Maybe should go back to top 6.



was just thinking of a way of whoever finished top is straight into the gf, then the other teams battle it out, but its hard to come up with something that makes sense.



1 i thought of with top 4



1 - straight into gf

2 - first week off

3 vs 4



then the winner of 3 v 4 v 2 then GF

Regarding the title of the thread..





Crap! Rather like superleague as a spectacle in 2011

Awful. Absolutely awful... We need to go to top 5 or 6. There is no excuse for a team in the bottom half of the league managing to get the change to fight for a place at OT.

but the nrl had a top 8 when they where 15 teams meaning a bottom half club could win it ?

Two awful games so far. Let's hope tomorrow is a similar blow out.

Very disappointing. You can see that the teams have switched off now that the league has been decided.

I'd definitley go for whoever finishes top goes straight to the final

Ive spoke to a few people about it, and every single person has ageed having first place team straight into the GF is the way forward

Top 5 for me

the only thing is with what I said,

whoever finishes top, would get 2 weeks off.



Would this mean the team who had played the week before would be more battle hardened??

I think its a very hard concept to get right

I'm just not comfortable with a playoff series deciding the champions. I mean what was the 27 league games for? what is the point of having them? Might aswell have a 14 team knockout comp and have it done with in the spring. The playoffs are like an end of season wind-down rather than title deciding games. The crowds show i'm not the only one thinking like this.



BTW I am going tomorrow just because its a game of RL and Wigan are involved.

Top get week off and advance to semi finals



A - 2 v 3

B - 4 v 5 (loser eliminated)



C - 1 v Loser A

D - Winner A v Winner B



E - Winner C v Winner D





That way, the teams that finish 2nd and 3rd know that losing in round 1 means a trip to the leaders whilst winning gives you an 'easier' tie. Yes 1st could have to play 2nd, but they've had a week off and have home advantage.



It is a tricky concept which is why it should be first past the post.