Re: First place in our own hands? : Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:27 pm  

shambawangy wrote:

No you have to play the 3rd or fourth placed team in the first week at home

Aha, not used to these dizzy heights. Same point though. There is no reason we can not win the two matches at home, even if it might turn out to be Leeds and St Helens!

Re: First place in our own hands? : Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:33 pm  

If we finish in the top two, we could lose to the third or fourth placed team at home, then get a second chance where we would face a team who finished 5th-8th at home. If we won that we would then play, again at home against third or fourth placed side.

Technically then, if Saints and Leeds finished third and fourth we would only need to beat one of them once, because we could afford a defeat first.

Re: First place in our own hands? : Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:43 pm  

Dropkick Murphy wrote:

If we finish in the top two, we could lose to the third or fourth placed team at home, then get a second chance where we would face a team who finished 5th-8th at home. If we won that we would then play, again at home against third or fourth placed side.

Technically then, if Saints and Leeds finished third and fourth we would only need to beat one of them once, because we could afford a defeat first.

You would then have to repeat a big win in the final. You would be lucky to avoid saints in the play-offs. Your best chance is to play Wigan in one of those games because I can't see Warrington beating Leeds and Saints.

Re: First place in our own hands? : Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:44 pm  

Do we lose home advantage at any stage?

If we finish top and have the choice of opponent between St Helens and Leeds, who would we choose?

Re: First place in our own hands? : Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:44 pm  

Harvey 69 wrote:

no it wasnt, ull kr away was our worst,

Got to agree with that!

Re: First place in our own hands? : Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:46 pm  

I think we'll finish third and play either Wigan or Saints away first, lose, then play at home to the 5th-8th placed side, win, and then break our Knowsley Road hoodoo in the best possible style by winning the last competitive match ever played there.

You heard it here first...

Re: First place in our own hands? : Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:50 pm  

That would be sweet.

Re: First place in our own hands? : Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:58 pm  

It will be even sweeter if Saints have actually finished top and selected us for clubcall because they always beat us...

Re: First place in our own hands? : Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:59 pm  

The All New Chester Wire wrote:

That would be sweet.

Dude!

Re: First place in our own hands? : Mon Jun 21, 2010 3:17 pm  

The All New Chester Wire wrote:

Do we lose home advantage at any stage?

if you finish 1st/2nd you play at home week one, winning that you would stay at home.
however lose week 1 you'd be at home week 2 (against 5/6/7/8) but you could be 'picked' for week 3, and be away

however i don't understand if you'd be at home is say:

1st bt 4th (and won second game)
2nd lst 3rd (and won second game)

1st picked 4th, would 3rd keep home advantage?

if they did, it'd make even more of a mockery of the playoffs