Oh no don't play like you want to win! What do you expect? We had to pick someone. Like Barry Mc said on backchat. No one needs extra motivation at this time of the season and if they do then, they shouldn't be playing.

He never said he wanted to go home....Leeds offered him a job which was obviously better than what we offered him and he took it, no problem with that.
I have nothing but great respect for Tony Smith as a person and as a coach.

Every team would have picked us if they had the chance, we have to accept that and carry on doing what we have been, no big deal, let the team use whatever they need to use as motivation.
We are acting as if we have been stitched up or hard done to here.....its just the next game in our quest to reach the Grand Final, lets just turn up and support the lads as best we can, whoever we play against !

I have no problem with who Wire/T Smith chose it was their choice but We want to play Huddersfield as I/we believe it gives us the best chance is the truth so why not just turn up and say it !!! That I could respect not all this crap that he has spouted !!!

Sorry it is typical Tony Smith and I will be there again Thursday for the third time this season and to re iterate my feelings win or lose if we give 100% I will be happy with this season we have nothing to Lose so let's just muscle up and go for it !!!

However I just don't like all this crap TS has spouted but it's so typical of him for me.

I predicted Warrington have a look at the post it was blindingly obvious unfortunately so too is who I think will ref again Big Phil Bentham from Leigh !!!! Or is it Warrington !!!! The benefit of the doubt man !!

Sorry, i dont get the point your trying to make here. They picked us as most of us knew/thought they would, they dont have to necessarily explain why they chose us, the weren't under any oath or anything, everyone knows why they picked us.

some embarressing posting there, from a (at least) 52 year old

Let's face it, it was blindingly obvious who'd get chosen. I'd have picked us if I'd had the choice. We're unproven at this level and potential intensity. You'd have to be bonkers to pick Leeds before us.

Cant agree with that. I don't think anybody thinks we have been hard done to here, and I honestly wasn't bothered who we play.
But for Wire to pick the League Leaders to play instead of a team who just scraped through on Friday, playing a team with a none existent attack, had injuries during the game, hammered them last week and are ranked third, is just surprising. What they are basically saying is we are the easy option. That is a massive piece of arrogance from Tony Smith and his crew.
Thinking about it now this decision was made a while ago, hence the reason TS was trying to distance himself from the decision.

..But that's the whole purpose of clubcall, the team with it gets to choose who they want based on their opinions of the available clubs. If they consider us the weakest team then they have to justify it by beating us otherwise they will look pretty daft.

Don't understand how just using an advantage they have been given - due to us losing it - is classed as arrogant.

Play the victim card too often and you invariably end up the victim.

Suck it up, bring your team and play the game.

got to agree with all you say daz, imo we are the side wire should have picked makes no difference to the giants we just need to go there and win, we dont need any motivation the motivation is the grand final bring it on, only downside for me its a thursday night another day at work begging tomorrow.

Arrogance from smith?
No - usual slyness.
He has distanced himself from the choice so that whatever the outcome he cannot be blamed.

Jesus wept.

You absolutely peaked last Thursday against us and will struggle to hit that level of intensity again a week later. smith knows that and it's why he chose you. The other option is the team who have won 5 of the last 6 grand finals. Not much of a choice IMO. Hope you beat them though

Would have been interesting to see if Huddersfield had have won their first playoff game, would Baloo have been "disrespectful" in his choice for clubcall?

Of course he wouldn't. But yet Tony Smith is.

If I had a quid for every time I've heard similar this season I'd have enough to by the entire families season passes and some left over to buy the home and away shirts!
But if you think that was us at full intensity you've got a shock coming!

I don't know what people expect. Talk about mountains and molehills...

could be costly smith not turning up to the press conference

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all the other coaches turned up...if anything thats the most disrespectful thing...

if you guys are so good...why aren't you making the club call?

The simple truth is being the most consistent team over a season is not a measure of a champion team...as Leeds haven proven for many years now.

You are unproven at this level...win a few more playoff games..get to the final...and even win it...then, and only then will, you make it hard for teams to pick you

You are missing my point TS who should have been there wasn't spoke a load of rubbish about who he'd pick I have nothing against Wire hence my post titled Tony Smith.

Warrington earned the right to chose they chose us no problem just that I don't like Tony Smiths dismissive attitude and the games he plays of which this is another example no doubt he will have another whinge about something before Thursday just hope we don't get distracted and turn up on the night !!!!

I guess we'll see on Thursday won't we

Sanctions? Oh please. If that's the case, why were these "sanctions" not brought against him in 2011 when he did the same thing?

It's a non-story. If the RFL paid £5K to each of the semi finalists for a "high profile presence" at the event, why wasn't Tomkins there representing Wigan? Why wasn't the golden boot winner "Sir" (sic) Kevin Sinfield there representing Leeds? Why wasn't Sky's love interest Danny Brough there representing Huddersfield?

Our club captain was there, the only Englishman to win Grand Finals in both England and Australia. That should be high profile enough for the RFL.

So if we lose that's because we everything against Hull FC? Garbage.

The result will depend on various factors. Christ, depending on which thread you're on Hull FC were beneath Pennine league level and a youth team would have beaten them.

I'd like to thank all the Huddersfield trolls out there for helping create what we are seeing here. The worst part is that many of them don't even realise they are trolls.

It's a close game Thursday that both teams will want to win. My opinion is that we can win but I would bring Faiumu back for Kyle Wood as we need a stronger bench and Lunt will need to do 50/60 minutes but Faiumu can do two roles of 20 mins and fill in more roles if needed.

I think we will turn up Thursday and go close just need to muscle up in the pack and get in Briers face stop his short kicking game which Leeds didn't.

As for blowing out against Hull no way should have done us good !!

Blimey calm down you lot. We had to choose somebody. I'm sure if Saints were in the same position, they would have picked us.

FWIW I class you as 2013 champions.

don't see any problem with this at all, we have been chosen by warrington because they believe, and with reason, that they can beat us at the HJ.
we have to go to warrington on Thursday and show them that they made a mistake in picking us.
no problem at all with it, we all knew warrington would pick us it was a no brainer.
lets go and do the business on Thursday now!