I find it hard (though not impossible) to believe that any any team from outside the current top four can make a serious challenge, however it's difficult to forecast just what order the current top four are going to finish in. Assuming they don't finish 1st and 4th or 2nd and 3rd it'll be a Wire v wigan final for me, but if we meet in the semi final then the winner to play Hull at Old Trafford.

As a Hull fan, I've gone for Warrington and Wigan.

I'm still waiting for us to slip up... I hope I'm still waiting at 8.00pm on the night of the 8th October!

You share the same mentality I've had in seasons past. Sadly, at 8pm on the night of the GF you begin to change your attitude to "maybe.. just maybe.." and it all goes Pete Tong.

I do wonder if Hull and Wire enter the Top 8's comfortably inside the top 4 if some of their fans will be asking for the points to be reset to zero like they were suggesting last year or won't they mind if 5th/6th place are about 6/8 points adrift?

Were we?

Isn't that what happens in the middle 8s? can you confirm that?

not me, also i doubt 99% of fellow fc fans were asking for points being reset to zero


now i did see on cas tigers fans forum that some of their fans are wanting points to be reset to zero

Yes



Yes and Leeds will be in that after a very poor season. At least we aren't being hypocritical when the format works in our favour

Maybe you didn't personally but 99%.....

Lots of complaining that the new system left you lot in 6th-8th places next to no chance of making the top 4.

Have you just made that up?

Complete twaddle, care to produce some sort of evidence that ANY Hull fan or even Warrington fan said this?
Resetting the points may have being mentioned in a very typical humerous comment but in no way shape or form would that be serious, even the most idiotic fan can see that that would be unfair beyond any comprehension. a completely seperate mini league/play off with teams from two different leagues of course has to have the points re-set.

resetting the points is ridiculous. you are in effect creating a separate competition. only way to do this would be to give a trophy out for league winners after the 1st 23 games then start again with the top 8. ain't gonna happen (even with the RFL)

What was the competion called when 1st place played 8th,2nd played 7th and so on.
Few years back but can vaguely remember it,either that or it was a dream.

The Big Four are so far ahead now that it is hard to see any of them being replaced by a club that finishes 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th.

On another matter I find it strange that the voters from this forum have placed Catalans as the 4th most likely to end up at Old Trafford, despite the fact that Catalans are way ahead of Wigan on points for and against. Moreover Catalans still have a game against Wigan to play at Perpignan on July 2nd.