With the RFL seemingly unable to find a way to improve the competion I thought now a good time to show the 'brains trust' over at Red Hall just how easy it could be. Get your fingers out you imbeciles!

1) Make every game count.

The team finishing top are crowned 'Champions' and get a trophy commensurate with this achievement. The trophy that was given to the winners pre-superleague would do nicely. This team then gets an automatic place in an expanded 4 team WCC.

The winners of the Grand final are crowned 'Premiers' (or 'Grand Final Winners' if you prefer) and would get the 2nd British place in the WCC. If the 'Champions' and 'Premiers' are the same team, the 2nd placed team at the end of the regular season would get the 2nd WCC challenge place.

Every game now counts!

2) Stop the talent drain to NRL/RU

No brainer. Allow unlimited sponsorship off the cap. Also take ALL players with 10 years or more at 1 club off the cap. Give greater incentives for players brought through a club's own system.

3) Negotiate a better TV deal.

Perhaps easier to say than do, however we are the 2nd most watched sport on Sky (or so we are constantly told). How come that doesn't equate to the 2nd biggest deal? Ratings are king in TV. Try booking ad time during Corrie for an illustration of this principle.


Those 3 measures alone would alter the perception of the game at a stroke. I could add more ideas without even thinking about it. Why are the administrators of our game struggling? The fan's view of our great game has never been more pessimistic at a time when attendances are actually up. How is that possible? Well they say that the impression of any organisation starts at the top. I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions!

I have a passing interest/intense dislike of other sports, but apart from football they all seem to be regularly re-inventing themselves or introducing new competitions - cricket/yawnion. I haven't a clue who the league winners were in either of those last season but was fully aware of the media frenzy around their respective cup competitions. Interestingly, & I am not sure there is any relevance, but both of those sports appear to have a select bunch of players who never/hardly ever play league games, being reserved for international duty as that is the big money earner.

Hadn't half our team played for Great Britain the day/week before hence the changes? Don't think it was done out of dis-resepect or the like. I'm sure it was forced.

You're right it is irrelevant, let's look at centrally contracting RL players to an international team to play against whom?

No disrespect to the World Cup and the teams in it, but, seriously how many competative teams are there at the moment, would Austrailia and NZ fancy going down the same route?

There isn't a market for it surely? Not even on planet tigertot

You sir, are a right Charlie.

English Clubs haven't done too badly on the European stage over the years. In fact, in the last eight tournaments there have been seven finalists including three winners, one of which are the current holders, not a bad return?

Perhaps the national team is being hampered by the money getting thrown around at foreign imports? Something we need to be aware of?

I said the quality of the teams in the PL has decreased accross the board in the last couple of years, as has the quality of the English teams in the CL. Citeh have spent nearly half a trillion and can't get close to qualifying for the knockout stage, Chelsea have been exposed this season in the CL, and Man U didn't get out of their group last season. Yes English teams have done very well in previous years, but it seems clear to me the quality of the English teams involved is decreasing despite the millions of £££s being thrown around.

I'm not convinced the weakness of the national side is down to the amount of imports playing in the PL, even when English clubs dominated Europe in the 70/80s England were still pretty gash.