Finishing 4th means going away to Leeds or Saints. Supporting Wigan and doing well in the play-offs one thing I have learned is that momentum is the biggest factor in the play-offs. I think going away to Leeds or Saints would just make us lose our momentum as we would lose. I would much rather have a home tie and then an easier away tie than the top two and then face the top 2.

Yeah but if we get beat in the first week when finishing 5th we would be out! At least if we finish 4th we would get a second go at it

Yeah but you could lose the last game before the playoffs and finish 5th and it would be the same as you would go into the playoff match on a loss. finish 4th you could lose then get a second go at it, pull off a win and your in the semi's one step from the GF

I am not so sure going to saints or leeds and losing would help us in any way. It would be nice to finish 4th I guess and I would be more confident and more relaxed but I think you need full momentum to actually win the grand final therefore I think 5th is better.

You mean the week before they play us?
Us being the team currently in 4th and the team you are trying to real in