are you a widnes fan in disguise?



widnes playing and finishing in the relegation spot got them relegated from SL.

widnes fans would support their mother in laws if they were playing us.

Good points Cat, if you remember we as a club and fans took a lot of criticism off Wigan for openly supporting Catalan at the HJ. I'm sure the club did it to promote ticket sales to the neutral.



Anyway Widnes could score some browny points by promoting the game and they may well do some promotiom, there is plenty of time yet. Same with Leigh if it was to be held there, although I suppose Leigh have the international next week.

To be fair they ended up in 11th place, and not bottom which was the previous relegation system. I guess you wouldn't have minded if we had gone down in 2002 on a similar basis?

Widnes are a changed club now, new owner, plans for the future. If you were to run a poll, I would guess more Widnes fans have a disliking for the Wire than Catalan. Wire and Widnes rivalry goes back a lot longer than 5 years ago.



The fans and club will probably have stronger feelings about the promotion of the crusaders into SL last year.

the RFL are dragging this naming the venues out arent they.

Considering the permutations of 4 teams it would be a huge task for the Red Hall think tank. I bet they've having beer and sandwiches in massive quantities delivered since Monday. These things take time to get right you know.

Nigel Wood - can we have a semi at your ground on the 8th August?

Steve O'Connor - course you can mate.

Nigel Wood - oh good thanks, I'll let you know the day before.

It does seem daft doesn't it? There were only 3 permutations possible so venues could have been decided in advance for each option.

Maybe the RFL asked Warrington where they would like the game to be played?

And until last night I felt the same about Widnes. However, I think it's because Cull is the coach, but I realised I wanted them to win. Oh dear.

oh dear indeed!

..you need to be isolated from the general population...placed in a sweat box at the old fletcher street end....watching videos from Micron video of old matches from the 80's wearing nothing but an old Les Boyd jock strap....only then will you be cured of this terrible affliction.

Maybe they do consult the teams. No reason for that to delay proceedings once the final 4 were established together with the 3 permutations.