Just a suggestion regarding the play off system so it will create a situation where you`ll play every game to the maximum
We need an incentive to do this so how about
1. Winner of the league as a reward goes straight into Grand Final
2. Remaining top 4 , 2 plays 5 and 3 plays 4
Winners of these games play each other for Grand Final spot with the highest ranked team at home
Simmplles !!

Would not happen. That would mean whoever wins the league gets 2/3 weeks off to play against a team that is in form and match fit.

1 V 8
2 v 7
3 V 6
4 V 5

Has to be the most sensible way.

How about the team that has been the best all the season are champions. Each team could play each other home and away and awarded points for winning. At the end we could tot up the points and give the team that has been the best the trophy. Simple!

Top 3 for me. 1st straight into the final, then 2nd versus third slug it out to face the most consistent league team in the final.
The only time they will change it is when 8th place becomes superleague champions after winning only 50% of there league games.

Genuine post (cause most people on this board can't tell stinging sarcasm):
If they insist on having a playoff (which sky do), the 1 vs 8 et cet is the only sensible idea.

Sky will want top 8. Top 6 could work, maybe. If I was to arrange a hair-brained system.

1 vs 2 for gf spot (with loser out)
3 vs 4 and 5 vs 6 for another go.
W1 vs W2 for other Gf spot.
1 or 2 vs W1 or W2 in the GF.

In fact, I really like that.

Yeah, a system where finishing third is probably more likely to result in you getting ti the Grand Final than finishing second is clearly the best way to go.

jdvirgin strikes again.

bring top 6 back

1 v 2 ---- winner to GF

3 v 6
4 v 5

winners play off and the winner of this play off gets to play loser of 1v2 for place. Benefit is teams will push for top 2 place as a) you only need one more win to get to OT and b) you at least get a second shot if you fail the first time.

After both Wigan and Warrington failed to make it to OT last year, it was this syetm that the RL press were crying out for to return. I think it was still used in the championship until last year. This year (if I heard correct) the RFL have adopted a SL playoff style system for the championship. ..........Well at least we already get to play at the HJ!

That's the best format IMO.

How did the top 5 work? (I'm sure we had top 5 play off at some point)

To be fair dont think that would work,as if it was as simple as that other sports like football maybe might do something similar!!

Where does this idea come from that the play-offs come from Sky?

We had play-offs to decide the champions before BSkyB was a twinkle in Rupert Murdoch's eye.

Top 5 is the best system, the people who slag off the very idea of playoffs are bitter Warrington fans who can't get over the fact we bombed out last year.

Perfecto

Echoing my sentiments exactly, on a post from Friday night.

With this system, you get 2 games of high intensity, and a game or so less, for the players who will be involved in the end of season 3-4 nations/world cup..

What you don't get, is flotsum and jetsum like the teams in 8th who've lost half their games, involved in a competition that's "supposed" to be for the elite.

Everyone's a winner