If you look back over the Superleague era the points gap between 1st and 8th is too big to make up in 7 games. It has always been like like and will probaly continue to be so. So teams in 6th to 8th will only ever be making up the numbers. As with any league system, there will always be meaningless games for those at the bottom. So a straight top four is probably the way forward. Unless of course, you really want to make eevry minute count then perhaps all 12 teams should go into the playoffs or would that be just be exacerbating the situation.

i dont think there is a perfect system but all the Super 8s have done is confirm what we already knew after Rd 23. Instead of drawing it out evry season, we should just get on with it. Top 4 for me

At least when you played crap in play offs and were beaten your season could end and you wouldn't be forced to play meaningless games that no one wants to play in or watch

earn more points in the regular rounds then, its simple
it would'nt have been a problem for warrington in previous years, but that's the way it goes

i thought we would struggle to get into the top 4 but i am happy we have exceeded my expectations!

Meast In odds it's near as dam impossible to all finish on scratch. If you believe it isn't, you really have only give it the simple thought you said it is.

Even teams that have made top 4 have ,basically, 2 games they could do without , let's see what attendances are like , I suspect mainly empty stadiums

i know that, but warrington have had a poor season, any other season you would have well within a shout of the top 4.

well ours is mainly empty anyway so that doesn't count

Super 8s coming to a cracking crescendo for Round 8. Every minute has mattered all along, and those not up there challenging (including us) haven't made those minutes count.

2 bad results for Wigan & Leeds next week & Saints or Huddersfield could finish top....a win for us could scupper the hopes of Saints so i'm hoping our game against one of our nearest & dearest could be a full blooded affair. We can still play a major part in the competition.

Best regular season I've ever seen. The new system has been fantastic in my opinion.

the flying biscuit wont agree...

Hall gets an Aguero moment

Superb entertainment

I've been tipping Hudds for the last month. I think the last 5 minutes of tonight's game could do irreparable damage to their confidence.

It's Leeds to lose, now. I know they've been poor since Wembley, but that's a huge boost. They've won a game, when they were second best. They now play Stains at home, and they were poor last night.

All to play for

Christ we are one game away from the grand final what do you expect.....

If it didn't liven up now then we'd be in the .....

I haven't said we've got a sport just a format




theres a thread on the Leeds board criticising Ryan hall because he was dog all game......... sometimes at the last minute of stuff it gets a bit tense..........

sorry if you cant see the difference.........

i can its you who cant your the one whos moaned for several weeks about the format..would you have got that sort of scenario for the last week of games last season..i doubt it,but you obviously know better

The referee helped Leeds all ends up tonight -all the messing about/holding on at the play the ball that they got away with, ridiculous!

And Ablett dropping the ball on purpose a couple of times to get penalties.......scandalous.

And don't get me started on the biased commentating clowns!!

Ive not moaned for weeks.

I'm only replying to your stupid cretinous pops at my opinion.... like you tried to do on the Wigan Saints game thread... I said on that thread that the only non dead rubber games would be wigan v Saints and hudds v Leeds.

both were great games ....I've been proven right twice and your still trying to make me look a nob......

you should give yourself a rest....its getting quite odd.....

Why not start a thread on the saints board saying tonight was better than the wide to west try.......

Please!!!
I'll admit the last penalty to us was generous but to make out we had the rub of the green all night???

Pfffttt stupidity.

The referee had no bearing on the result. That was a great spectacle last night, trust RL supporters to be moaning as per usual!

Agreed mark.

Like those moaning about every miniute counts!!

We only have our own poor performances to blame that we had so many games with nothing to play for. I'm sure those who are moaning are only doing so as their team cannot get into top 4!!
We format is great n only idiots would argue otherwise

As a Wire fan it is difficult to comment on the Super Eights as anything negative will be viewed the fans at other clubs, or the 'pro' brigade amongst Wire fans as sour grapes. Personally I would leave it as it is for next season and see whether it pans out differently. Having said that, I suspect that next, and for most seasons, there will be three or four teams who are that bit better than everyone else, one or two teams scrape into the top eight with no realistic chance of making the playoffs and one or two teams who will be out of it after two or three games of the Super Eights.

Personally I would expand the playoffs to 6 teams, giving all eight clubs a chance of making the playoffs. However, I appreciate that this once again opens the door for a team to limp into the playoffs in 5th or 6th and go on to be crowned champions.

Seeing as the people moaning about the new system probably had nothing good to say about the old system maybe we should go back to first past the post after 23 rounds, season over end of July & everyone can go on holiday not having to worry what games they are missing.

Dead easy.

2mins left and you go for goal knowing the league is at stake quite happy to take a draw speaks volumes on how teams value winning the league...cant take the sport seriously..especially after what i watched thursday..

Are they living up to the hype?

Watch last nights match.

Yes - most definately.

How many other sports have a final few seconds like that at Hudds last night.

Neither will the Rubber Duck.

Imagine how good it could have been had the loser been knocked out. .....its a bit more exciting when something is riding on a game. .....

but then I don't attend friendlies for that same reason