are you a widnes fan in disguise?

widnes playing and finishing in the relegation spot got them relegated from SL.

widnes fans would support their mother in laws if they were playing us.

Good points Cat, if you remember we as a club and fans took a lot of criticism off Wigan for openly supporting Catalan at the HJ. I'm sure the club did it to promote ticket sales to the neutral.

Anyway Widnes could score some browny points by promoting the game and they may well do some promotiom, there is plenty of time yet. Same with Leigh if it was to be held there, although I suppose Leigh have the international next week.

To be fair they ended up in 11th place, and not bottom which was the previous relegation system. I guess you wouldn't have minded if we had gone down in 2002 on a similar basis?

Widnes are a changed club now, new owner, plans for the future. If you were to run a poll, I would guess more Widnes fans have a disliking for the Wire than Catalan. Wire and Widnes rivalry goes back a lot longer than 5 years ago.

The fans and club will probably have stronger feelings about the promotion of the crusaders into SL last year.

the RFL are dragging this naming the venues out arent they.

Considering the permutations of 4 teams it would be a huge task for the Red Hall think tank. I bet they've having beer and sandwiches in massive quantities delivered since Monday. These things take time to get right you know.
Nigel Wood - can we have a semi at your ground on the 8th August?
Steve O'Connor - course you can mate.
Nigel Wood - oh good thanks, I'll let you know the day before.

It does seem daft doesn't it? There were only 3 permutations possible so venues could have been decided in advance for each option.

Maybe the RFL asked Warrington where they would like the game to be played?

And until last night I felt the same about Widnes. However, I think it's because Cull is the coach, but I realised I wanted them to win. Oh dear.

oh dear indeed!

..you need to be isolated from the general population...placed in a sweat box at the old fletcher street end....watching videos from Micron video of old matches from the 80's wearing nothing but an old Les Boyd jock strap....only then will you be cured of this terrible affliction.

Maybe they do consult the teams. No reason for that to delay proceedings once the final 4 were established together with the 3 permutations.

I see PC is continuing in the same vein as he left Warrington. Creating an inconsistent, mid table team, scoring bags of points and conceding way too many at 26 pts per game.

Widnes P10 W5 D0 L5 F338 A258 Pts18

Have Warrington objected to playing the game in France or Barcelona?

ring the club shop and ask

Have done so already to be told we will be playing at either Leigh or Widnes.

Definately not in Paris or Barcelona.

I need to book a flight even for a home game.

There appears to be some indecision between Leigh and Widnes (negotiation between RFL and Mr Moran according to what i heard earlier today). I wonder if they are waiting to see how LSV handles the test match before they make a final decision. If it copes well it will be at LSV if not, then Widnes.

Surely they can't keep us all in suspense for another week with no announcement! Got to be announced early next week together with ticket arrangements?

Need to decide soon, there's only 9 weeks and one day to go.

That would seem pretty silly.

to be played at widnes

I hope Widnes/Leigh/whoever fans do turn up and support Catalans. It doesn't matter about Red Rose solidarity, bitterness, or whatever. Personally I've only been to two club RL games not involving Warrington in my life - the two Leeds V Bradford Grand Finals in 2004 and 2005 - but plenty of Wire supported Catalans in 2007 and I remember people on here posting about going to support Huddersfield V Saints last year. Not much Red Rose solidarity there but was it really bitterness or just a laugh? Who cares anyway?

We won't sell the game out on our own so a decent number of Catalans "fans" will boost the gate and improve the atmosphere. No problem as far as I'm concerned.

Supported both Catalan and Hudds at the Warrington semis last couple of years. Would NEVER supports Stains or Pies

It might just be that Saints are objecting to travelling over the Pennines to Huddersfield to play Leeds. After all the price of a passport is expensive.

Bump.