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Black Country Wire

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  1. Take your point but on the other hand it makes it harder to win from lower down. From memory I think it was only once or twice that the GF was won from 3rd place under the top 5 system. The current system makes it easier to win from (say) 5th place which IMO damages the credibility of the competition.
  2. Preferred the old top 5 system which gave genuine reward for finishing higher up the table.
  3. League positions are determined over 27 games not one. If you finish the day before and are then relying on other results then frankly you've not done enough. IMO doesn't matter if games are played at the same time or not. Never understood why "knowing what you have to do" is unfair. At the start of the season EVERYONE knows what they have to do - get more points than the other teams. If you haven't necessary secured this when you have played your last game then tough. Not the other team's/teams' problem.
  4. The way Wire have been this season could be a 20 point margin either way or anything in-between.
  5. I was at a Conference North game a few years ago that was abandoned in the 85th minute and a full replay was ordered.
  6. I don't agree. The general public will be largely unaware of the origins of the players 11000 turned out in Coventry for Australia v Scotland. Didn't hear any chat about this.
  7. 10 team competition still makes us look 2nd rate though.
  8. I note that the netball World Cup is currently under way. This is a sport largely only played by Commonwealth countries and largely dominated by 3 nations. They have a 16 team competition with the regular "blow outs"* and yet l don't see plans there to reduce numbers. I would have thought that RL should have a marginally wider geographical spell and that alone should be enough to muster 16 teams together which should be the absolute minimum. I can only speak for myself but I don't have an issue with blowouts or heritage players (although I don't believe the general public does either TBH) and I firmly believe that the credibility of the competition is more damaged by imploding in on itself with a (just over) half sized tournament, especially if it includes one of the so called "super groups" which were much derided in previous competitions. *23 of the first 32 games saw a winning margin of 20 points or more.
  9. Personally I 'd keep the CC as straight knockout. Group stages is just getting rid of loop fixtures to be replaced by other loop fixtures as far as I can see.
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