14 team league as going back to 12 would also mean having to go back to the play some teams 3 times and others twice which nobody liked, plus it would mean reducing the pathway into SL for young British talent. Scrap the magic weekend and a 29 week (26 rounds + 4 week playoff series) season is long enough.

I would go back to the 5 team playoff as IMO there really shouldn't be any more than a third of the league taking part in them. It would bring the exlusiveness back to the playoffs and the league should be more intense as teams would know that they could afford very few slip ups. At this stage of the season teams with more losses than wins shouldn't be any near playoff contention.

And yes I am including us in that.

Don't think Bradford would be a major loss; conversely, I think their loss would be the Championship's gain and the pull they would have to push the Championships more. I'm a believer that this game cannot move forward whilst the second division is semi-professional, has such a low cap etc. We need a strong second division to allow for free movement between divisions of clubs.

I'm not saying Bradford will do this - or any other big club for that fact - but it would certainly provide some sort of catalyst. Certainly more so than relegating a side like Cas or Wakey would.

And you asked who I thought should go down if it changed to 12. The bottom two of the season before it changes back. If I was to select two right now, I'd say Bulls and Salford based on all things considered over last licensing period and this in terms of the very vague criteria provided to us fans.

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Fully agree with that.
[uSo you agree Cas will be one of the teams the RFL boot out then!![/u

No because London and Widnes are below us and the season hasn't finished so could be higher.

i'd go all out and cut the league down to 10 teams..with a top 5 play off


catalan
london
wigan
st helens
warrington
huddersfield
bradford
leeds
hull fc
hull kr

I really don't get the appeal of having a London team. Does having a team in the capital really bring more benefits than negatives to the league?

yep

Enlighten me

I have never read so much unadulterated rubbish in my life.
If the number of teams in Superleague is reduced further you then have even more disillusioned fans who will be lost to the game producing even more derisory attendances to go along with the alarming lack of interest already evident in Championship 1 and 2.
As someone has already stated the number of pro players will be reduced enormously and people will soon lose interest in a league where clubs play each other too often.
The public at large will look at the small number of clubs in a so called Superleague and come to the conclusion it cannot be so super.
Getting rid of clubs who who consistently produce local talent would also see that source of player production gradually wither away.
Lets consolidate what we have and make the game sustainable, maintaining at the same time traditions which make the game of Rugby League so special.

we need a presence in london......end of story

Oh ok then, I didn't realise it was so simple.