So, we have to hope for something different to happen.....

First of all we have to beat whoever we end up playing next week.....

And we have to hope Leeds beat Wigan so that St Helens get ClubCall....

Then Wigan lose next week and St Helens will then pick that team....

Then we go to Headingley.....

Or something like that....

Most important thing - WIN NEXT WEEK!

Dont stress over it. When you finally beat us it will be in a game that counts. I would lay good money on you beating us in either that game at KR or the GF if the fixtures pan out that way.

I'm not stressing about it. I just love my rugby and will go next week expecting to win (as I almost always do). If we win, I'll just take what comes the following week.

You've got to win next week anyway you dumb bugger or your seasons over

If we get into week 3.........

If Leeds give Wigan a really tough time that I think Wigan will pick us, which is fine by me said ages ago would rather play them then Saints.

All ifs and buts at the moment just hope the Hull clubs smash the crap out of each other tonight.

I'd rather play Wigan, they are shy at home.

Did you actually read my post or just the post title? Second line - "first of all", last line in upper case - WIN NEXT WEEK.

You dumb bugger.

I just loaded up all the combinations into my laptop and it crashed

Who knows we could even being playing Cru Cru next week.. thats if Cru Cru win and Wigan win

i believe we are destined to win the last ever game at kr

I cant see you getting past the winners of the hull derby tbh.

me too

Hope leeds win the GF

I think they will.

Word of Warning.................Saints will have a stronger team out in week 3, Eastmond. Lomax, big Maurie will probably be back. We will have a faster creative back line and a bigger dynamic pack.........they want the superleague champion tag back.

Different week, different game. It's sport, one team wins, one loses. It doesn't matter who plays for St Helens - theyare always strong. It was half backs missing last night - rest of the team was pretty much on first choice.

This happened a couple of years ago, Saints taught Leeds a rugby lesson in the playoffs at Knowsley Road and the Sky commentators were saying how can Leeds pick themselves up from that, and it went on to be reversed in the final.

Not saying that will happen, I would still fancy Saints to beat us at KR in the next playoff but there won't be in it, it will be a dangerous game for them as it would be galling if they slipped up in an elimination game against us. We have won two Challenge Cups so will be a dangerous opponent for whoever gets us in playoffs.

Leeds did it to Saints in 2007 and 2008 coming back from 10-8 and 38-10 defeats.

For Wire its all about mental toughness now. To go on to win the double must be one of the most difficult achievements to do do these days. Saints did it back in 2006 but that was when the challenge cup was in May. Saints tried the double again in seasons 2007 and 2008 but the 4 week turnaround from the CC Final s too much of an ask to get back mentally for the play offs. This is what is the Wire are going through at the moment.

Got the best coach to try and do it though!

I am sure the change to thw CC final happened in 2005 when Hull beat Leeds at the millenium stadium and one year later when we played Hudds at Twickenham in August.

Whatever happens in our next game it can't be as insane as the last 68 minutes of the Saints game the other night.

Stillins essentially fronted it out after going 8pts down and instead of taking them on at that game to put them back in their box we completely gave up/didn't bother/lost the plot. In the CC Atkins was immense in taking the ball up early in the tackle count allowing the forwards to get themselves set and come flying on to the ball - against Saints the other night I think he touched the ball twice .... what was that about? Briers lost the plot early on as well and tiny Myler was about as cranked up as I've ever seen a man on a pitch. Strange game on our part I have to say but you gotta take your licks and get on with the job next time round, we just seemed to be devoid of fluidity of thinking on the hoof the other night but if I may I'd like to say this - apart from the first 12 minutes Saints essentially beat a garbage team so yay them.

[size=85ps - please, please, please will someone at the club get a RU kicking coach on board so that we can convert what we score. It's driving me nuts the amount of points we leave hanging around because we can't stick the ball between the posts.[/size

Wigan will pick the lowest placed team to avoid any motivation/red faces if we lose

HKR looked impressive tonight, whoever plays them next is in for one hell of a game

HKR were impressive in the way they despatched their opponents. However, the game itself was a couple of notches down on the standard of Rugby that Wigan , Saints & Wire have produced this year, and I would expect Wire to see them off comfortably if producing anything close to what they are capable of if they were to meet next week.

But surely a loss to the lowest placed team would be the ultimate in red faces. lets face it, when it comes down to the final playoff week, all 4 teams deserve to be there and all 4 teams are just 80 mins from a GF appearance (and who says its gonna be Wigan?)

This is the problem we had when Long was our kicker