Just 3 more rounds of polyfilla positioning bollox to go until the season kicks off for real.

It's been a long wait.

I would LOVE to win, and finish 3rd. I'm sick of the trolling nonsense about how we are purposely rubbish throughout the season to finish low. If you're scared of Warrington in the playoffs, then you have a very short memory. We will go out to win on Thursday, and then I hope we make it all the way to Old Trafford as well. Though I'm sure then 'It's so easy to win from 3rd' will happen.

Now that Leeds' home regular season has finished perhaps you could tell us the average attendance total compared to last year? Surely it must've taken a massive drop seen as Leeds are the poster team for treating the regular season so meaninglessly.

I'd expect nothing less from one club ts like yourself

Season for me doesn't kick off until october 26th. It's been a long 2 year off season.

Nah, I just like to toy with him. He'll be wounded that he can't spend the next 12 months on here mentioning lower crowds at Headingley (demise of SL, mediocrity being punished etc.) or starting a huge thread about it.

WE by plently

Hello (long reader first time poster here).

Would a win give us the possibility of making the club call if we then beat Warrington and Wigan beat Huddersfield?

Also wouldn't a win against Warrington prevent Huddersfield from choosing us in the club call if they were to beat Wigan?

The former is reason not to win the latter is an incentive to win IMHO.

Either way they won't be pulling out any special moves till the week after me- thinks.

Agreed - I really can't see Leeds, Wigan or Wire getting out of second gear next week. Hudds really want the hubcap so they'll sill be playing to win, but the rest of the top three will be coasting IMO.

The missus and I be going to Wigan next week but in all honesty I don't think it'll be a classic - more like a training game.

Fight for 3rd imo, would rather take on a team we have had the measure of this year than a team who have caned us 3 times. Of course it's all irrelevant given we cant finish 5th, which (so we're told by our resident expert) is the best position for gf glory. Might get a few quid on Saints......

Hull vs Saints
Catalans vs probably 2nd string Warrington
Hull KR vs Widnes (h) London (a)

If all those go against Saints way (which is entirely possible given that Wire will probably rest key players as they're away in France 2 days later than their 1st week playoff opponents Wigan or Leeds play) then they'll finish 8th.

Quite possible but I think Saints will beat Hull

Interesting that the majority of your fans see playing hudds as the easy option when you ve won one narrowly lost one against Wire and lost convincingly three times to us.

Maybe that's why we have done well and seeing us as the easy option could well work very well !!!!! For us !!

I think Wigan have peaked too early hence all the resting which sometimes causes more than it does good.

Apart from a bad day against Bradford we have only lost against Wire at home up to today so I hope everyone wants to come to the JS as its the easy place to go !!!

Oh I like the superman/man of steel shirt and sponsorship fair play and well done to both parties on some smart marketing and good publicity !!!

Four SL clubs have completed their home Regular Round seasons now and the comparative attendances are these)

London - 2012 ..... 2,808 to 2013 ..... 2,213 (21% decrease)

St Helens - 2012 ..... 14,222 to 2013 ..... 11,345 (20% decrease)

Warrington - 2012 ..... 11,435 to 2013 ..... 10,633 (7% decrease)

How many of the remaining ten clubs will be able to buck the trend?

Not all were able to sell season tickets from the position of being current Champions.

I can remember the days when only Wigan averaged five figure crowds and the days when it was only us and Wigan. Those days were pre super league and during winter rugby.

A decrease in attendances is not great, granted, but before William arrives on the scene I thought it pertinent to recall that fact.