Pretty much my assumption. If we and Wigan do the business this weekend, I'd be quite surprised if they picked Wigan. Considering, 1. Wigan finished above us in the league and 2. Our ridiculously poor record against them.

talk about confidence, id be happy to beat udders 1st!!!

I've filed any plans I had to go up to Old Trafford to watch Wire in the GF under 'highly unlikely' after this weekend.

Should we beat Hudds, then Leeds or Saints away will be too much, I fear. I would have fancied us to turn Wigan over had they got through and picked us, but now, I believe, we're not going to the GF.

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expect nothing, anything more is better

And there is the Warrington motto in a nutshell. No wonder we were dog dirt for 20 years

It would look well down the side of next years shirts.

'Specto nusquam, quisquam magis est melior'.

I would cry if Saints picked us, that answer your question

Lol its got more meaning than a wolf does not bite a wolf

read the initial question.

Asssuming that we beat Huddersfield, which will be very tough, then I think that Saints would be very likely to pick us in the semis. The only two possible scenarios in which I can envisage Saints not picking us would be:

1) Hull KR turn Wigan over. Surely Saints would choose Rovers over us if things panned out like that?
2) Wigan squeak past Hull KR in unconvincing fashion whilst we give Huddersfield another Challenge Cup Round 5 special and Saints therefore think that Wigan have "gone" whilst we look back to top form.

In the bigger picture, would Saints also like to avoid meeting Leeds at Old Trafford, you know, because they've nobbed them there the last 3 years as well as knocking them out of the semi of this year's Challenge Cup? By that logic, Saints might fancy giving Leeds a tie that they're more likely to lose, which after the Challenge Cup final, would be us. They take care of business against Wigan/Hull KR, hope that we dump Leeds out then they get a bye in the final.

Going to Headingley would be very, very tough though and I'm not sure we'd come through that anyway.

I'm resigned to Wires not lifting the trophy this season, so my default setting is anyone but Saints. Alas, I fear that they're nailed on to win it this time. The try that never should have been v Crusaders, the last second Cunningham try v Cas and the unbelievable Wellens try against us on Friday just serve to underline that for me.