I'm interested to gauge opinion. In the forthcoming 2 home games vs Saints, before anyone says anything we are quite capable of winning or losing both, but imagine we could only win 1 of these games...


Would you rather the 2 league points or to progress in the Cup...?

I know it may not be a popular opinion but I would rather we progress in the league, keeping in touch with the league leaders rather than progress in the cup competition. I fear a run in the cup will distract from the league (remember the Wigan and Salford home games last season which cost us the LLS and a home playoff). 


Winning the CC in 2009 was the highlight of my Wire experience but we have won 4 times now and had 7 visits in 15 years. It's not progress for us. 

Or do you think the league title is out of reach so we may as well go all out for the only silverware that is realistic?

Or perhaps, knocking Saints out of the cup (again) would be so satisfying so as to surmount any longer term considerations?

If it was a choice I’d rather have the points. I know a lot of people will still be it’s a trophy but come on we really need to be in a position to get to and win a Grand Final. Until we win that a lot of fans are looking down their noses at us.

Honestly though I would love to beat them every time we play them but if pushed the two points for me.

Indeed, I can normally find a redeeming feature about most RL clubs but not them. Awful. If they were playing a 3rd Reich representative XIII I'd still struggle, I'd be hoping for a draw. 

That would make a great off-season thread.


Who would we have in each position?   We’d need a safe pair of hands at fullback to catch all those bombs.

2 points for me.

We would have got to the Grand Final last year and won the League Leaders Shield if we hadn`t been in the Challenge Cup Final.

Cup win for me personally, I understand why people would rather progress in the league, but Wigan being out has thrown it wide open, so i'd be keen to take advantage.

Cup win for me personally, I understand why people would rather progress in the league, but Wigan being out has thrown it wide open, so i'd be keen to take advantage.

Beat them in both and keep up the hoodoo. They'd say it doesn't phase them but I bet it really does. 

But, if I had to choose, the league points. Wembley is a dull, lifeless, incredibly expensive and long day out now and we've done it often enough in recent years that it bears little appeal to me. Winning the cup now feels pretty small-time, there's only one game in town that I really give a stuff about and that's at Old Trafford in October. 


... And I'd have Reinhard Heydrich at FB, he always got the job done.


Can Goering play prop? 

Before the season started i'd have said two points. A few weeks ago i'd have taken the cup as we look dog s*** but now after a few gritty wins against Saints & Leeds + our half back position sorted i'm back to thinking the league is more important. There is a feeling that Hull KR & Wigan are still miles ahead of us but anything can happen in a one off game plus the CC looks a touch easier now Wigan / one of the Hull teams and possibly Saints could be out after this weekend. 

Props take care of themselves. Goering and Rohm. Rohm would no doubt prefer to be loose forward at the back of the scrum but he’ll play where he’s told or the long knives are out. I’d personally have Goebbels and Hitler at 6/7 - Goebbels directing play. Himmler FB, Heydrich is a definite second row. Boorman hooker - tackle anything. Eichmann can take a wing spot…wiry and rangy.