If the tests were conducted on Tuesday, will the Leeds players have also been tested? I presume so, if not they'll have to be tested today and that could put their game in doubt.
If the tests were conducted on Tuesday, will the Leeds players have also been tested? I presume so, if not they'll have to be tested today and that could put their game in doubt.
This season just needs finishing, call the league after this weekend and play a GF with top two.
With Huddersfield v Castleford off, this is all getting silly now. How we end all this is the issue.
The problem is that Catalans have got themselves into a situation where they will effectively blag a top four place by having dodged playing all of their closest rivals in the table. I suspect that's behind the movement to make it more than four in the play offs, because somebody will lose out on a top four spot, simply because one of their rivals conveniently managed to get games called off that they might have lost.
If the season carries on then what must happen is that games get rearranged so Catalans actually have to play and beat rivals to get in the play offs and not get a free ride. Similarly, Leeds and Warrington not having to go to the South of France could be their passport to the play offs by way of this percentage lark. I understand all the difficulties, but this underlines the flaws in the percentage weighting to decide the table. Given the gulf between the top five and the rest, it therefore makes complete sense to abort the league fixtures this weekend and go back to a top five system, and that decision needs making today.
It plays right into the Sky TV company's hands too as Saints v Wigan can then be a direct hit-out for the Leaders Shield and they don't need to bother with a load of meaningless games crammed in for a bottom seven teams who stood no chance of making the play-offs anyway.
The only issue, of course, comes if and when there are Covid cases in the play-offs, and therefore the simple solution has to be cruel, and that is if you can't fulfil the fixture, then you must forfeit the game.
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It would be very interesting if we got half a dozen positive tests this week.
My worry in all of this is that Saints have done very well in all of this with regards to positive test, whereas breakouts have been rife at other clubs.. all the evidence suggests that the number of people catching Covid twice is incredibly rare, so the majority of clubs will have a fair portion of their squad unable to catch it..
I wonder if Saints are looking at a way for the squad to bunk down at a hotel for two weeks over the playoffs, a big ask on the players and families however
I'm not sure of the exact percentages but if Wigan beat us on Friday and they do end the league, would they win the LLS? Or would this be written off?
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It gets worse, Salford have now forfeited their game v Warrington and take a 24-0 defeat.
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Salford are due to play Catalan next Monday. If this doesnt go ahead then that would be the last straw for the current arrangements.
Enough is Enough. This season has to be brought to an end . NOW.
Last edited by knowsleyroaders; 28th October 2020 at 14:26.
Has anyone else took a forfeit score line. Where as this come from.
I've never known it to happen in Super League but I know it's the standard forfeit at amateur level. We've had it a few times where clubs can't raise a team and you get given a 24-0 win. Was 18-0 up until a couple of years ago.
It must be standard protocol from top to bottom.
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Boringness aside
We could be third come Friday night now, or at least 2nd on points difference