It is already predictable.all the teams are where they were predicted to be pre season.
We know that barring any major upsets the Grand finalists will come from the same 4 or 5 teams

That’s OK if you have home & away fixtures (ie you play each team in the league the same number of times) the problem is there are 12 teams & that is only 22 games. As the game stands now we are struggling to survive on 29/30 games as it is now & as has been shown the fans we have are avoiding the end of season & cup games in droves. I think the advantage of a play off system is that you can have as many teams in the competition as you want spread as wide as you want & still find a way to play a reasonable number of games to pay the wages & costs. A perfect example is the NFL, Euro league to name two. Where our game I think is wrong is 8 team play off in a 12 team league &we still play our top players to much.

14 teams or more would help if it was 14 that would be 28 and 29 with magic and then c cup games has well brings it to at the least 30

Only if each team played themselves H&A.

If we had enough strong clubs, I'd like to see two conferences of 10. Home and away fixtures within the conference (18 games), home or away against the other conference (10 games). The conference championships would then be more distinct, if still secondary, prizes. Then the top 2 or 3 in each conference enter the play-offs.

But back in the real world...

I agree 14 teams would be better but the moment you add the magic games you take away the even number of games then you need a play off ( unless one team gives up a home game to accommodate it ) It also ignores the fact that most fans are moaning about paying for cup games & not attending as it is. All this talk to me is moving deckchairs on the Titanic instead of attracting people who are prepared to pay decent prices to come through the gate. I wish I had the answer to that but I am sad to say as I & a lot of fans are getting on in years we are not being replaced by younger fans.

Why should they? This is Rugby league not football, our traditional way of crowning champions is via playoffs