs.
Obviously I'd like Saints to win but I'd prefer to beat them when there's something at stake
And we didn't even need a plane.....
https://www.saintsrlfc.com/2019/06/2...it-for-no-one/
The problem for Saints is which Warrington side turns up. They are a bit of an enigma and when they are on song are more than capable of getting a result against us. Although they didn't win any of the finals last season they are still competing in them and while Friday doesn't mean that much in the overall scheme of things i'd genuinely concerned about us being turned over by them in either of the finals should be both make them.
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This is the problem with the current SL set up (and no, I don't have the answer!). Teams can turn up for a prerequisite number of important matches and win the whole thing. Whereas the likes of us last season were (and are again) obviously the best side but only end up with the LLS. This isn't sour grapes, but here we are, once again , well ahead of the pack, yet teams such as Hull (who have been an embarrassment to their fans in some fixtures), Warrington (who are quite unpredictable) and Catalans (who are completely unfathomable), heck, even the Crust Munchers will all be in with a shout at the death, after performing pretty abysmally throughout the season. Not a good set up really.
True but I'm not sure anyone outside the top 2 ever won the gf in the top 5 format.
It certainly gives a handicap to the rest. Whether that handicap is worth a 10 point lead is debatable.
However, the league provides long term financial advantages.
Fans are more likely to turn out week on week to watch a top 2 side than a 5th placed side. So if you maintain a top finishing side you should be financially better off than you would be finishing 5th therefore better positioned to maintain that top level squad, so increasing your odds of a trophy winning side.
Last season we turned them over three times in the League fixtures but lost in the semi. I reckon it’s very difficult to win every game against your rivals - I know we regularly did it for years and years but they’ve much improved since then so we should expect to get turned over for at least one of those games - don’t get me wrong I wish we could win every time - but looking back, the worst thing we could have done was beat them in the league so comfortably a couple of weeks before the semi. Good teams learn from defeats and turn it into a positive by making sure it motivates them next time.
Yep , agreed with your last point here.
I really don't see why wire fans appear to be hyping this up. I would have no issue whatsoever with Holbrook putting out the same side that faced London and lost on the premise that if we lose , it really doesn't matter. Our key players are rested and ready to steam roll them when it matters.
I assure you, they'll be no steam rolling against Wire in a semi final or final.
Not your goldfish memory for sure.
Why do you post on here. You add nothing to the thread except to post inflammatory statements. In my opinion most rugby league fans regardless of teams would like to watch a good skillful game with hard defense and lots of attacking flair. There is a bucketful of talented players on both side so we all want a classic 1st v 2nd clash. It can go either way, but if both teams play to their potential then we are in for a great game.
[QUOTE=rubber duckie;764184]I assure you, they'll be no steam rolling against Wire in a semi final or final.
You're right there.
You can sit at home on 24th August watching Hull v Saints in the CCF, knowing that little Wire gave it their all in the semi 4 weeks previously.
"The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It is nothing of the kind. The game is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom." Danny Blanchflower.
Might have been written by a footballer about football - but never a truer word............