Can I break the trend here and just want us to win today? All this if we get beat is better as we play our way in rubbish. Why play more games than you have to?

If I was Wire or Leeds I would aim to win today to keep a bit of confidence in the side, take the rest, flip a coin for the CC then get stuck in to whoever it was, then try to do the biz in the GF. End of!

This. A win today would be a huge boost. A week off and 80 mins from O/T. I'm really up for it and just about to set off. Now the Wire!

have a good trip down here...bring a cardigan with your scarf T'side, there again, your probably more hardened to damp grey days than us softys down here are!

I just don't see us beating Leeds twice in the playoffs. If we lose today that'll be some comfort but if we win I'd hope we won't meet again.

Similar to Saints last year, I feel the same way.

I don't really want to look beyond todays game, but a win today will almost definitely give Leeds a home tie against Saints, and then we can use clubcall to send them to Wigan whilst we take on Huddersfield/Hull (surely we would buck the trend and pick Hudds over Leeds).

Of course all this conjecture about clubcall is totally irrelevant unless we win today.

Why any of the other play-off teams would want to play us given our finals record is an absolute mystery. I wouldn't have been surprised if we were the bookies favourites to win the whole shebang because of our play-off record but which ever way it goes today it makes for fascinating stuff. I wouldn't rule out Saints turning one of the top over if they get a shot at them.

I don't think Leeds fancy Wigan in the final, considering their finals record against Wigan.

I think you might pick Leeds after that performance.

If they win next week.

Wigan Wire final after 3 years of waiting hopefully.

Hasn't Tony Smith said in the past that he doesn't agree with Club Call and words to the effect that you will always pick the lowest ranked side regardless? Should be interesting.

not quite correct.
he doesn't agree with it as you rightly said, he very much avoids been drawn for comments about it, and went only as far to say upon the subject, it will be left for others to decide.

It was thought that our players had a ballot on which team last time, unconfirmed.

I suspect we will hear of an imaginary coin toss done before the announcement and surprise surprise, Huddersfield/Hull came up

We should pick the team we have the best bet of beating ....regardless of where they finished the season...end of. We decide who that is....thats the privilege WE earnt

I personally would choose the winner of Hudds v Ull. That way letting Leeds/Saint's & Wigan battle it out. (Please note Saints only added to prove non bias)

I'm pretty sure that our Chairman made the club call last time, as TS refused to.

I would pick Leeds !
Method behind the madness is they can be beaten but not at Old Trafford so beat them and knock them out before they get there

Do a cup draw...balls drawn out of a bag

well if it was Broomhead, lets hope he doesn't do it again!

Find out whichever team isn't motivated about the prospect of the Grand Final, and needs the 'motivation' of being picked in Club Call.

Then pick them because they obviously are not serious RL players.

Problem with this strategy is what happens if Leeds then beat Wigan, like they did last year, and then went on to do us in the GF.

Problem is if you send Leeds to Wigan you may end up playing Hull again.

With no Briers again.

wasn't ur strategy to get beat today? So how u are picking other peoples comments apart is interesting

wires don't need Briers to win.
wires seldom get beat when Chris Bridge plays, with the exception of the hull cc semi, when he almost was playing for hull in a primrose and blue shirt!

BBC sport, Smith talks out publicly against club call.
He says he will leave it to the players.

Better the players than Broomhead!