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<blockquote data-quote="William18" data-source="post: 292939"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (C A Iversen @ Dec 12 2009, 01:17 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=426494" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p></p><p>Why couldn't they just use a different format keep the same teams just split them up into a pool A and a Pool B play there round robin games then have like a quarter final, semi then final??</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p>That was done. I think I remember the Tasman union being outraged that they didn't play every one once. Indeed, playing everyone once was one of the principles on which a new competition should be based. People didn't like that format and they got rid of it.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>I don't think everyone hated it. It was just some unions and a few fans. Nearly everyone I've heard of has thought it's not a bad idea, compared to the alternatives. Tasman are in no place to be dictating terms really.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p>I don't know if you follow cricket or not. About 12 months ago some friends of mine said that we should drop Jamie How because he wasn't getting runs. They wanted to see guys like McIntosh picked. Now that McIntosh is failing (though is now on 46) they want to see How back again. If How started failing they would again want him dropped. I think it's the same situation here, people always complain with what they have got.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="William18, post: 292939"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (C A Iversen @ Dec 12 2009, 01:17 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=426494']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Why couldn't they just use a different format keep the same teams just split them up into a pool A and a Pool B play there round robin games then have like a quarter final, semi then final?? [/b][/quote] That was done. I think I remember the Tasman union being outraged that they didn't play every one once. Indeed, playing everyone once was one of the principles on which a new competition should be based. People didn't like that format and they got rid of it. [/b][/quote] I don't think everyone hated it. It was just some unions and a few fans. Nearly everyone I've heard of has thought it's not a bad idea, compared to the alternatives. Tasman are in no place to be dictating terms really. [/b][/quote] I don't know if you follow cricket or not. About 12 months ago some friends of mine said that we should drop Jamie How because he wasn't getting runs. They wanted to see guys like McIntosh picked. Now that McIntosh is failing (though is now on 46) they want to see How back again. If How started failing they would again want him dropped. I think it's the same situation here, people always complain with what they have got. [/QUOTE]
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