This marquee player lark ain't gonna happen , ingles,Cronk, thurston,slater,smith,Johnson ,are what I would call marquee players there's no way on this earth you could entice them over here they earn a very good wage, any signings made if any , are not what I would call marquee players just good players,

I don't deny wirex3 I'd probably be just as bolshy to the teams that can't make it, and laugh and wind them up, that is the privilege of finishing in the top 4.

And I would scrap the magic unless one team forfeits a home game for it. The extra game is unfair on the losing team especially where a position of relegation is at stake.

I don't deny that it's up to very team to win as many to have a chance but for every winner there is a loser. So are a teams that finishes in the 5/6/7/8 spots losers?
Well the split concept says no but it gives them absolutely nil chance of making the 4! So why on earth bother. Just give the four a play off and let us all book our holidays.

Four teams have four middle eight home games, four have three. Let's use the extra home game the top four have as Magic Weekend.

Easy solution.
Make the magic a regular round of games, the team that forfeits the home game gets 4 home and 3 away in the super 8s and middle 8s.

Bobs your uncle, Flo is your aunt.

Great minds ghf

I think you're wrong. The RFL has correctly weighted the super 8's so that the top 4 teams of the season get the best chance to get to O/T. However should any of the top 4 have a drop in form and one of the 5-8 placed go on a run of great results then places could be swapped around. This year the chance of winning it from 5th etc is small and the chances of winning to from 1-4 is good. This is the way it should be.

All our memories of 2011 & how unjust the end of season was. The new system reduces (but does not eradicate) the chances of that happening. No longer will a team win it from 5th.

I've never been a fan of the Magic Weekend, but if the RFL want a big 'showpiece' event, they should remove it from SL and use the Challenge Cup instead. All four quarter finals at one venue would be preferable, in my view, to the current situation of a daft extra fixture which inevitably skews the league table.

Even better idea, yeah. Just switch the team that loses a home game each year.

Don't need to do that Buckley mate.
Whoever forfeits the home game gets 4 home in the super8s and 3 away.

What happens if the four teams in the middle eight were in the six who forfeited home games?

In that you find another example of a flaw in the concept PY.

I still think the best solution with keeping this format is a 4/5 play off.

With only 2 games played this season in the CC and a third game win will get you to Wembley (you must be feeling unbeatable).You have had a poor season and other results have improved your position in the league.

That doesn't give you the right to question? Something you think you should be involved with. Your simply not there based on your performance this season.

Discussing the Super 8 with some friends yesterday. Unless we lose heavily V Cas (which would severly dent our final top 4 aims) and Catalan have a big winning margin, if our calculations are correct, we have Wigan, Hull & Catalan at home and the other teams (Leeds, Saint, huddersfield & Cas) away. Play to our potential and we could have enough to make that final top 4. Dont turn up for the first 3 rounds and it could be all over by August BH.