Win or bust now.

This is going to be very tricky. Saints are in free scoring mode and warrington really exposed some of our defence. I must admit i'd rather be facing hull. Because although they are decent in defence they don't have the same attacking flair that saints have to cause us problems.

How does everyone see this going?

Tight game as you would expect but a home win none the less then a trip to Wigan I feel.

Depends whether the appointed ref wants to emulate Child and allow punches to the head to go unpunished and the video ref to again be a hopeless waste of bluddy time

Will be a great match, if we're anything other than on our game then it'll be an early exit. Yesterday's result will have taken a bit of pressure & expectation off, and that's generally when we perform. Saints won't need too much motivation to do us though

Is this what the professional game is coming to - which team can goad the opposition into a reaction the best ..... what next, diving in the penalty box?

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Under this present flawed format no team finishing the regular season in third and coming off a loss has won a week two play-off fixture despite being at home V supposed inferior opposition.

This current Leeds coach has never beaten St Helens at Headingley during his tenure but in terms of the play-offs he has also yet to lose a sudden death fixture.

If the coach selects the correct run-on team and bench, gives them clearly defined roles and shares their workload it's a game in which Leeds can defy the recent past and win - if we see a repeat of the muddled shambles at the Halliwell-Jones it's going to be a tough ask even for a group of Champion players.

What a cracking game this should be.
It's gonna be very hard for Leeds, Saints are on a sausage roll.
Worthy of a final, weather permitting.

Hardaker
Jones bishop
Watkins
Moon
Hall
McGuire
Burrow
Peacock
Sinfield
Leuluai
Ablett
Clarkson
Singleton

Jjb
Delaney
Bailey
Sutcliffe

While being a keen student of history, in a sporting context it is irrelevant and bordering on superstition to suggest what has gone before is therefore what is going to happen this time around.. Next weeks game as in previous times will be decided by which team finds the necessary motivation and form to beat the other irrespective of position.

Leeds have had a huge handicap this season with key injured players returning too late to produce match fitness and form in time for the key playoff games. Our current and foreseeable future coach knows the value of his tried and trusted first choices and has tried to get them match fit in the space of a few games. He managed to inspire an outstanding performance for the Wigan game but the Champion players looked jaded and fell short at Warrington.

In hindsight it may have been better for us to have used the Wigan game to get the injured match fit at the expense of a victory. But to his credit that is not the way of our Champion coach who as always goes out to win.

So we need to lick our wounds, and pick out best and fittest players for next week. They can do it despite the odds being against them

Will the team finishing 5th lose a play off game for the first time in 3 years???

Ironic that Leeds are the team to stop it happening.

Will the team finishing 5th not make the proper semi finals for the first time since Wakefield finished 5th and allowed an initial free pass to the team finishing 8th to almost reach the Grand Final themselves?

Are you suggesting mumbo-jumbo plays no part in sport? Have you ever heard the current (and hopefully soon to be dismissed - although not expecting this to happen even if and when his team loses a Play-Off game that matters under this flawed format) Leeds coach speak to the media.

Try telling Hull players and/or supporters yet to win/witness a Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium that superstition plays no part in sport - after seven attempts to do so and despite lifting the trophy elsewhere on three occasions, not least when overcoming sizable odds to defeat Leeds at the Millenium Stadium in 2005.

Try also telling Leeds fans ahead of facing Wigan in a major 1st grade final that some things are beyond our and even Opta's understanding.

It's going to be very tough on friday, I think saints will be confident of getting a result with the form they are in

When was the last time they knocked us out of the play offs?

Don't fancy this one bit. Hopeful that it'll p1ss down.

A tough game in prospect for sure.the intensity levels will have to be cranked up but when the team is put in this position it normaly reacts in the best way.

Please let singleton start!!!!