Quote: Aboveusonlypie "I wasn't dismissing it - just pointing out some problems. I don't agree that 7/8th should have a chance of top 4. This season that would have been Catalans and Widnes, who had no chance whatsoever. It's pretty difficult to move from 8th to 4th over just 7 weeks. Even if Widnes had won every game they'd have been nowhere near.
I do agree about the lop sided nature of the structure caused by Magic. If Cas had won their last game then they would have won the LLS. Playing Wakey at Magic as opposed to us playing Leeds or Saints playing Wire gave them an unfair advantage. In fact such an advantage could see someone drop out of the 8 altogether next season with potential relegation looming as a result.'"
Yeh I hate the current format of that MW for that exact reason. I think it's made worse by the fact that the fixtures are seemingly pulled from nowhere. They make sure the Hull derby is on then have two games featuring Wigan, Saints, Leeds and Warrington then the rest of the fixtures are pretty random. Huddersfield as last year's league leaders played relegation favourites Bradford at MW this season, how was that fair? They had the perfect opportunity to mix it up by changing to a new league structure, and there are several better options. It could have been the first game after the split when there's an uneven number of fixtures, it could have been two double headers for the CCQFs, a standalone 9's weekend - any of those would have been better than what we currently have. It's a brilliant concept but they need to give it more of a purpose and move away from the uneven league structure.