Watersplash final on BBC2
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:19 pm
It's on now, BBC2 that is.
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11-a-side might be the right way to go. The players were tiny back then the pitch looked *so* wide!morley pie eater wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:15 pm I watched highlights of the 1978 Leeds v Saints final on BBC at the weekend. Defences were clearly not as well drilled, but some superb attacking moves - all the better for being off-the-cuff.
Makes me wonder if we should cut down to 12 a side?
Doing so would also have the side effect of automatically creating a (relatively) bigger playing pool.Mike wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:56 pm11-a-side might be the right way to go. The players were tiny back then the pitch looked *so* wide!morley pie eater wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:15 pm I watched highlights of the 1978 Leeds v Saints final on BBC at the weekend. Defences were clearly not as well drilled, but some superb attacking moves - all the better for being off-the-cuff.
Makes me wonder if we should cut down to 12 a side?
Good point, and we certainly need it to sustain a 12-team league, let alone go to 13 or 14. It would help with costs too.The booze hound wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:10 pmDoing so would also have the side effect of automatically creating a (relatively) bigger playing pool.Mike wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:56 pm11-a-side might be the right way to go. The players were tiny back then the pitch looked *so* wide!morley pie eater wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:15 pm I watched highlights of the 1978 Leeds v Saints final on BBC at the weekend. Defences were clearly not as well drilled, but some superb attacking moves - all the better for being off-the-cuff.
Makes me wonder if we should cut down to 12 a side?