Rd23 2024: 8pm Eels v Panthers GAME DAY THREAD @ Commbank Stadium Aug 9th

[hineyrulz]

We all know what he is attempting to allude to

Sounds like he needs to get out more.

 

[King-Gutho94]

219 replies in the game day thread vs Wahs (W)

473 replies in the game day thread vs Ruffs (L)

Well i think the answer to that is @TheParraboy game day threads are just more popular then mine.

 

[JokerEel]

Or option 3. One big division. Play everyone once making that 19 rounds, but then comp breaks up into 5, four team divisions which would add 3 more rounds making it a 22 week regular season competition.

But you just have 1 ladder?

If that's the case still isn't a true competition as the teams in your smaller division may be absolutely shit and easy wins while another team has strong sides and loses them all

 

[Eelementary]

I think we’re all traumatised after following this team. Can’t blame you.

They've done nothing, but let us down, for 40 years.

I knew we would find a way to lose.

Had we been in-form for a period of time, and playing well, then I would agree that it was a choke.

But, personally, I can't call it a choke when a team that has won barely ten games over 2 seasons, succumbs to the best team of the NRL era - a team that boasted Origin halves, an Origin winger, and several quality players all over the park.

I knew these boneheads would lose, but I enjoyed us making it a contest.

 

[TheRam]

But you just have 1 ladder?

If that's the case still isn't a true competition as the teams in your smaller division may be absolutely shit and easy wins while another team has strong sides and loses them all

Didn't say it was perfect. But this is what the NRL are looking at. They need at least 22 rounds so as they can still get top dollar for the TV rights.

What would be a better outcome is if they decided which teams go into each conference of 4, two or three weeks before those games are played. That way you could allocate a fairer spread in each conference due to standings at that point on the ladder and injuries. But I can't see them opting for that scenario due to wanting a longer lead in for who and where each game is played.

 

[Gronk]

Or option 3. One big division. Play everyone once making that 19 rounds, but then comp breaks up into 5, four team divisions which would add 3 more rounds making it a 22 week regular season competition.

Yeah Buzz Rothfield said that last week. I heard it too.