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Everything posted by Dave T
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this is an interesting point. It hasnt been met with near-universal contempt. It has been voted in by plenty of clubs, including clubs who now look at risk of relegation. People often quote the fact that Scottish football voted against this kindof structure, but ignore the fact that the vast majority of clubs did actually vote yes for it. People against a proposal will generally be more vocal than those in favour, although Gary Hetherington gave as good as he got.
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Yep, i'd agree with that. I think there are certain things where clubs should work together for the greater good, and you could argue they already do with TV deals and sponsorship, but if I'm honest I think clubs should ahev to work hard to grow themselves to be big enough to be able to challenge. Nothing should be gifted.
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Nope. By keeping your points, this retains the element of seeding that is already in playoffs - naturally it has to be different as this is not knockout football. Either way, if this proposal goes through, at the start of the season there will be 12 teams in Super League with fixtures against each other home and away. Why are people happy to dismiss 23 games in favour of 7 games?
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I'm not sure you quoted my correct post for the response you gave, but yes I do agree with you. I really enjoy the business side of the sport and will happily engage in debate on this, and I am certainly not criticising people for that, but there are a lot of fans who seem to dislike the actual sport, never engage in any RL discussion and just seem pretty bloody miserable in general! I really miss the World Cup as the amount of positivity and love shown for the game was on a level I have possibly never seen.
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On your last line. I wish more people had that attitude. There are so many people that will dig their heels in and stubbornly refuse to embrace whatever decision is made. Licensing was never given a fair go, every time there was any bit of bad news, it was due to licensing. There were so many people grumbling, turning on Super League and basically acting like the games biggest enemy and I fear the same will happen here, meaning that we will need to reshuffle the deck in a few years.
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No, but none of it will ever be 'known' they need to be calculated risks. Some analysis on the repeat fixtures when we were at 12 teams would support the point I made I expect, but there will always be quirks due to the local derbies etc. The repeat fixtures is a potential issue, without question, but if I'm honest in the absence of more strong teams, repeat fixtures are probably the way to go.
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I think we agree. The other thing to look at is improving the standard and entertainment level of the lower division, which having more full time players should do should not be dismissed as unnecessary. IMHO we should be looking to improve the standard at all levels of the game. As you say, the stumbling block, as always, is funding.