When I first started watching the game, it was 1st place in the table that took the spoils and it was 4-up and 4-down. Not saying that we go back to that, but whatever format you come up with can look daft depending how results pan out. The Championship has been a great competition this year for the top 4, but if we were just playing for top spot then TWP had it sown up weeks ago.

If, and a big if, we go the franchising route again, then (imo) we need to manufacture a more level playing field, in a similar but not same way (we don't have the same college infrastructure) as the American draft system. Ok, not similar, but somehow contrived to level things out?

How many people complained when Leeds won the competition from 5th and said they didn’t deserve it?

Personally I think the top 4 we have now is spot on, if you don’t finish in the top 4 you don’t deserve a shot.

No matter what the play off system is, there’s a chance top of the league club will get knocked out. Saints will receive a trophy for finishing top, the League Leaders Shield.

Top 6 would be a farce and promote mediocrity, if we apply it now the 6th place team has only won 50% of there games have lost 6 x as many games as the top place club, so the 6th place winning an extra 3 games in a play off could make them super league champions the 3 games would supersede the 23 games that went before it.

So you would only need a 50% win rate to potentially be champions, thats not good enough and would not happen in any other sport. The top 4 are worthy of there position and have earned the advantage over the remaining 4 teams.

I really hope this was posted in sarcasm, because the suggestion you've made its ridiculous.

Surprised it didn't get more pick-up. One of the daftest things I have ever read on a rugby forum.

No. The alternative is that clubs work harder to generate more revenue from the games they do have and generate more revenue from non-matchday activity, rather than flogging our talent as much as possible because their revenue would fall otherwise.

How many clubs have actually grown their matchday revenue this season? I'd wager that the answer is depressingly few.

its up there with drawing the magic weekend fixtures on the friday night so its completely random.

It was clearly sarcasm, the OP however is one of the daftest things ever to be posted on a forum

Top 5 was the best system

However, if we are to keep the top 4 playoffs I really don't understand why we dont do it as follows:

Week 1

1st v 2nd - Winner to GF
3rd vs 4th - Loser out

Week 2

1st/2nd vs 3rd/4th - Winner to GF

Week 3

Grand Final

no we should never of had this super 8's gimmick in the first place it was always a crap idea.

14 team super luge to 5 or top 6 was the best system, personally the top worked best for me. the top 8 out of 14 teams was too much. if we must have p&r then straight one up bottom down.

The irony of a Leeds fan saying that teams in 5th don't deserve a place in the Grand Final after winning it from that exact position twice is astounding! Maybe Leeds should have those GF wins eradicated from their history to placate the atrocious notion.