So you relegate the 4th placed team in the middle 8's and promote the team who finished below them? I think there is a flaw in your plan

The middle 8's system is fine. The issue with the game is not the structure. It has never been the structure.

Its the number of people playing it and the amount of money coming into the game.

The new structure needs tweaking in my opinion.
The million pound game is a marketing joke. Taking no consideration into the livelihoods of anybody involved.
Yes the games are exciting but absolutely rotten to have all that at stake in the one game.

If we must stick to the structure then the bottom 3 just get relegated to the championship without all the fuss.
The top championship side could possibly be rewarded with a starter 2 points and the bottom SL club could be punished starting on minus 2.

YES I can go with that

Sorry, yes, I thought I had it all sorted, but just before the end it all went badly wrong. Kinda the theme of the day.

The big problem is this....

It was always going to go down to the wire. A draw after full time then. Golden point is the issue. In reality, in a game this tight the team that was relegated really was down to the toss of a coin. If we'd won it, we receive it, drive up the field and drop the goal. Yes, Salford still had to actually do it, but the coin toss put everything in their favour.

A vital game like this should never have been allowed to be decided by the stupid golden point rule. Football realised this, that's why they got rid.

Don't agree with that, i mean look at last years NRL GF. Brisbane drop the restart and the cowboys get the ball back to win it. Salford still had to get up field and into position, and by rights he shouldn't be allowed to knock it over from there near Half way, but it was a great kick despite the lack of pressure. It's a bad way to lose it for either side in golden point but it's like penalties in football, not nice for the loser. still can't believe your side couldn't see it out 8 points up with 2 minutes to go, that's where the game went.

The got down to the 40 metre line from the kick off and then dropped it from 40 metres out. Worthy of winning any game, no problems there. I doubt hull kr would have been able to do that, they've lost 2 games by a drop goal.

Hull kr richly deserve to go down and now they'll have to take their medicine.

Spoken lile a Saints fan never having to face financial difficulties or relegation. Try them on for size and see how you feel.

You don't hear soccer fans whinging that the 6th placed team in the Championship got promoted over the 4th placed team because they beat them in Extra Time.

I'm a leeds fan and we faced relegation and financial difficulties in 1996 and relegation this year.

My point exactly. Extra time, not golden point. They DID complain when football used golden point, that why they abandoned the idea.

like what happend to Cas you mean under the old system?!?

There hasn't been any team promted via the Football League play-offs through golden goal.

The reason golden goal was abandoned was because it simply encouraged teams to play defensively and play for penalties. The flat 30 min extra time period encourages more open play.

I seem to recall Widnes getting relegated after finishing above Catalan.