Might be in a minority here and i know it's now out of Leeds' hands but i'd still prefer us to finish 4th right now. Wigan aren't at their best ATM and will probably be without their starting hooker next week at least. Leuluai and Fielden still finding fitness too. I'd rather go now than possibly in 3 weeks when all them things could have changed. I think Wigan would much prefer to see Catalans turn up at the DW next week instead of Leeds.

I would prefer to finish fourth anyway as Catalans away in the second game (should we get past Wakey) looks much tougher than the Hudds game did last year.

I do think we would have a good shot at Wigan next week should we get fourth.Nothing to lose and lots of pressure on the pies to come through that first game it could be interesting.

Sadly,i dont think Bulls have a chance At Catalan.

They have a good record at catalans. 5 wins and a draw from 7 games. however like you i dont give them much of chance either.

I want bradford and wakey to win then Leeds should finish 4th and i dont have to pay out £50!!

You're going to finish 4th and beat Wigan next week. At least that's what I'd prefer.

I'd like to congratulate the rhinos on once again strategically finishing just outside the Top 4 in order to benefit from the well-earned rewards for doing so. This ensures that half-d mediocrity throughout the regular season really does pay off in the end and is duly rewarded with a home fixture next week and two successive easy play-off fixtures against whipping boy SL rabble. Someone wake me up in 3 weeks time (Wigan away probably) when the SL season begins in earnest.

You really are a miserable ar$€hole.

Which part of [i"Rhinos half-d mediocrity throughout the regular season resulting in a 5th placed finish on the SL ladder"[/i is incorrect and an unreasonable interpretation of the rhinos season in your opinion?

Which part of [i"Benefiting from a 5th placed finish by being rewarded with a home fixture against whipping boy SL rabble/two successive fixtures against whipping boy SL rabble"[/i is incorrect and an unreasonable interpretation of the rhinos season in your opinion?

What? So you think playing Catalans away in the 2nd week is easier than at HQ?

As i said further up the page,finishing 4th is a clear benefit this season over last due to Huddersfields shocking form last year.

FWIW i expect us to come through a tough clash with Wakey and go down in a close game in France.

Yes, I do believe Wakey at home followed by Catalan away is a more comfortable ride than Wigan away followed by Catalan at home. Facing whipping boy SL rabble twice instead of just once in consecutive games is definitely the easier ride before the really important Semi Finals take place. IMHO of course.


Catalan are whipping boy SL rabble just like Huddersfield are. Any distinctions being made between the two are shallow at best.


A lot on this forum reckoned it would be a tough clash last season at home to the whipping boy Hull FC rabble. It wasn't then and it won't be next week either. Leeds to win comfortably... again.


Might be close but Leeds will win.

Wake me up when it's proper Semi Final time involving only the genuine contenders and all the whipping boy SL rabble have been eliminated during the next two tedious weeks of unnecessary play-off fixtures.

Thanks in anticipation.

Biff - just put him on your ignore list and as long as people don't quote him then you don't see his pathetic posts. He's a sort of crap Lord Haw-Haw character with nothing to say of any value. People used to engage him but most CBA these days.

I would disagree with Herr Eve - if you are going to have one home fixture you need to make the most of the advantage - in a tight game it can make the difference. Leeds "should" be able to beat Wakey even at BV, beating the Catalans will be a different proposition and home advantage could have been crucial. I would much rather play Wigan away and Catalans at home than Wakey at home and Catalans away. Of course Catalans could beat Wigan?

There will be nothing better than to make you eat your words next week when the 'whipping boys' come to town

Even the Bookies agree with William Eve

Best odds available

Weeeegan 5/4
Warrington 11/8
St Helens 9/1
Leeds 12/1
Catalans 20/1
Hull 60/1
Hudds 150/1
Wakey 175/1

Don't even consider wasting money on Hudds & Wakey.....it's those big odds that pay for the bookies Porsche each year.
For Hull fans, if you're not sure how big a number 60 is...then count all your fingers and thumbs and multiply by 5

Very rude and disrespectful of you!









#1. Who put 40 points past you at Headingley (even though that team lost)?
#2. Who anihilated you at Belle Vue in July?
#3. Who have won the last seven matches on the bounce?
#4. Catalans (should you get there) whipping boys? Oh puh-leaze.

Take one match at a time or else you'll get nowhere near Old Trafford, never mind Wigan or Catalans.

You shouldn't even be in the playoffs


HTH

For effort alone we deserve to be there.

And why's that?

He is obviously a bulls sympathiser!

^ Sounds like Lawrie L and William Eve are two very scared whino fans

You carry on supporting a bent game hope we destroy you next week on our much lower wage structure than the holier than you mighty whino's. Youre just lucky to be in the play offs

You whinos are heading for a mighty fall.

I would love it................................

Those 4 being the genuine contenders who shall be lining up as Semi Finalists in 3 weeks time.


Those 4 above being the whipping boy SL rabble as this ridiculously long-drawn out Top 8 play-off system spends 2 tedious weeks clearing out the garbage that shouldn't be littering the play-offs in the first place.

I guess that's because it's supposed to be a play-off between the eight best teams as determined by points accrued over a twenty-seven round qualifying competition and on the pitch Wakefield have come ninth on that basis.

or go back a week to the bradford game!




very generous odds on fc, if i was a betting man i would put a fiver on us, but im not so a win against shudds and anything else is a bonus for us this season

Worth a cheeky fiver if you don't mind contributing to the bookies retirement pot.

The odds look reasonable except for Leeds who are priced a little short, I expect Warrington will become the favourites if they can get by St Helens in week one.