The fact that the playoffs (the so-called pinnacle games of the season) are played in front of significantly lower crowds than regular season games is a real problem for Super League.

The RFL should introduce a policy that allows all ST holders to purchase playoff tickets for half price. Rewards fan loyalty and gives an extra incentive to buy season tickets in the first place.

I dont know how anyone can call this game pointless! If we win on Sunday our route to the final could potentially be:

Week 1: Saints (H)
Week 2: OFF
Week 3 Saints (H)

As opposed to if we lose:

Week 1: Saints (H)
Week 2: Catalans (H)
Week 3: Saints (A)

I know which one I prefer the look of. I don't think we will make the final if we lose this weekend.

They should just be cheaper, £10 ish for the first and second round would generate sellouts, its terrible PR for RL when the stadiums for playoff's are half full.

Who sets the price for playoff tickets, the club or the RFL?

The players had a rest last week.

Wouldn't Saints have the club call if that happened? Surely they'd pick Leeds instead of us and make us face Wire? Unless it doesn't work that way.

Saints can only get club call if both us and Wire lose this weekend.

Correct.

Oh yeah, I read that completely wrong.

I don't think anyone should underestimate the importance of a week off.

Conserves energy
Less likelihood of injury
Less likelihood of suspension
More training time

The play-offs are totally flawed if round 3 is exactly the same as the top two round 1 matches. This is garbage planning.

Yup. Yet more rubbish from the RFL.

Last year when we had the week off we stuttered the week after and lost.

This year we NEED the week off to refresh the bodies (some of which are clearly battered and bruised) ready for two big knockout games.

Come on people since when has any Wigan v Saints game been pointless, id take a win even if its a friendly played at sherdley park. Attendance should be very good i think im sure we`ll come over in numbers, of course a week off is ideal send the others to knock hell out of each other then hammer the winners, whos gona win sunday Wigan of course, we will take on Catalans then back to Wigan, cos Warrington wont have the bottle to play us, Who will win the game in 3 weeks Wigan v Saints Come on we arnt gona go a full season with out beating you.

This, without a doubt. From the wire game the other week it's clear that the 3 extra games from last year in the WCC, cup semi and cup final have caught up with them (though I would definitely take this position every year to be competing in those games in the first place!).

Massive effort needed on Sunday to get the 2nd week off and I'm sure the lads won't disappoint!