I notice someone elsewhere has posted that odsal is booked for 5 days for a circus (no pun intended) which clashes with the new extra chance qualification game so it looks like the coin toss won't be coming down in our favour!!!!

Ta. I get it now. I was just not following.

I guess that that is fair enough. Kind of embarrassing to need play-offs to get out of Ch1 in the first place but I will take it.

If all these play-offs are at the home of the highest placed club, then it will take place at the championship club's ground, surely?

wouldnt worry too much about travelling to Rochdale we hammered them (haven) 34 nil in the challenge cup the top 7 teams in this league would beat them comfortably

Coin toss apparently

There's been more than a few circuses at Odsal over the years, but I didn't realise we were booking them in advance now

Sorry, couldn't resist...

Well, regular events really should be done in an orderly fashion, I've always thought. Or it starts getting out of hand

No point in concerning ourselves about Rochdale/Swinton we have to get past the semi final yet which may well be Oldham again.

Have I missed something? Chalmers via T&A Quote: "Of course the Million Pound Game will be no more after the weekend, to be replaced by a Championship Grand Final between only Championship clubs.'" https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/ ... agic-road/ I thought it was a straight 1 up, 1 down? Bottom of SL replaced by top of CL?

Have I missed something? Chalmers via T&A Quote: "Of course the Million Pound Game will be no more after the weekend, to be replaced by a Championship Grand Final between only Championship clubs.'" https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/ ... agic-road/ I thought it was a straight 1 up, 1 down? Bottom of SL replaced by top of CL?

It’s straight 1 down, but top 2 play off so sky still get their showpiece game

Has that actually been confirmed? There was some talk that it would be a Top 5 play off just like in the Super League. A play off series leading to a 'Grand Final' (which would replace the MPG)

That's right Paul it is a a top five play off with a Grand Final to be played on a neutral venue exactly the same as Super League will do it from next season onwards.This has definitely been confirmed.

FFS what a crock that is.

A GF does nothing but encourage a boom or bust mentality. At least with a traditional route into the top flight there could be an element of prior planning.

They need to enforce an anti tampering deadline after the final week of the season to allow promoted sides to compete on a level playing field when making signings.

It's difficult enough for promoted clubs to step up in intensity as if is, without scurrrying around the market for cast offs and loan players after every club in SL has signed whoever they want in August.

Other than saying 'it's the same for everyone', there is little to recommend it, imo.

As said above, the current SL clubs will have sewn up all the better players long before the championship play-off final, leaving the winners to scrabble about looking for the best of the cast-offs to keep them promoted. We'll see what happens but it looks very much like back to the old yo-yo clubs again.


To be honest, I can't see this remaining for very long before the SL clubs re-introduce some form of licensing.