Wigan cannot get the Club Call as the winner of today's game will be the highest ranked winner

The loser today will play the Saints at home in the next round

and this theory works on the basis that hull have beaten us twice this season already. Not one in signed up too. More games we play in playoffs more risk of injury get to the final via the shortest route possible

Can I break the trend here and just want us to win today? All this if we get beat is better as we play our way in rubbish. Why play more games than you have to?

If I was Wire or Leeds I would aim to win today to keep a bit of confidence in the side, take the rest, flip a coin for the CC then get stuck in to whoever it was, then try to do the biz in the GF. End of!

This. A win today would be a huge boost. A week off and 80 mins from O/T. I'm really up for it and just about to set off. Now the Wire!

have a good trip down here...bring a cardigan with your scarf T'side, there again, your probably more hardened to damp grey days than us softys down here are!

I just don't see us beating Leeds twice in the playoffs. If we lose today that'll be some comfort but if we win I'd hope we won't meet again.

Similar to Saints last year, I feel the same way.

I don't really want to look beyond todays game, but a win today will almost definitely give Leeds a home tie against Saints, and then we can use clubcall to send them to Wigan whilst we take on Huddersfield/Hull (surely we would buck the trend and pick Hudds over Leeds).

Of course all this conjecture about clubcall is totally irrelevant unless we win today.

Why any of the other play-off teams would want to play us given our finals record is an absolute mystery. I wouldn't have been surprised if we were the bookies favourites to win the whole shebang because of our play-off record but which ever way it goes today it makes for fascinating stuff. I wouldn't rule out Saints turning one of the top over if they get a shot at them.

I don't think Leeds fancy Wigan in the final, considering their finals record against Wigan.

I think you might pick Leeds after that performance.

If they win next week.

Wigan Wire final after 3 years of waiting hopefully.

Hasn't Tony Smith said in the past that he doesn't agree with Club Call and words to the effect that you will always pick the lowest ranked side regardless? Should be interesting.

not quite correct.
he doesn't agree with it as you rightly said, he very much avoids been drawn for comments about it, and went only as far to say upon the subject, it will be left for others to decide.

It was thought that our players had a ballot on which team last time, unconfirmed.

I suspect we will hear of an imaginary coin toss done before the announcement and surprise surprise, Huddersfield/Hull came up