Tony Smith seems determined to let everyone know he doesn't like it, and picking anyone other than the lowest ranked side gives it credibility and makes it quite interesting after all. Therefore we will pick the lowest ranked side.

If Hull beat Huddersfield we're playing them. If they don't then we're playing the winner of Leeds V Saints. I'm expecting it to be Leeds.

Picking a higher ranked team would attract a load of media attention, give ClubCall credibility, fire up the chosen side, give the lower ranked side we looked scared of a pyschological edge if we meet in the final, and also make us look pretty stupid if the "gamble" fails and we lose the semi.

We will pick the lowest ranked.

not a chance, we'll pick the easiest to beat, which on the pick of who's left, is either huddersfield or wigan.

but we cant pick wigan

i know we can't pick wigan, you're not seeing the insulting part of my insult there.

In my opinion, the ClubCall would have some semblance of credibility if we COULD pick Wigan. For starters, if Huddersfield and Leeds do get through, then fourth placed Wigan would be the genuine lowest ranked team, and I also suspect Wane's team selections in the last couple of league games might have been different if he thought the "reward" for beating Huddersfield in week one could be getting called out by Warrington or Leeds.

If you're going to have ClubCall (and I would prefer it to scrapped) then you have to open it up to include all three remaining teams for me.

Who chooses who's at home then in the other game?

So the 'reward' for winning the other game is an away trip to us in this scenario? Doesn't work for me but I understand where you were coming from

Let's just back to the old system that worked for years when the end of season competition was called the Premiership. Top placed team played lowest placed team at home until we got to the final. Top 8 teams make the play-offs (so no fewer games to generate income for the RFL) and no team gets a week off so can't use the excuse of having a rest week as reason for losing sharpness and not winning. Home advatage is the reward for finishing high up the league table. If you're good enough you win, if you're not then someone else does and gets to call themselves champions.

Interesting point made by Nicky Kiss on Wigan board that this could all be good kidology by Wire. If we choose Leeds, we say we went for lowest ranked, if we choose Huddersfield we say we tossed a coin.

I'm not overly keen on tony's stance on this, I'd actually like the club to be in unison over this decision, Andy and Steve need to tell head of coaching to wind his neck in, and we choose a team as one club, one town and one team.


SOLID AND SURE IN OUR FOOTING

Highest placed team (so Huddersfield if it's them V Leeds).



The reward is the week off and going straight to the semi without having to contest a week two eliminator first. If you want a greater reward than that (ie - a guaranteed home tie) you better make sure you finish higher up the league table.

Just my opinion, but it would give ClubCall a bit of genuine spice. As Wigan finished fourth we'd be expected to pick them rather than Huddersfield or Leeds but it would mean taking their home game away from them. Better than the current system in my view, although as I've already said, my prefered option would be to scrap it altogether.

Either way the play offs will inevitably change in 2015 when Super League is reduced to 12 teams so we'll see what happens then.

That is my view. he is just trying to deflect any potential psychology issues.

Are Saints already out? Fools.

Not at all. In my mind, Leeds is shorthand for Leeds/St Helens and Huddersfield is shorthand for Hudds/Hull. We have beaten neither Hull or St Helens at home this year, so both would be worrying fixtures for us.

hey, look who it is, why we've not seen you on here since.....oohh...i'd say since saints went .