Like that play-off structure, wouldn't say the wooden spoon match is a great a idea- would fans go to watch their dissappointments? should finishing bottom and next bottom have a financial benefit? How could it be woven into the franchise system?

There def needs to be a change. 8 teams is too many.

The Salary cap is pointless if there isnt a minimum spend required. Too many clubs clearly dont get anywhere near the cap.

Their greatest ability is getting away with salary cap jiggery-pokery.

Throw money at a club and pack the team with marquee signings and, if it's competing against teams who are handicapped by actually working inside the cap, then they're bound to do well.

I watched a recording of Brisbane - St George this evening. What a fantastic game of rugby league. As for some of the super league offerings, well they were far from super.

Hull were terrible this afternoon. Some of their play was void of the basic rugby skills. The lack of quality passing from a couple of their players was an embarrassment.

Hmm, and yet no one has actually offered substantial, concrete evidence to suggest such a thing rather than making comments on here.

If they can get players to sign for them on lower wages to build a strong squad capable of winning silverware then I say they have to be praised.

That was a great game. The Dragons defence was unbelievable.

Yeeeees, that sounds feasible......

The play-offs as they stand are baffling. What do in all honesty the winners from the Top 4 gain from winning this weekend, apart from a week off? In theory, Huddersfield and Wigan could win next week, and we'll end up with EXACTLY THE SAME FIXTURES - and we're essentially as we were from the beginning!

Compare this to the Top 5/6 play off of recent years, and the reward for the Top 2 in the first week - a place in the grand final. No wonder intensity has dropped.

nb: the club call is hardly a reward, is it?

The top 6 was a farce.
I suggested the top 7 system mooted above 2 years ago and if you're not going 1v8, 2v7 etc then its the way to go. Originally I liked the AFL system that we're using now but I think you're more handicapped for finishing 4th than 5th

Agreed the Broncos/Dragons match was the game of the season so far.

Maybe Hull's terrible afternoon might have had something to do with their director of rugby deciding to take the sky pound at Wigan rather than assisting his own team.

The top five system was by far the best that we've had. It gave appropriate advantage to those teams that finished higher, had (IIRC) no chance of generating 'repeat' fixtures until the final itself and it lent itself to much more competitive matches.

Unfortunately, Super League has become very much a "everyone can take part" and "everyone gets a trophy" environment. The fact that you can fail to win more games than you do win and still be in contention for the play-offs, never mind actually in them, sums up the problem.

How can standards improve when the "goal" for so many is to be just below average? We need to get back to a 12 team league and a five team play-off format.