And Damo doesn't tick those boxes?



Which security? That at his mental asylum or the one at HQ?

I was thinking at HQ

I've got a fantastic marketing idea!!!

If we do pick Wigan,then maybe we could bill it as a one off showpiece as the biggest game in SL and call it something catchy,say..........


THE EVEN BIGGER ONE!!!!!!


We could get Kylie to advertise it on billboards throughout the known world,drop our entry prices to say,a tenner??




and finally,the masterstroke.

Manufacture some high quality polo shirts with "THE EVEN BIGGER ONE"
logo on them,knock 'em out at 20 quid apiece with the intent of making a killing on e-bay at a later date due to their rarity value.



Everyone's a winner!!!!

I wouldn’t touch an event like this with a fifty foot bargepole especially after Saints cheated Catalan Dragons into the play offs. My only reaction would be that we should have been playing Bradford. Besides I’m more than happy for my views to be just aired on Southstander!

If Wigan win I think he will send them to Saints ,If HKR win I think he will fancy them at Headingley

That would be my pick with the only exception being if Les Catalans win at Huddersfield.

I think Terry O'Connor is dead right on Boots n All Anytime: we won't pick Saints. He was so sure he spent 2 agonising minutes explaining why.

Because Leeds can't pick Saints? Was that the explanation?

It goes a little something like this.......

were gonna play the winners of the huddersfield giants and catalans dragons next friday

From my point of view the strategy I would take over club call is make the "other Semi" the hard physical game as Leeds will play on the Friday match so you make the other semi as physical as you can as they have one days less recuperation. so as it stands at the moment I think Leeds options would be.

Send the Big Catalan team to rough them up or give them the intensity of a local Derby to handle dependent on Saturdays result.

Leeds have never beaten Les Catalans by anything less than 28 points when they have visited Headingley.

Hard to ignore that record especially if Wigan come through in the other game.

there can only be one choice - Catalan

I'd normally go that way as well and still think I would.WE've always beaten Catalans quite easily at home and next week will be their 4th road trip on the trot so maybe next week will be a hard game too far?

On the down side is the fact that they have some momentum (although that said the Wildcats performance against them last week and the Giants last night are possibly two of the worse looking teams on the night I've seen all season) a bit like Parammata in the NRL and they do have a massive pack and a very physical game especially in defence.

The risk would be that even if we do get over the top of them that it will be a very physical and draining game a week before the GF and could leave it's mark,particulary so if the Catalans are getting well beat and resort to a bit of biff baff.

All in all though I think if you'd said at the start of the play offs that we could play Catalans at home to get into the GF you'd have bitten
their hands off.

If Wigan win tonight then for me its a no brainer,send them to Saints.

However if Hull KR win,given our good record against them at home also,then maybe send the French to rough up the Saints?

Weighing everything up though,I still think we'll chose Catalans and thats who we'd have got given their lowest league position had it not been for this CCC (Club Call Circus)

Catalans have to be running out of fuel travelling for 4 tough away games in a row just has to take it out of them at some time, it has thrown a spanner in the works though as they won't go down without a fight and I could see us picking up a few injuries.

If Wigan win then it's a no brainer but if KR win I'd be tempted to send the "AustraloFrancs" to the Saints

no choice it has to be the dragons. we would have put 40 past them last night. the giants were dire, despite ganson helping them as much as he could. the dragons can't play like that against us, kicking on the third. we would hammer them with the amount of ball that the giants had

In the unlikely event HKR are the slightly less rubbish team in tonights game, I would be thrilled to see theat huge, grumpy Catalan pack battering Sunt Ellins.

Wigan win..we send them to Saints.
HKR win.. we send Cats to Saints.

I cannot believe anyone is actually debating who Leeds now choose, get the French over to Leeds and hammer them.

Send Hull KR to Saints.

I agree, but I hope it will be Wigan who goes to Saints.

And the last team to beat St Hellens on their own ground were........

Even Daily Mail questioning Leeds may not be too keen to select Catalans.

Is there anyone out there who doesn't believe Leeds will pick Catalans rather than winner from tonight?

After watching last nights game i thought Catalans all the way for Leeds next week. But then Nathan Brown said he would be suprised if Leeds pick Catalans. He said Catalans can physically stick with Leeds and Leeds should avoid them. He is correct Catalans on paper have the strengh in the pack to boss Leeds' pack. But in the history books every time Catalans have come to Leeds they have got a roasting.

I wouldn't like to be Bluey or GH! I suspect all the coaching staff and GH will be watching tonights game together...give it a good analysis...up until 2am...then get a conclusion!

If Hull KR get through tonight, it may look an good option to try a repeat of last Friday.

But the frogs are the dead cert I'd imagine.

hold on here guys, we would have hammered the dragons last night. it's a no brainer, it has to be the fenchies. 4 weeks playing away, tough games, we have a week off,we have always hammered them at home.
come on guys it's not rocket science

I think Saints should be worrying.

Catalans bossed Saints a couple of weeks back. Hull KR have done the double over Saints this season. And finally Wigan are more than capable of giving Saints a good physical test.