Whatever you think of the play offs you've got to congratulate Leeds on winning from 5th again. 4 very hard games to win including a trip to the south of France thrown in.

Champions should be league winners not a playoff competition which is boring till the semi finals.

I agree 100%. Leeds played sh*te all season and then win the GF from fifth place.
Stinks just a little, doesn't it?

No, it's fantastic!

More should be made of the actual league winners I agree but I don't see it changing.

Leeds to be fair can only play to the system and it a up to everyone else to stop them. Wakefield, Catalan Wigan and Warrington all failed to do so.

Not really, totally different competition involving the top 8 teams, of which, Leeds were the best. Only the format needs changing.

As for leeds being sh*t, have Warrington really played that much better this season?

The advantage that Leeds have,is, they know as a club, how to win the GF and WCC, whereas, we don't.

Warrington finished 2nd & Leeds finished 5th, I'd say Warrington played a better season than Leeds.

Throw whatever play off format you want out, chances are Leeds will still win it all. They won it from 1st and 2nd under the old format a few times and won it from 1st, 5th and 5th under this format. Its no coincidence they've only lost something like 2 playoff games in 7 years!

Every team knows the rules at the beginning though, just do what Leeds have done next year. Play cr@p all year and peak in the play offs.

Champions should be league winners not a playoff competition which is boring till the semi finals.

Correct, play off system rewards mediocrity, hate to say it but Wigan should be champions. Finished top of the league.

totally und leaving the match last night, been more gutted at loosing Locker Cup games.

Do you really think it's that simple and easy?

Ask the players. They know how hard the playoffs are, how hard it is to win a grand final. That's why they'll finish as high as they can to get the best possible route.

If you look at the history of Rugby League in this country, for the majority of years, the champions have been decided by winning the playoffs. The 27 games in the regular season are just the qualifying round. I also think you would not have been "totally und" if you had won.

Only stinks because you didnt achieve it?



Enjoy your sour grapes!

If you didn't attend the GF on principle that Wigan should be Champions your words would carry some gravitas. However, you attended with the hope of winning despite only finishing 2nd. Hypocrite springs to mind!
I'm sure Shaun Wane is at home looking at his reflection in the 'Hub Cap'.
Must go - need to get to HQ to welcome home the World and Super League CHAMPIONS!

Dead right pure sour grapes

the play-offs should be the top 4.

Indeed, as I just posted on another thread:

[iThe thing is, if it were that easy, someone else might actually do it once in a while. It's all well and good saying you only have to get yourself up for 3 games, but if you're not good enough to beat those teams, you can be as 'up for it' as you want, but you won't win. This is a quality side, make no mistake about that.
[/i

Top 5.

There should be more reward for finishing top of the pile.

2 v 5
3 v 4
1 straight to GF

Come on Wire fans get a grip...cant complain about the play off system. Wire lost against Saints and still made the GF, work that one out!

Knew the rules before the comp started!!!

Catalan away
Wigan (league leaders) away
Wire CC holders against said team.

Personally i think they couldn't have done that much harder, well done Leeds

all season .. ??? Leeds played 39 games in all competitions winning 27 games including 2 out of 3 major trophy finals

A success rate of almost 70%.....worthy champions indeed.

-what- for the game-i think not

It was fine for Wigan in the 90`s to buy success. Now that was bad for the game.

For Leeds to do it without cheating the salary cap is remarkable. We should applaud such success.

If someone offered me Wire to finish 5th and win the final i'd take it, so can't see his people can begrudge Leeds, if Leeds want to make getting to the final as hard as they can for themselves that's up to them.

It makes us better people if we just stand up, applaud Leeds, say well done and you were the better team, because they were.