hi to all you southstander posters out there old and new
it's at this time of the year where us know it all posters predict how the new season will pan out before a ball has even been kicked
as i have repeatedly said each year this is not a serious competition and it is only a bit of light hearted fun
i therefore once again urge all of the southstander.com big hitters and especially those regular posters that have opinions on every subject and will argue their point until the cows come home
to make their predictions this year
congratulations to "smokey ta" who finished top of the league in 2015,
can anyone dethrone him in 2016?
if tvoc is prepared to undertake the scoring of the competition yet again this year then i propose that we replicate last seasons competition and that we.......
a: predict the regular season finishing positions after 23 rounds
b: predict the top 4 play off sides that will make the play off's after the top 8 split
c: predict which 4 sides will rejoin sl for the following season through their play off series of games
d: grand final winner
e: challenge cup winner
craigizzard proposed this system last season to determine how the points would be awarded
Quote smokey ta="craigizzard"It's tricky, but what I would suggest is the "usual" scoring system for the selections after 23 rounds (ie. 0 points for getting the selection correct, 3 points for being 3 positions out etc.)
Then MINUS two points for each of the top 4 correctly positioned (MINUS one point for getting a top 4 team right but in the wrong position), MINUS one point for each of the "returning to SL" teams correctly identified, and MINUS three points for each of the GF and CC winners.
Lowest score wins.'"
tvoc who has kindly adjudicated and posted the final finishing positions each season agreed that they were the easiest way to award points under the new play off structures.
so the points scoring system should stay the same imo
my regular season finishing positions are:
1: warriors
2: rhinos
3: saints
4: giants
5: tigers
6: dragons
7: wolves
8: hull fc
9: hull kr
10: wildcats
11: red devils
12: vikings
the final top 4 play off sides will be
1: wigan
2: saints
3: rhinos
4: giants
the 4 sides that will rejoin sl in 2017 will be
9: hull kr
10: wildcats
11: red devils
12: centurions
gf winner: rhinos
cc winner: saints
