We're too busy trying to make poor teams seem better than what they are.

True but we can't start moaning now because we are in a strong position. Fact is if we had a top 5 play off we wouldn't have qualified last year and in 2007 when we had that great comeback in Bradford. I'd have been gutted to have missed out on the play offs (and those games) in both those years whether we had a chance of the Grand Final or not.

Personally I'm not against the top 8 as such but I think the current system is poor because their is really little difference between finishing 1st or 2nd when under top 6 and top 5, finishing first was of massive benefit.

The only reward for finsihing top now, as long as you win your first play off game, is that you are the team choosing who to play.

I actually like the top 8 format, however, the League needs to be 16 teams for this to work without the arguments of teams in the bottom half of the table.

Can anyone tell me, are all 4 play off matches in the first weekend live on sky?

They were last year so I would assume they will be.

We didn't deserve playoff football to be honest. We could easily have made the playoff final for the past 2 years with a bit of luck and it would have been a joke. Their defo needs to be a change in structure cos there is hardly any point in the 27 league games.