Rovers fan here. The MPG is awful. Relegation would be more acceptable if we'd finished bottom of the pile after 30 games. To finish 4th in the Middle 8s when there are 4 Super League places up for grabs and then have to play a one off game against a team who performed worse and finish below us in the format is quite hard to take.

You're right, it happens quite often but, it doesn't happen in a contrived fixture that the puts the 2 clubs (one of which gains promotion and another who faces relegation and possibly worse) directly against each other.

Occasionally, very occasionally, you end up with a "freak" fixture where this scenario happens by chance and there is just as much at stake (Wakefield v Cas in the "original" MPG) and thats fine, it happened and couldn't be avoided. However, the idiots running the game should have left it there.

Imagine if this game was Hull FC v Hull KR, Wigan vs Saints or Warrington v Widnes

Although this is very, very unlikely, the rivalry, with so much at stake, would lead to difficulties afterwards and by contriving the fixture, the RFL themselves would have to accept some responsibility.

The weekends game didn't matter because it was your club involved (and probably never will be) but, it doesn't take a genius to realise that this set of circumstances massively increases the risk of crowd trouble and yes, KR, as the host club, have to accept some responsibility for the poor stewarding but, the fixture isn't needed.

Two posts which are spot on. Hull KR had ample opportunity, including home advantage, to avoid relegation and they failed. Personally I do not like the MPG. I would have bottom 2 of SL play top 2 of Championship to decide promotion/relegation.

All of which is irrelevant. We we're in Super League since it's inception. We won it 4 times, were World Club Champions 3 times and won the CC twice in the SL era. We we're relegated, having finished 2nd from bottom. But that was fine, because we went to s**t on (and off) the field when it mattered.

You had the whole season to avoid being the middle 8, you blew it. You had the middle 8 games to avoid being in the MPG, you blew it. You has 2 minutes to hold onto an 8 point lead on Saturday, you blew it. The fact is like us, you couldn't get the job done when the chips were down. As much as I wanted you to be the team to stay up, welcome to P&R. Welcome to sport.

Yeah sick of hearing the superleagIlluminati whinging because the system - designed to be nothing more than an exercise to keep championship clubs quiet - has actually worked.

They'll just have to cut their cloth accordingly.

An interesting article in LE this morning from Tigers coach Powell.

Basically - leave the structure as it is and introduce a second MPG for the top 8.(i.e. 4th Vs 5th). After 23 rounds this season only Wildcats couldn't realistically get up to 4th with the remaining 7 games left. Widnes, Tigers and Dragons would be fighting for the top 4 and Wigan, Saints, Wire and Hull FC would be fighting to avoid 4th spot and the extra game.

Not the worst idea, but problem is the format could get even more confusing to casual fans of the game. Personally id prefer to see a 'Super 6' format, with the remaining 6 clubs taking on the top 2 Championship teams. Teams in 7th and 8th arent ever realistically in the running for Old Trafford, nor are the 3rd and 4th Championship teams going to offer much against Full time teams.

I wouldn't worry about that - I don't think there are any.

We got trouble in Hull vs HKR matches in the regular season, should we have not had them for fear of crowd trouble? Likewise any Derby? Get rid of Grand Finals and Challenge Cups (Widnes fans kicking off the other year in the semi final) because one set of fans will be massively upset? Crowd trouble at the football Euros in the summer, get rid of them and the World Cup?

And we do need fixtures like this.....yes it's gimmicky but that's where we are as a sport in this country down e pecking order and it's pointless trying to deny it and think we can get headlines without such events as this and the Magic Weekend and Grand Final/Playoffs.

Cas had sympathy from fans of other clubs in 2006 because we all knew it should have been Wigan going down rather than them...

Last year many were complaining that the system was contrived to give false hope to Championship clubs. That actually there was no chance of anyone ever getting promoted.

Well this year proved it could be done and surprise surprise some want it to be changed again.

No one kicked off at the Million pound game last year?
Are we seriously saying that it's impossible for 2 SL clubs to battle for relegation without the kicking off?

Does not show a huge amount of faith in SL supporters that they cannot behave themselves when the pressure is on. Unlike Championship clubs can.

Jeez, you've soon changed your tune, it's not two minutes since your club was a shining light of the illuminati.

I think you've forgotten how you scoffed at clubs from lower divisions whilst riding high winning endless trophies, yet now you're a standard-bearer for the Championship.

Is the new system perfect - no. Is it exciting for the neutral - oh yes. Can a Championship get promoted (without a S.L. club going bust in the process) - hell yeah.

Superleague play Four Championship sides and Three Superleague sides.
Championship play Four Superleague sides and Three Championship sides.

And the structure needs changing..What planet are some of you on.

One were SL is still a closed shop it seems.