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| Juan's cameos.
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| Quote ="tvoc"English. Which is more than can be said for some of your posts on here.'"
Con un nombre como Juan Cornetto, ¿cómo esperas que sea la palabra perfecta en Inglés. Tenemos un dicho en mi país acerca de la gente pedante como tú
De todos modos pensé que habías dicho que usted no lee mis mensajes ya?
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| I said I didn't read 'a' message of yours.
That's a wee bit different to what you're now saying here.
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A lonely 'Ded-Ed' remains in the dark but has to look to the right to see blue skies
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| Or look to the left, even.
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| Quote ="Wheels"Or look to the left, even.'"
Oh. But he is looking to the right and not the left!
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| To return to the play-off topic ( I didn't read the end of the play for two actors over pages 4,5 and 6 I'm afraid).
I can see that there are cons to the current format, but it does keep the season alive and certainly hasn't, as far as I can tell, dimmed anybody's enthusiasm for the regular rounds. SO, while I see the logic, it doesn't appear to have actually happened in real life. As such it seems a slight red herring to me, in using the play-off structure to explain a phenomenon that hasn't actually occurred.
I definitely don't buy the "5th is better than 4th" line. The end result is that, to get to Old Trafford, either Leeds or Hudds probably always had to beat Wire. But Huddersfield would get to do it at the second attempt, Leeds could only ever have one attempt. So that's advantage Huddersfield. There is the matter of a head-to-head meeting. Which Huddersfield get to be at home for. So the deck seems to me to be substantially better stacked for 4th place than 5th.
My only real problem with the top 8 format is that it is too likely to throw up repeat fixtures, in that both the semi finals (proper ones, I lose track of all this qualifying, elimination etc stuff - the round where there are 2 matches with the winners getting to the final seems like a semi final round to me...) are fairly likely to be re-runs of the top 4's first round fixtures.
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| Quote ="Juan Cornetto"Con un nombre como Juan Cornetto, ¿cómo esperas que sea la palabra perfecta en Inglés. Tenemos un dicho en mi país acerca de la gente pedante como tú
De todos modos pensé que habías dicho que usted no lee mis mensajes ya?'"
¿cuál es la palabra española para el pedante, entonces?
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| just two words whining muppets CUP WINNERS.
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| Quote ="zakooo"just two words whining muppets CUP WINNERS.'"
Thanks for your contribution. Mind the door doesn't bang your arris on the way out.
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| Quote ="zakooo"just two words whining muppets CUP WINNERS.'"
given after you said two words....shouldnt that be 4 words?
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| Quote ="zakooo"just two words whining muppets CUP WINNERS.'"
"Whining muppets cup winners" is four words.
Go directly to FAIL. Do not pass 'Go'. Do not collect £200.
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| Quote ="Juan Cornetto"
A lonely 'Ded-Ed' remains in the dark but has to look to the right to see blue skies'"
look to the left Ed!If only
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| Quote ="Norman Stanley Fletcher"¿cuál es la palabra española para el pedante, entonces?'"
Mi español no es muy buena, así que no sé la palabra española para pedante!
Mi vocabulario es cada vez mejor pero todavía tengo problemas para conjugar los verbos. Estoy seguro de que va a entender.
Es bueno que hayas aprendido algo útil cuando se fueron los invitados de Su Majestad la Reina.
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| Quote ="Juan Cornetto"Mi español no es muy buena, así que no sé la palabra española para pedante!
Mi vocabulario es cada vez mejor pero todavía tengo problemas para conjugar los verbos. Estoy seguro de que va a entender.
Es bueno que hayas aprendido algo útil cuando se fueron los invitados de Su Majestad la Reina.'"
My Spanish is not very good, so I do not know the Spanish word for pedantic!
My vocabulary is getting better but still I have trouble conjugating verbs. I'm sure you will understand.
It's good that you learned something useful if you were the guests of Her Majesty the Queen.
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| Quote ="batleyrhino"Should be top 6 with 1 & 2 getting the first week off, 3 playing 6 and 4 playing 5 in knockout games. The winners then play 1 or 2 depending on where they finished in the table, with the winners of those two games contesting the final.
Current "reward" for finishing 1 or 2 is the thankless gimmick of "clubcall". If Wigan and Huddersfield win next weekend, we will simply see a repeat of the first round games with the 4 teams left...'"
It shouldnt be any of that for me.... either
A) Top of the league at end of regular season is champion!! End of!! Nevermind giving hope to teams finishing in 8th flippin place!!! 8th is 8th!! Not good enough
B) Top 4 play off with a random draw format, winner of each match play off in "FINAL" at Old Trafford or Wembley.
C) Top 8 play off in same format as B. Neutral venues.
All these permutations which are in place ala "club calling" are just a money spinning ridiculous format!
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| Quote ="steve slippery morris"Wigan Warriors are no more than part time tennants
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Would a full time tenant be less humorous?
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| Quote ="lionarmour87"when these two get going it like those old kicking duels the fullbacks used to have many years ago first one to drop the ball etc.Lewis jones and Johnny Wilson used have a kicking duel every game .its good reading wth tvoc and Juan ,and good duel'"
Bags I Lewis Jones!
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| Quote ="Juan Cornetto"Bags I Lewis Jones!'"
I bet me and you re the only ones who can just about remember those duels
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| Quote ="lionarmour87"I bet me and you re the only ones who can just about remember those duels'"
I think you're right. They were quite a feature of RL in days gon by. I seem to remember a regular duels with Kellett as well. The forwards used to love it as they got a good rest.
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| Quote ="zakooo"just two words whining muppets CUP WINNERS.'"
I like how you have spread the contains of your thoughts into one clumsy, -for-brains, post.
Congrats.
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| Quote ="G1"Fans who have been around since before 1998 need to try and let go of the importance of league placings. The league campaign is a qualifying campaign. Is it unfair if a formula 1 driver doesn't win a race having qualified from pole position?
Before season start everyone knows that to acheive the goal of a championship they will need to defeat the other teams who qualify for the playoffs in a pre-determined format.
Goal 1 is to qualify as high as possible to garner the rewards that come from that. Goal 2 and, perhaps, more important, is to hit your straps at the right time of the season.
Wigan and Huddersfield are sufficiently rewarded with a 2nd bite of the cherry and a home tie against a lower placed team. That is sufficient reward. If they want to earn the right to be champions they should be able to overcome the teams around them. If they can't find form when it matters why find alternate playoff formulae to accomadate them?
If a team ever does win it from outside the top 3 or from within the lower half of the top 8 they will be fully deserved champions having timed their run perfectly and overcome the odds that finishing in the bottom half throws up against them.
In the NFL wild card teams (lowest placed playoff qualifiers) have won the Superbowl and it's not even a topic for discussion. They appreciate the season is merely to qualify for the playoffs.'"
Look no further than Dewsbury in 1973 .... RFL Champions from 8th in the final league table.
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| Quote ="AdmiralHanson"Look no further than Dewsbury in 1973 .... RFL Champions from 8th in the final league table.'"
These modern fans have no respect for the traditions of the game. They're brainwashed into thinking that because something happens in football it's the only way of doing things. So sad.
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| Quote ="AdmiralHanson"Look no further than Dewsbury in 1973 .... RFL Champions from 8th in the final league table.'"
Just don't mention who they beat.
Has the glory of Dewsbury's greatest achievement been diminished over the year's because they won from 8th? Has it eckers like.
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| Quote ="G1":2gcnzbi2Just don't mention who they beat.
Has the glory of Dewsbury's greatest achievement been diminished over the year's because they won from 8th? Has it eckers like.'" ,but he really was a good player that day
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