Not good is it, it really needs a re-think. Its a sad indictment of the competition.

It's a difficult situation. If it goes to 5 or even 6, plenty of teams will have nothing to play for after about half the season and, theoretically, will lead to more games played a low intensity (not something we want). But the crowds and the continuance of the one sided scoreline suggests something needs to be change.

Heavily (but not completely) rectified when you allow season tickets to include play-off games.

Top 7, 1 gets a bye,
2 v 7
3 v 6
4 v 5

Lowest Winner v 1 at 1
Highest Winner v Remaining Winner at Highest Winner

Winners meet in final.

Should not be top 8.

6 or 7 at most

Not a fan of play offs, but if we must have them this is how it should be. League leader gets an advantage for finishing top and every game is sudden death.

I think we should go back to the old playoff system.

Top 8 is far too much. Both Rovers and Hull were nowhere near good enough to be playoff sides in the first place. Yes it would mean the season is 'over' for teams in the bottom half earlier...but if they've lost more games than they've won they aren't good enough anyway.

as for the crowd issue, I think letting passholders in to the first 2 rounds has to be considered. The sight of 6K at Wigan and 7K at Hudds looked dire on the TV.

Something needs to change with the play-offs. The fans are voting with their feet. The play-offs should be the biggest games of the year like in Aus, played infront of the biggest crowds, it just isn't happening here.

Go back to the top 5/6 and start making tickets dirt cheap for play-off games to create some demand.

£5 a ticket IMO. The long term benefits of creating a bigger and better play-off series far ourweighs the possible slight loss in revenue.

Suggestions for new systems all over Twitter but I don't think
there's many who are staying away because it's McIntyre or whatever. Can't get simpler a concept than the CC semis and yet they're woefully under-attended.

Suggestions for new systems all over Twitter but I don't think
there's many who are staying away because it's McIntyre or whatever. Can't get simpler a concept than the CC semis and yet they're woefully under-attended.

Top 5.
Sort ticket pricing out.

A top 5 system in a 14 team league would a) significantly reduce income for the clubs, and b) produce too many meaningless fixtures in the second half of the season.

The top 8 system may be pants but IMO the only way to fix it is to go back to a 12 team league and a top 6 playoff series.