See this is where I am in doubt. Depending on a K.R victory which is what your seeming to say then it goes that Leeds will choose Catalans. That would be an all out forward battle and judging by the way Cat's played tonight it would result in Biff, Injuries, uncertainty and a result that would be doubtful. Leaving the winner bereft of players in a grand final scenario. You could say in all fairness that the Dragons would be overly fatigued and the result would be a walk over but I would point out your previous comments about the week off syndrome. Either way its still what I love to call the drop and cough factor

See I thought the same way as well But I kind of get the feeling that, although as a coach you can sort of predict where things are going, and you can play potential scenario's about what if this team or that team wins their decider and what state of squad makes it though you can't really predict what kind of state of mind that given team will be in. Its the unknown factor that makes any given player be truly awesome on one day and truly awfull on the next. It's that pep talk sometimes that can make the difference between the bottle and the bravado and it's the success run that makes it, look at Wigan in the last play off runs, it was always the final hurdle but the difference this time is the top dog gets to call the contender and this could be the classic whoopsie and the "cold blooded" slap in Blueys face that would make the hard core fan s and shout lol lol lol lol

Or is that too much of a facade to cling to?

Don't we have enough controversy at Saints without signing the likes of him. Doubt they'd let him play for a British SL club anyway.

Catalans have played excellently for the last three weeks. Leeds will be too fresh for them next week.

On the other hand Leeds could be underdone.

Catalans played well last night.

their kicking game was shocking and they gave 5 pens a Way in the first 18 minutes and 9 by half time if they had done that to Leeds the game would have been over by the half hour mark

...weren't losing? That's playing well if you can get away with that and still not be out of a game. Nobody has anything to fear from Leeds or Saints for that matter, except Wigoon, who we will thrash.

if ya say so

Their kicking game wasn't up to much but everything else is par for the course with the Dragons and has been since their inception. I think they've come bottom of the bathroom league each season since it was created. They have poor discipline with the ball and sometimes in the tackle. But with Catalans you get the big forwards and some great attacking moves and, last night, some great defence. They just make a win harder for themselves. That doesn't mean they aren't playing well though; just that they are playing Catalonian style!