Last year didnt we simply abstain from chosing and were allocated the lowest league ranked team still left in the competition. Infact, out of curiosity, when was the last time a team chose anything other than the lowest league ranked side?

Wasn't it Wigans call last year. We had the call the year before and TS refused to do it then.

He has been against it since it's inception.

In 2011 Smith claimed publicly that he was having nothing to do with it, and sent Broomhead to the DW to make the announcement after Wigan v Catalans. Likewise last year he sent Willie Poaching to the press conference which was attended by the other three head coaches.

However despite all that, Morley wrote in his book that Smith sat down to discuss ClubCall with the players and that the decision was made collectively. Make of that what you will!

Been thinking about this today and if I was Smith I would decide to go on Sky Sports News and toss a coin. Potentially an embarrassing tactic, but then so was Eric Pollard announcing last year that Wigan had chosen Leeds so that they could give us the final everybody wanted!

Go on then I'll do it....

I'd love it if tony went on the telly, Eddie asked him who we're choosing, and he says.....you'll have to ring the club shop

On a serious note if he did say, "Head i'll pick_____ & Tails i'll pick____.

Now that would be the best message to give the RFL.

Quote ="Horatio Yed"On a serious note if he did say, "Head i'll pick_____ & Tails i'll pick____. Now that would be the best message to give the RFL.'" Interesting that when a vote was taken after the 2011 season only St Helens voted to scrap ClubCall. www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/n ... -play-offs

Quote ="Horatio Yed"On a serious note if he did say, "Head i'll pick_____ & Tails i'll pick____. Now that would be the best message to give the RFL.'" Interesting that when a vote was taken after the 2011 season only St Helens voted to scrap ClubCall. www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/n ... -play-offs

It say's we abstained

What actually happened is that the RFL put the entire play-off package to the clubs, not just the club call. There wasn't really an alternative.

Well read.

I would like to share a quote from an email I kindly received from rfl today with you...

'Just for reference as well, the future of ClubCall was discussed at a Super League club meeting earlier this year, and was unanimously supported.'

Yes, because it's part of the package. The whole play-off package was put to the teams, not just Clubcall.

Indeed. I stand corrected. Its was 2011. People were going on at the time as to why we picked Leeds instead of Wigan when infact we never picked anybody.

we picked Leeds, broomhead sat on telly in one of his daft looking suits and said, Leeds

biggest pile of bilge going is this club call lark,it should be scrapped...but seeing as we have it i reckon we`ll pick huddersfield who will just about see off hull.leaving wigan to play leeds (who will beat saints)...then we`ll beat huddersfield and wigan will beat leeds giving sky the final that bbc wanted for the cc final..and a wire win with myler as m.o.m...simples

What would happened if wire abstained? Are a team allowed to waiver the call?
Is there something in place if TS turned up and said "sc£@w it"??

no mate..its common knowledge sir tony doesnt want any part of this pantomine so it will be left to another high up member of the warrington club...

Tony Smith seems determined to let everyone know he doesn't like it, and picking anyone other than the lowest ranked side gives it credibility and makes it quite interesting after all. Therefore we will pick the lowest ranked side.

If Hull beat Huddersfield we're playing them. If they don't then we're playing the winner of Leeds V Saints. I'm expecting it to be Leeds.

Picking a higher ranked team would attract a load of media attention, give ClubCall credibility, fire up the chosen side, give the lower ranked side we looked scared of a pyschological edge if we meet in the final, and also make us look pretty stupid if the "gamble" fails and we lose the semi.

We will pick the lowest ranked.

not a chance, we'll pick the easiest to beat, which on the pick of who's left, is either huddersfield or wigan.

but we cant pick wigan

i know we can't pick wigan, you're not seeing the insulting part of my insult there.

In my opinion, the ClubCall would have some semblance of credibility if we COULD pick Wigan. For starters, if Huddersfield and Leeds do get through, then fourth placed Wigan would be the genuine lowest ranked team, and I also suspect Wane's team selections in the last couple of league games might have been different if he thought the "reward" for beating Huddersfield in week one could be getting called out by Warrington or Leeds.

If you're going to have ClubCall (and I would prefer it to scrapped) then you have to open it up to include all three remaining teams for me.

Who chooses who's at home then in the other game?

So the 'reward' for winning the other game is an away trip to us in this scenario? Doesn't work for me but I understand where you were coming from