Assuming we finish top and looking at the table who do we want to face in the first round of play offs Leeds or saints both will have a point to prove cant decide as i dont want in go like last year when we hit a brick wall when it matterd against saints

PS i cant see Catalan droping points so will finish 3rd.

Providing we beat them in the last game of the season, I would be delighted with having Saints twice in the playoffs, I genuinely think we have the mental edge and a far better set of players than them and couldn't see them beating us after 4 comfortable wins before the playoffs

It could well be Saints - Leeds sudden death in playoff week 2. Tasty game, guarantee it won't be those 2 again in the final, they'll beat each other up big style so we need to be brave enough to pick the winner of this tie in the semis.

Win win for us, that's the way it looks on paper anyway!

Catalans preferably

looking at recent results, and going off last year, it seems all 3 are trying to finish 5th,
which is prob as good, if not better, than 3rd or 4th

That's what makes the system a joke.

Would you rather play Wigan away, Wire away or Wakefield/Bradford at home?

Les Catalans please

Exactly, the benefit of getting a week off if you win in the top half is outweighed by playing a lower team from 5th IMO. Top 8 is ludicrous for a 14 team league anyway, but it should at least be the case that the higher you finish the better your chance of reaching the GF. I know it got a lot of stick in the NRL but the McIntyre system they used up until this season is much better than this current one.

Surely Wigan would pick Warrington if it comes to that point in clubcall, after all we are the playoff bottlers, so that would be an easy route through to the final.

Tempting as that sounds, I understand that you can't deny a team a home semi by picking them, so providing you win in week 1 that little scenario won't happen.

Anybody.

We're not in good form but hopefully we'll find some in the next couple of weeks. If we do we can beat anybody but if not the teams are much of a muchness.

Even if Wire were to be lucky enough to get through to the final against Wigan, I can't see our old men having the stamina to play two tough matches in a row.

Am I right in thinking we can play Saints next week beat them, we finish top they come 4th. We play them again in the first play off game. Hopefully beat them again and then if they win their elimination game we can choose them again in the club call for the semi?

Yep and you can beat them 50-0 in those first two games, if they beat you in the semi thats all that counts, they go to the final and your season is over.