Too many teams in the finals ?

[manlyfan76]

Yeah, but you'd feel hard done by if you went through undefeated and didn't make it!

I think you would

• neutral +/-
• all other teams had less wins, meaning less points available

 

[Shoe1]

Horse bolted in 1988 everyone

 

[Woodsie]

Horse bolted in 1988 everyone

I remember that .. there was movement at the station ..

 

[globaleagle]

for the word had passed around

 

[Eagles4Life]

That the colt from old Regret had got away.

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

Some years its a good idea to have 8 teams as they are competitive, other years it isn't as close.

Take 2018 for example:View attachment 19073

I think a top-8 is fine with the current system of 5v8 and 6v7. Top-4 gets suitable reward with double chance/week off as the outcome.

I kinda like the idea of a team making a late-season charge into finals contention after a mediocre season, or a season mired by injury. Parra in 2009 was pretty cool to watch, even if it was the Eels.

I know they say teams outside the 4 never win the premiership, but they have made a fair few GFs in the past. It will happen eventually.

Dogs “won” from 6th place in 1995.

 

[Scorpio]

Hardly the biggest issue in the game at the moment...

It might look ordinary this season but only 3 years ago there was only two points separating 1st and 8th at the end of the regular season.

My optimistic guess is that the competition will become a bit closer again when a lot of teams are able to tailor their roster to the faster-paced game. It feels like a few teams are still stuck with pre-2020 signings that don't suit the 'modern' game.

 

[MadMarcus]

As King Jong Dan has pointed out, there is not enough reward for winning the minor premiership. Melbourne (or whatever team finishes first in the regular season) deserves some advantage for proving the best over 25 rounds, such as a week off.
I'm in favour of a top five like it once was. Then again, I'm in favour of a singular SOO match each season.
Yes, the NRL would lose some revenue, which it could recoup by scrapping the Bunker.

You sir are a genius

 

[40 years an eagle]

Dogs “won” from 6th place in 1995.

Stirrer.