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By Johnathan Thurston | June 04, 2008 12:00am
I KNOW I have said it before but I'll say it again, golden point needs an overhaul.
It might sound like sour grapes after we went down to Penrith in extra time on Saturday but if you remember, I was saying the same thing last time we played golden point.
And we won on that occasion. The reason I think there needs to be a change is just in the area of fairness.
To me it just doesn't seem right that you can battle your guts out for the full 80 minutes, not lose, and still come away with nothing.
There should be something there to reward you for that effort at least.
For example, by fulltime the Bulldogs had been pounded by Melbourne 46-0 on the weekend, but at the same stage we were level, 18-all, with the Panthers.
Yet Canterbury and the Cowboys both get the same reward for drastically different results – zero competition points.
That just doesn't seem right. So, just like I did last year, I'll put out a proposal which has been said a few times before and seems to make sense but continues to be overlooked.
In the National Hockey League in the United States and Canada, if there is a tie at the final hooter the game goes into overtime.
But before it does both teams are handed one competition point for the tie and then the teams play for the remainder of the points in the added period.
That makes perfect sense to me, and I can see no real reason why it wouldn't work in the the NRL right now.
Penrith and Cowboys both get one competition point for their efforts over 80 minutes and then after Jarrod Sammut banks a field goal, the Panthers receive another point.
I have been on both sides of golden point, the sheer elation and the devastation, and from both views I can see it is an exciting concept, but I think it just needs that slight tweak.
After walking off on Saturday losing 19-18, the one competition point would have meant little to us at the time, but once the emotion subsided it would have brought some solace.
It could have proved pretty handy towards the end of the season for us, too.
Like I said, this isn't sour grapes, I just think it is an idea that makes sense and I'm pretty confident most, if not all, clubs would feel the same way.
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I KNOW the players weren't the only ones who walked away from Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday disappointed after our dramatic loss to Penrith.
But despite what some people out there might say we are far from writing the season off at this stage – there is still a long way to go.
For us, we've got to turn to the cliche of `one game at a time' as we start our revival. And there were signs there against the Panthers that we are on our way back.
Our wrestle on the ground was good, our contact in defence was great and considering we played a lot of the second half with 12 players, I reckon we showed plenty of character.
It would have been easy to drop our bundle, but we fought hard and, in the end, were pretty unlucky not to come away with something.
The key now is for us to back that performance up against the Tigers. While I won't be there because of Origin duty there will be a couple of blokes I believe will be especially fired up for the clash – Carl Webb and Jacob Lillyman.
It's disappointing for those guys to have been overlooked for Origin II, but it will no doubt be a boost for the Cowboys when we take on the Tigers.
Look for 'Charlie' and 'Bull' to make a statement at Campbelltown Stadium.
I KNOW I have said it before but I'll say it again, golden point needs an overhaul.
It might sound like sour grapes after we went down to Penrith in extra time on Saturday but if you remember, I was saying the same thing last time we played golden point.
And we won on that occasion. The reason I think there needs to be a change is just in the area of fairness.
To me it just doesn't seem right that you can battle your guts out for the full 80 minutes, not lose, and still come away with nothing.
There should be something there to reward you for that effort at least.
For example, by fulltime the Bulldogs had been pounded by Melbourne 46-0 on the weekend, but at the same stage we were level, 18-all, with the Panthers.
Yet Canterbury and the Cowboys both get the same reward for drastically different results – zero competition points.
That just doesn't seem right. So, just like I did last year, I'll put out a proposal which has been said a few times before and seems to make sense but continues to be overlooked.
In the National Hockey League in the United States and Canada, if there is a tie at the final hooter the game goes into overtime.
But before it does both teams are handed one competition point for the tie and then the teams play for the remainder of the points in the added period.
That makes perfect sense to me, and I can see no real reason why it wouldn't work in the the NRL right now.
Penrith and Cowboys both get one competition point for their efforts over 80 minutes and then after Jarrod Sammut banks a field goal, the Panthers receive another point.
I have been on both sides of golden point, the sheer elation and the devastation, and from both views I can see it is an exciting concept, but I think it just needs that slight tweak.
After walking off on Saturday losing 19-18, the one competition point would have meant little to us at the time, but once the emotion subsided it would have brought some solace.
It could have proved pretty handy towards the end of the season for us, too.
Like I said, this isn't sour grapes, I just think it is an idea that makes sense and I'm pretty confident most, if not all, clubs would feel the same way.
*****************
I KNOW the players weren't the only ones who walked away from Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday disappointed after our dramatic loss to Penrith.
But despite what some people out there might say we are far from writing the season off at this stage – there is still a long way to go.
For us, we've got to turn to the cliche of `one game at a time' as we start our revival. And there were signs there against the Panthers that we are on our way back.
Our wrestle on the ground was good, our contact in defence was great and considering we played a lot of the second half with 12 players, I reckon we showed plenty of character.
It would have been easy to drop our bundle, but we fought hard and, in the end, were pretty unlucky not to come away with something.
The key now is for us to back that performance up against the Tigers. While I won't be there because of Origin duty there will be a couple of blokes I believe will be especially fired up for the clash – Carl Webb and Jacob Lillyman.
It's disappointing for those guys to have been overlooked for Origin II, but it will no doubt be a boost for the Cowboys when we take on the Tigers.
Look for 'Charlie' and 'Bull' to make a statement at Campbelltown Stadium.
