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<blockquote data-quote="RC" data-source="post: 227435"><p>Yeah, you've got a fair point about why English clubs don't like the EDF, but to say Magners isn't competitive just because we don't get relegated? </p><p>You know that if a team goes down in the premiership you know they're almost certainly gonna bounce back up the next season, given the huge gulf in class between your two league. I mean how many bonus point wins did the saints have last season. I don't actually know if they lost at all. It's not like it the end of the world for the relegated team. </p><p>And to say that ML teams only do well in the Heineken Cup is because they can rest their players and <em>know </em>that they're gonna be in the HC next season. Yeah, i agree you've got to be very unlucky or play very badly to not get into the HC, but you say that ML teams do well in the competition because they get to rest their players? </p><p>Ok, but if they have the luxury of being able to rest their players then when they do reintroduce the players back to the game then surely they need some quality, competitive sides to play against otherwise they're gonna crumble come the time they play against the big dogs in the HC, no? Where are they going to find the competition if not in the Magners league.</p><p></p><p>I can understand you may have said a few things out of the heat of the arguement, but don't be ignorant.</p><p>If your league is so much more superior than ours, then wouldn't that reflect internationally?</p><p>And at the end of the day, that's all that matters in our game, isn't it? How our teams fare against the better opponents that currently lie in the SH.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RC, post: 227435"] Yeah, you've got a fair point about why English clubs don't like the EDF, but to say Magners isn't competitive just because we don't get relegated? You know that if a team goes down in the premiership you know they're almost certainly gonna bounce back up the next season, given the huge gulf in class between your two league. I mean how many bonus point wins did the saints have last season. I don't actually know if they lost at all. It's not like it the end of the world for the relegated team. And to say that ML teams only do well in the Heineken Cup is because they can rest their players and [i]know [/i]that they're gonna be in the HC next season. Yeah, i agree you've got to be very unlucky or play very badly to not get into the HC, but you say that ML teams do well in the competition because they get to rest their players? Ok, but if they have the luxury of being able to rest their players then when they do reintroduce the players back to the game then surely they need some quality, competitive sides to play against otherwise they're gonna crumble come the time they play against the big dogs in the HC, no? Where are they going to find the competition if not in the Magners league. I can understand you may have said a few things out of the heat of the arguement, but don't be ignorant. If your league is so much more superior than ours, then wouldn't that reflect internationally? And at the end of the day, that's all that matters in our game, isn't it? How our teams fare against the better opponents that currently lie in the SH. [/QUOTE]
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