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

Let's just back to the old system that worked for years when the end of season competition was called the Premiership. Top placed team played lowest placed team at home until we got to the final. Top 8 teams make the play-offs (so no fewer games to generate income for the RFL) and no team gets a week off so can't use the excuse of having a rest week as reason for losing sharpness and not winning. Home advatage is the reward for finishing high up the league table. If you're good enough you win, if you're not then someone else does and gets to call themselves champions.

Interesting point made by Nicky Kiss on Wigan board that this could all be good kidology by Wire. If we choose Leeds, we say we went for lowest ranked, if we choose Huddersfield we say we tossed a coin.

I'm not overly keen on tony's stance on this, I'd actually like the club to be in unison over this decision, Andy and Steve need to tell head of coaching to wind his neck in, and we choose a team as one club, one town and one team.


SOLID AND SURE IN OUR FOOTING

Highest placed team (so Huddersfield if it's them V Leeds).



The reward is the week off and going straight to the semi without having to contest a week two eliminator first. If you want a greater reward than that (ie - a guaranteed home tie) you better make sure you finish higher up the league table.

Just my opinion, but it would give ClubCall a bit of genuine spice. As Wigan finished fourth we'd be expected to pick them rather than Huddersfield or Leeds but it would mean taking their home game away from them. Better than the current system in my view, although as I've already said, my prefered option would be to scrap it altogether.

Either way the play offs will inevitably change in 2015 when Super League is reduced to 12 teams so we'll see what happens then.

That is my view. he is just trying to deflect any potential psychology issues.

Are Saints already out? Fools.

Not at all. In my mind, Leeds is shorthand for Leeds/St Helens and Huddersfield is shorthand for Hudds/Hull. We have beaten neither Hull or St Helens at home this year, so both would be worrying fixtures for us.

hey, look who it is, why we've not seen you on here since.....oohh...i'd say since saints went .

Wire won't choose Saints though will they?
1. Saints have an emphatic record over Warrington at the halliwell jones.
2. Smith knows he can send Saints to Wigan. A 100mph derby before a grand final isn't perfect prep.
3. Smith knows deep down he can't beat Saints 2 big games/play off semis on the run hence his anti clubcall stance.

I think if we beat Hull I'll be travelling over to Warrington for yet another Thursday night game, that 3 weeks in a row , what happened to weekend rugby !

As we all know fans are the last people the RFL are bothered about.

Sorry and how many grand finals have you won in this time? We've still made more grand finals then you and we're poop? Its now or never with your dads army squad anyway this year. I know whos squad id rather have from 2014 onwards and thats not to say we couldn't pull off the unthinkable yet.

even if I am a wire...thats still a funny post

LOL