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Just browsing the BBC website and found this article, it makes the Super League play off format straight forward…
[link2:ju9ostpv]Take a look yourself,http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2010/09/why_the_argentine_rollercoaste.html%5B/link2:ju9ostpv%5DFor the hard of thinking the relevant bit is:
“The level of unpredictability is increased by the fact that Argentina stages two separate championships a year, in which the 20 teams play each other once. The shorter the season, the greater the chance of a surprise.
Largely to protect the big clubs from a bad campaign, relegation is worked out on an average of points accumulated over three years, or six championships.
This helps explain the bizarre position in which River Plate find themselves.
The Buenos Aires giants have more domestic titles than anyone else and are in contention this time. On Sunday, they lost 1-0 away to Newells Old Boys. A win would have left them on top of the table. As it is, they lie sixth, only two points behind the leaders.
Yet River Plate are also in danger of relegation. Bad results for two years mean they entered this campaign with a noose around their neck. Next May, two clubs will go down automatically and two more will go into the play-offs. Using this average of points picked up since the 2008/09 season, River are in 18th position, third from bottom.”
I think St Helens should have chosen to play River Plate.
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