Still cant find anything with substance apart from your post to make me think this is happening, I do hope I'm wrong but cant see it.

Doesn't that just sum matters up perfectly....

This issue here for me is that you get those like the comments above bemoaning the play off “qualifiers’ as non events with little riding on them, but a top team winning the league would be far worse in that regard so I’ve never understood this argument.    If a dominant team starts to run away with it like Belle Vue this year, then what jeopardy is there for 99% of fixtures from mid-season onwards?    Virtually every team in that scenario is riding for nothing. Lynn’s season for example would have been dead and buried with months of the season left (as well as everyone else’s bar Sheffield) but their season remained alive right up until the final week of the season when Ipswich defeated Leicester.    There’s more meaningful league fixtures in a play off set up than there is in a “top of the table wins” scenario it’s as simple as that. 

Agree what you said about Picko. MPT is a tough one, had a disappointing season mostly, but then came good, which most fans remember. I think Mountain went backwards, should have been looking to become a number 5, rather than drop to reserve, but that now means he looks to be on an attractive average. Ablitt actually got half a point knocked off for missing 2025, which he put back on his average, so sounds like a good signing for the season. I've not seen enough of him to comment, but plenty seem to not want him back? Hook, very accurate explanation. Ingram, I'd definitely want him back, this year has shown how valuable having a strong home team is.

Correct. Trick was quite vocal at the time as well and was clearly unhappy that he was forced out. Shame it all ended that way. 

For me the play offs are wrong the team that is the most consistent throughout the season and finish’s top should be crowned champions.I would go with doing away with the knockout cup in its present format. To enter it make it just for the teams that finish in the top 4 . You could then draw the teams out of the hat .