Come the end of the season the table should be in the same order as the super league table - thats the point. the idea is simply to take into account whether a team has played more difficult games and be a better prediction of the final league standings through the year. for example i know we were all disappointed to lose this weekend but you could argue that its not a team you would expect to beat and not as bad as say salford who lost to castleford, a team you'd be looking to beat to make the 8.

Can you tell i was a bit bored this lunchtime?

Come the end of the season the table should be in the same order as the super league table - thats the point. the idea is simply to take into account whether a team has played more difficult games and be a better prediction of the final league standings through the year. for example i know we were all disappointed to lose this weekend but you could argue that its not a team you would expect to beat and not as bad as say salford who lost to castleford, a team you'd be looking to beat to make the 8.

Can you tell i was a bit bored this lunchtime?

Dont know why that posted 3 times!

If it is a completely different scoring sytem is that actually possible?

Nonetheless, I'm a sucker for a nicely laid out table like the one in the first post so I'm a fan

Hi MISSION,

Its a decent proposition, and one which will be interesting to follow if you keep it up.

I felt an algorithm coming on to include in your calculations- playing home/away considerations, the injured players potential ,the biased/incompetent officials conundrum, the artificial pitches location, the sacked coaches hypothesis, the Nandos syndrome and the devious owner's conglomeration.

..... Alas maybe not! I forgot to carry the 1 in line 24075 and it has all gone to pot.

Errm HULL FC and WARRINGTON DREW 20-20 !!

Quite right, so they did. Oops.

I've made one final adjustment so that the table will end up in the same order as the super league table at the end of the year, and that's to adjust for Millenium Magic (as for example Bradford play Leeds (group A) and Castleford play Wakefield (group B) so Castleford have more games against group B opposition to go than Bradford).

If my maths degree serves me well at the end of the season each teams score should be 31 less than the number of points they get in the league.

I thought the bit about Bradford trying to get a zero was probably the most telling insight...

you mean as in the old mantra 'they'll be lucky to get zero'

Looks like a fancy version of AP/Swiftcorn's 'Non-flat track bully SL table'

you missed the bit after the ellipsis

It is an interesting way to look at it

For example London start with games against Saints & Wolves

Cas start with Salford & Bulls

I know which start most teams would go with