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Here we go again for the millionth time.

Taking out of the equation any allegiance to your own club how many people are honestly and genuinely happy with the overall quality of the current Super League? Some of the recent fixtures have been embarrassing including this one tonight. No wonder Sky are steadily backing off.

Closeness and competitiveness of fixtures is exactly what the aim is and can be achieved. Arguably that relies on clubs like Wigan and Leeds not always being at their optimum. Google Premier League circle of parity. Its one thing they love to talk up because "anybody can beat anybody" makes every game more attractive and therefore the whole league. That's not saying there won't be stronger and weaker sides in a given season, or that this will change through a season with recruitment, injuries and managerial changes for example.

Yeah its not mythical at all. Some of the solutions and methods proposed might be fantasy stuff, but its perfectly possible to have a comp with most fixtures being relatively even odds for most of the season. Injuries, discipline and tactics can be the difference then. RL has moved to make periods of dominance in a match even more influential with 6 agains and a preference for ever faster rucks. That has skewed some results which have seen more big scores.

Why is it a mythical notion to want to have all teams in the top league competitive? I think it comes down to what your definition of what "competitive" means, all it really means is that any team could beat any team in the league. By definition in a salary capped sport we should have a league that is competitive top to bottom, but in reality we don't. Currently we have Salford who aren't competitive in the slightest, Huddersfield that have started to become more competitive and Castleford that are again very 50/50.

It’s bigger than the cricket version

Note the OP did not mention Leigh's last 3 games (and I am very far from being a fan of theirs) which were all epic games other sports would shout about. In my view, on the field we have quality, entertainment, heroes and villains aplenty across the league - even down to no 57 at basement club Salford tonight. Off the field it looks like a strategic s**t show to rival the ages though.

Everyone knows Salford are a basket case and are lucky to still be taking the field. The other game was a big score yes, though Hudds have been better lately. If you’d picked some other games from the last few weeks we might be asking is this the best super league ever.

Certainly in terms of drama, if not quality. Hopefully more of the same on Tuesday night against Italy.

Hence the importance of sticking with one team and building up some history. Otherwise you just dilute things and are left with an incomplete picture.

That is all fair comment as well.