Quote: crashmon "Curious question
Given the choice (assuming we can't have both, but only one), would you prefer
[*] we finish 6th but lose to fax in semi of 1895 cup,
[*] or stay in 7th, but qualify for the final
I think getting to the Final would be better long term, than finishing 6th and have Batley or Tolouse hand our asses to us (yes I know we have beat both in league recently, but playoffs would be much harder, and we would never get past Fev anyway)'"
Think you are spot on Crashy, getting to a final with a chance of winning will always have more kudos than a gallant playoff campaign. As long of course we don't have another Leeds experience where we had no proper prop forwards & ran into a winger who had the game of his life.
Of course, the great unknown is if by some freak of nature we won the playoffs, would Hughes fund a SL team? Most of us would probably say unlikely but who knows.