Quote ="McClennan"If you would seriously consider picking Wigoon over Leeds in the club call you're mad. Leeds have played just one less game than Wigoon but haven't been exposed because, well basically, since the semi-finals they've had Harlequins (A) which they flunked, Wakefield (H) and Huddersfield (A) before yesterday's game with Hull. That's hardly a testing run. Against similar opposition Wigoon have ran riot i.e. Bradford and Crusaders. Had Leeds had to play Warrington in a similar situation i.e. a meaningful match I doubt we'd be sat here typing away the suggestion. Also Wire have put forty past Leeds both home and away.
I'm not writing Leeds off but I do not see sufficient logic for picking the current reigning champions especially when the logic seems to be based around Wigoon losing one game, yesterday's. If they beat Catalans on Sunday it will either be a blow out or a heroic performance. Now picture that. If the reigning champions pull out a champion like performance (and both of those scenarios would be viewed as such) which coach in their right mind would want to upset the apple cart and pick the champions when he knows they're capable of such. Champion teams are not called so because they won more games than anybody else over the course of the season, it's because of how they won. A champion team can pull off miracles and I have seen this Wigoon team do it more than any other in this year's competition. Of course they're not invulnerable, however why would you put yourself in that position? Why would you want to play a team with that kind of ability before you had to? I know if Saints had the club call I'd be picking the other team.
However, if Sam Tomkins isn't playing I'd consider it lol.'"
Why Tomkins is !
Has stated Leeds have played at a far less intense level and has I have siad Wigan have managed to turn potential points avanlanges into tight games with inablity to kill teams off!
Wigan coming off the back off the challenge cup showed that its maybe now beyond us to raise to the levels needed 2 on the bounce. Catalans wont be a walk in the park and to beat them will take a huge effort.
Quote ="jaybs"12,000 at JJB and 9,000 at Headingley, and the play offs are supposed to be our Jewel in the Crown!'"
Yes but we are asking people to pay near enough £20 on a ticket for games live on sky 2/3 weeks on the bounce then possibly a grand final add travel on top of that and an expensive weekend in london wasnt to long ago for some then its not as appealing!
And Saints fan care to name 1 tackle on sun that took 11 seconds?? No thought not. Saints get numbers in the tackle. Quite a few times on sun the 2nd/3rd man got invovled just as the attacker was going to ground. Was this in an attempt to speed the game up??
) "is" is strictly correct. Warrington in this sense refers to a team (singular) so the use of "is" rather than "are", from a purely grammatical position is the appropriate usage. Of course when referring to teams the common usage is the plural as in "Wigan were garbage on Sunday" rather than "Leeds is a fading force". 
