Re: No game should be drawn !

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Re: No game should be drawn !

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No, a draw is a draw.
To allow a side the win in golden point is a thing dreamed up for sports that are boring and dull to try to inject some excitement.
RL players put their bodies through enough as it is.
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Re: No game should be drawn !

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I was asking would it be a replay at Cas, but then they had the Golden Point.

Maybe in a semi or a final but not in other games.

Keep it as it is.
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I wouldn't call NFL boring to be honest. I'd like to see a golden point but would be biased towards who wins the toss for receiving.
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Re: No game should be drawn !

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Mmm, not sure. No for SL, perhaps for the CUP. It was pretty unedifying stuff IMO with embarassing the worms in far more danger from the numerous miserable attempted drop goals.
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In the league I dont mind draws, some games deserve/justify a draw, when it matters in the cup or eliminators golden point works a treat!

To counter your argument if a team feel they really need that win they will throw caution to the wind anyway no team goes to the pitch wanting a draw or a loss, our sport is made of winners!
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I said our game is full of winners and it is, but IMO the formats are good as they are if a team are supposed to win they genrally do.
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Re: No game should be drawn !

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Golden point is fair enough for Cup games etc but not for SL.

Now correct me if i'm wrong, but when a SL game is a draw and going into the last minutes don't we usually see players making drop goal attempts? The Bradford Catalan game springs to my mind..... if a team can't score a drop goal in the last 5-10 minutes, i really don't want to watch another 15 minutes of desperate and dire kicks at goal.
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Re: No game should be drawn !

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If you look at football, teams become very negative as full time approaches with extra time due and extra time is normally very negative. Wakey v Cas whilst exciting in terms of outcome was awful RL, more akin to RU.
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