NRL NRL finals system changed

[meltiger]

Yes, try reading you goose.

I didn't say 1st didn't get a double chance

Auckland were punished by having to travel away in wk2

That the team they played choked Parrastyle isnt the systems fault.

 

[Castres Treize]

^^^^ stop whinging, the best 2 teams will make the GF regardless what system they use.

 

[Aucklander]

Using the new system the Warriors were robbed of a home final last year, a game they most likely would have won. In the end they won 2 games away from home to qualify for the GF and beat two higher ranked teams.

Worth noting they were only 2 points away from being 4th.

 

[meltiger]

PDisagree. New system makes finishing 5-8 a waste of time

McIntyre system gave your mob their only chance at a premiership (in which you choked) within the last 10 years

 

[Aucklander]

^^^^ stop whinging, the best 2 teams will make the GF regardless what system they use.

That's about it really. Just going about it differently.

 

[Aucklander]

This is how it works.

 

[Castres Treize]

That's about it really. Just going about it differently.

Yep, when the finals come around, it's a new competition.

Win and everything is sweet, lose, see ya next year.

MelTigPie is only worried because he knows how his team goes come finals time

 

[meltiger]

Actually. Lose and get a double chance and a home final. Win and potentially go cross country.

Your statement is so wrong it's laughable.

As for the Tigers .... 1986 v 2005 my friend

1986. LOL. Shit club, shit history.

 

[Castres Treize]

Actually. Lose and get a double chance and a home final. Win and potentially go cross country.

Your statement is so wrong it's laughable.

As for the Tigers .... 1986 v 2005 my friend

1986. LOL. Shit club, shit history.

Go across the country, play in another country means you deserve what you get if you win in my books.

Every team has to travel at some point.

As for the Tiggers, when did Balmain last with anything?

 

[Castres Treize]

People can whinge and cry about whatever finals system they like, but when your own team goes on a rollercoaster run like the Warriors last year and the Eels in 2009, nothing beats it bar a GF win, and even then if you lose, the ride was worth it and something you will never forget.

 

[meltiger]

Ha ha. Well I suppose you would want to be satisfied with losing wouldn't you?

Current system would have had Parrascums getting mugged at Brookvale as opposed to taking advantage if a choking St George.

Anyway, it's not a whinge so much as an opinion that this system punishes more heavily teams who win in wk1

Balmain last won in 2005, as did Western Suburbs.

 

[balmainforever]

People can whinge and cry about whatever finals system they like, but when your own team goes on a rollercoaster run like the Warriors last year and the Eels in 2009, nothing beats it bar a GF win, and even then if you lose, the ride was worth it and something you will never forget.

You are kidding aren't you?? Who cares about the ride, "Winning isn't everything, its the only thing."

Going on last years top 8, the tigers would've never choked in week 2, they would've had the week off.

 

[damochandler]

when the warriors get flogged by 40 and still make the gf. it's a bit of a farce

 

[meltiger]

Why?

If 1st beats 4th by 50, 4th backs up with their double chance and home final in week 2 and makes it through to a GFQ where they may beat 2nd ..... Any less of a farce?

Warriors beat the best team in the comp and also the minor premiers, both games on the road. They deserved their GF spot.

 

[meltiger]

You are kidding aren't you?? Who cares about the ride, "Winning isn't everything, its the only thing."

Well when a team hasn't won squat in a quarter of a century and doesn't even look close to the mark presently you would hold onto a close enough is good enough attitude

Going on last years top 8, the tigers would've never choked in week 2, they would've had the week off.

Yep. Would have slaughtered Melbourne the way they played that week. Straight through to GFQ under the new system.

The one I'm arguing for HURT the Tigers last year. Contrary to trolls suggesting otherwise

 

[storm fan]

Yep, when the finals come around, it's a new competition.

Under the McIntrye system, yes. Under the ARL 1995 system, no. The regular season now takes on greater effect for those in the finals.

they finished higher on the ladder and deserved a double chance.

Top 4 don't deserve a guaranteed double chance. Over the past five years, 4/5 times the difference between 4th and 5th is one competition point. If 4th deserves a guaranteed double chance then so does 5th.

 

[balmainforever]

Under the McIntrye system, yes. Under the ARL 1995 system, no. The regular season now takes on greater effect for those in the finals.



Top 4 don't deserve a guaranteed double chance. Over the past five years, 4/5 times the difference between 4th and 5th is one competition point. If 4th deserves a guaranteed double chance then so does 5th.

Lets just give all the teams a double chance in the first week and be done with it.
Then we can just have a knockout playoff system from weeks 2-4

The only true playoff system is like the American Sports Model. LOSE AND YOU"RE OUT!!!

 

[storm fan]

Lets just give all the teams a double chance in the first week and be done with it.

precisely, but its the road that has been taken now.

 

[Castres Treize]

Ha ha. Well I suppose you would want to be satisfied with losing wouldn't you?

Current system would have had Parrascums getting mugged at Brookvale as opposed to taking advantage if a choking St George.

Anyway, it's not a whinge so much as an opinion that this system punishes more heavily teams who win in wk1

Balmain last won in 2005, as did Western Suburbs.

Talk about certain teams losing as much as you like MT, but I have actually watched my team win 4 GF's and lose another 3, how many GF's have you watched where YOUR team has been involved?

 

[Tannehill17]

good to see they are using the AFL system more blockbusters the better. 1v8 and 2v7 were fairly predictable, of course there was the odd upset but usually it was one sided. the commission is off to a good start.

 

[storm fan]

good to see they are using the AFL system

Why is the AFL system? Can't be because the AFL used it first. This system was first used in the 1995 Rugby League tournament.

more blockbusters the better.

Not for the teams, only for the revenue.

1v8 and 2v7 were fairly predictable, of course there was the odd upset but usually it was one sided.

Really? In the last five years, in the games specified, there has been 3 wins by those teams. With 8th winning two of these 3 times.

the commission is off to a good start.

yes it is, but it has nothing to do with this.

 

[meltiger]

Talk about certain teams losing as much as you like MT, but I have actually watched my team win 4 GF's and lose another 3, how many GF's have you watched where YOUR team has been involved?

So we've established you are old.

Who cares what happened more than 25 years ago?

Shit club, shit history.

Storm Fan. LOL don't hit em with facts.

1 v 8 may not work in the AFL due to the massive disparity between 1 & 8 but the NRL due to our non restrictive attitude towards player movements is a far more competitive competition. Evidenced by the way the finals series always pan out. It worked in the NRL.

 

[tugga]

Both systems are flawed. They reward complete mediocrity by insisting on a final 8 due to TV rights.

 

[meltiger]

Agree there.

Best system = Final 5

 

[tugga]

Even a final 6 I could handle.