I'm no great fan of following things to their "logical conclusion" really. Lots of things which work perfectly well in practice fail if taken as far as said "logical conclusion" which often isn't really that logical. A top 5 or 6 play-off wasn't so bad as it didn't tip that balance over half the competition getting a shot at the championship. In practice, there's no reason to expect that the 2 best teams over the course of the season won't be the 2 that are most likely to win the final, it's a question of who you feel have earned the right to the opportunity. Clearly that's a subjective decision, and the powers that be are as entitled to their view as I am, and more entitled to act on it. It's my personal view that 8 out of 14 is too many.

All that matters is will there be an audience willing to pay or tune in to watch the number of games put in front of them. Game one and two don't really have that much riding on them which I think is a weakness of the new system. Whenever it's not sudden death I find it less attractive.

If a top four team doesn't come through to win the Championship this year then there is something wrong with the top four teams not with the format.

Under past systems it was the top two now we'll have to wait and see how this one plays out.

Mine too. However, there are also financial considerations.

It is also worth noting that our Scouse friends only completed the top-of-the-league + winning the Championship Final on a mere two occasions, whilst the other 4 pre-SL league titles were acheived from league position of other than first ...

i've been told bluey will flip a coin if leeds have to "choose".

Yeh, right! Source?

I heard it's live on tele

On TV eh... someone told me he would do it live on the BBC world service broadcast at 4.00am GMT!

ryan hall!!!!! that ok for ya????

Just so long as the result of the coin flip agrees with his carefully considered option.