It would certainly make it interesting if we scrape through the Catalans game and Leeds pump Hudds (which I think they will BTW). Who do Wire choose, a confident in form Leeds or a potentially "battle weary" Wigan?

Has anyone read the comments regarding club call by Tony Smith in todays League Express? Arrogance has to be the blokes second name!!!

If we do scrape through against Catalans and Wire do pick us , it will be a short turn around as we will play Friday night!

If we do get past Catalans i hope Warrington do pick us. I would much rather lose to them in the semi than the final at OT

If we won then the final would be there for the taking. Lets be honest though they wont, they will pick lowest ranked side end of imo.

I think Wire are more than confident enough to pick Leeds, regardless of their form if we beat Catalans.

The last thing Tony Smith will want is to cause any controversy given his opinions on the whole concept.

I think they'd most probably choose us tbh, If we win next week we will still be shattered etc and they will know we are there for the taking. Either way we are still their biggest threat so why not get us out the way early whilst we may be on the rack and let leeds/saints kick ten bells out of each other.

If we win they will send us to saints for the derby

Saints might have few bodies back if you get a rematch

Seen that Bosc is back now which is good timing for Catalan

When is club call. Is it after the Wigan game on Sunday evening

Thought it was the Monday morning.

Yeah i think its Monday morning iirc from last time.

I'm sure I read somewhere it was going to be straight after our game Sunday. Makes more sense rather than shoving it on SSN on Monday morning when everyone's at work

wire should be confident enough to beat all sides left in the comp

leeds or hudds as they are the two weakest teams

saints they cannot pick so either they lose the semi or they beat in the final

wigan are a dangerous side do you try to beat them at home and hopefully have a easier final ( given saints history ) or hope wigan are too knackered to mount a serious title defense in the grand final

IMHO having the cup so close to playoffs gives the finalist a disadvantage so being successful in the cup is no reward. how many weeks off have wire had since being knocked out of the cup

Club call is at the DW after the Wigan Catalans game, and as one poster put regarding Tony Smiths "arrogance" he only stated he doesn't agree with the club call concept and is having nothing to do with it, he is leaving it to the board, thats not arrogance thats his opinion of which he is entitled,as to who we may choose imo it will be the winner of leeds v hudd regardless of your team being tired etc you are due a better game and i can't see our club taking the risk

I think that Wire will choose the winner of the Wigan Vs Catalan game.
I say this because you play on the Sunday evening and we play our game on the following Friday so the team that wins on Sunday evening would only have 4 full days to recover and we will have had two full weeks.

The only exception to this is if the winner of the Leeds and Giants game finishes the game with key men injured or banned, then in these circumstances we would send the winner of your game to Saints.

Pretty much. If they're smart they'll pick us - assuming we beat Catalans.

Imagine if they pick us and lose? They would get laughed at for the biggest cock up in years, is anybody at Wire gonna wanna take that risk? They will pick the lowest ranked team, theyve not been to the OT showpiece yet and will be desperate to get there. They will worry about the final if they win the semi.

I dont agree! If they are smart they will pick the lowest ranked team and let Wigan and Saints knock lumps out of each other a week before the GF. If they do that I fancy a wire v Wigan final.

I would rather lose to Warrington in the Semi-Final rather than at Old Trafford, don't think I could take that

I would rather take on wire at their place than at Old Trafford.

I think we're going to scrape a win against Catalan and take Sam Tomkins, Finch and Pat off in the final few minutes with injuries. Then Warrington will want to pick us. All 3 miraculously recover for the game at HJ, Warrington take us lightly because we have been poor recently and then...

BOOM! We beat them 58-0!

i might grasp the concept of this system in about 10 years time unless they change it again.
saints have taken over as number 2 ?

if hudds win..wire wont hesitate to pick them
if leeds win....they might just pick us

either way..if we beat cats, week 3 will take an almighty effort..and if we survive that..can we raise it again at OT ?
im not confident.

Carlsberg don't do rugby league games but if they did........

I think Wire would pick Hudds first and the winner of your game 2nd, i know i would. I'd let Leeds go to Widnes, i think they'd knock more lumps out of each other than a Saints v Wigan game.

Interesting.

Who do you think Smith will go for though, just trot out the line about picking the lowest ranked team left?