The play offs would work better for me if it was the Top 4 and there were 3 round robin weeks before the top 2 played the GF in the 4th week

1st and 2nd would get two home ties and one away as a reward for their finishing position with 3rd and 4th having 1 home tie and two away ones

Every week would be competitive, it would bring points difference into the mix too so every minute would count

Based on this years finishing positions it would look something like this. The equivalent weekly round versions of these fixtures these were some of the very best games

Week One
1st v 2nd
Wigan Warrington
3rd v 4th
St Helens Catalans

Week Two
2nd vs 3rd
Warrington St Helens
4th vs 1st
Catalans Wigan

Week Three
1st vs 3rd
Wigan St Helens
2nd vs 4th
Warrington Catalans

Not really linked to attendances but RFL hit back at Tony Smith over his moaning about the playoff system. www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... um=twitter

Not really linked to attendances but RFL hit back at Tony Smith over his moaning about the playoff system. www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... um=twitter

If saints ticket office is anything to go by, I can see why!

I spent all day ringing the ticket office to be put in a queue, 15 mins later the phone goes dead, I ring back, same happens for about 4 hours!

My mate had same problem, he spoke to someone at saints who told him they are extremely busy. He got his mrs to go Langtree and nobody there.

I went this afternoon and three people buying tickets.

Only two girls working on the ticket office in "extremely busy" circumstances is a total joke!

No wonder the crowds are down if it's the same at other clubs.

Complaint

The Rugby Football League have moved to defend the Super League play-off system following criticism from Warrington coach Tony Smith.

On Tuesday the former England supremo called for a re-think of the top-eight system after two one-sided play-offs encounters in the opening round and claimed that the views of the Super League coaches were being ignored by the governing body.


response......

"There were some one-sided scores last weekend but how do you mitigate against form or individual performances in specific fixtures?

"For example, Tony's own club Warrington were [sizesoundly beaten [/sizeby St Helens on Saturday and they finished the competition in second place. Nobody could have predicted that result."



Classic



You set em up Tony and I'll supply the punchline

If they have children then that wouldn't happen. The only way an adult doesn't get full benefits straight away is if they have given up their job voluntarily but even then they get something.

Back in yer box, tony.

On related news, Westwood missing for the Hull game.
C'mon Hull! I can see now, they knock off warrington and then Wigan go for them if the club call, only to be smached by Willie Manu,we get them in the final and withdraw their goal kicker for the big night.

Maybe.........

Live the dream.. I am!!!!

There's too many teams in the Play Offs, i'd go back to top 6, it's bonkers that a team can have more loses than wins & still win Super League, doesn't help the current Play Off system can be confusing[i've only just worked it out]. I would reintroduce the discount that St holders got.

Bend it like Beckham’s got nothin’ on this baby! who's Willie Manu anyway? some no-mark I bet.

I like this new word, did you come up with it?

Like a cross between smacked and smashed

How is it pronounced though? I expect it would be [ism-aysh-ed[/i