Wasnt it rumoured that T Nikau had had a barbecue the night before, and players were seen stumbling out at about 5am? Seems like an age away

We can't expect Robinson or any other non-Wire to read every thread on this board. If he did he will have seen many posters who big-up the Challenge Cup as a great thing, others who knock it, others who big-up the 'hubcap' and others who don't rate it, still yet others - including one current thread - debating whether the play-offs are a good idea or not.

Robinson has simply found one of these clusters of opinion and focussed on it. To accuse Wire fans of all thinking that way is nonsense. Perhaps I should refresh your memory of earlier this season when a Pie started a thread to the effect that being top of the league was 'Wigan's rightful place'. Should I assume that is the view of all Pies? And I've lost count of the number of times I've pointed out that Wire don't really have a bad record IN the play-offs - our bad record is that [iwe've hardly ever got to the play-offs![/i

Can you link me to this "clusters of opinion"

Yet to see it.

Cheers.

Winning one game out of the three or four times you've been in them is pretty bad! I'm pretty certain you'll continue your season of ending hoodoos though.

First time in play-offs lost to Wigan away - hardly a surprise back then.
Second time lost to Hull FC at home - that was a poor result and you'd have backed Wire to win
Third time beat Leeds away ( surprisingly good result ) and lost to Bulls away ( expected result though we pushed them close )
Fourth time lost to Saints away ( a mild suprise but still during our 'losing streak' v Saints ) then lost to Giants at home ( a poor result given the season's achievments ).

I reckon that's really just two losses that could be described as poor performances by Wire in the playoffs. Hardly the dreadful record people keep bringing up.

Before anyone has a go I repeat that our record is poor insofar as reaching the play-offs at all is concerned.

Hudds was kind of expected the whole build up to the game was flat, got into the ground and it just didn't feel like a big game was flat on and off the pitch.

Hull FC was by far the worst having beaten them the week before to get the home tie, having Johns lead the team round we really looked to have a chance, so much ball in their half to only score 6 points and ship 40 after so much hope in the week before just left you feeling sick, Hull then got beat 71-0