[Sadfish]

: Sun May 31, 2009 5:17 pm  

Warrington is my guess, Saints get the main stand and seated end and Hudds get the away end (toilets)

: Sun May 31, 2009 5:18 pm  

St Andy's Land wrote:

Unless we have an unbelieveably low off day, Shudds will have to play one hell-of-a-lot better than they did to-day if they are to have any hope of reaching the final.

As for the venue; I'd say the HJ, it certainly should be west of the Penines.

Why?
All Lancashire tie will be in Lancashire.(well Widnes, Leigh or Bolton)
Saints v Huddersfield will be at Headingley.

: Sun May 31, 2009 5:40 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Why?
All Lancashire tie will be in Lancashire.(well Widnes, Leigh or Bolton)
Saints v Huddersfield will be at Headingley.

If Headingley is worthy of a Semi then so is Knowsley road.

Wire v Wigan at Knowsley road.

Saints v Hudds at Leigh sports village for me, with HJ as a backup.
The Leigh sports village is easy big enough to handle the expected crowd.
Last time we played them in the cup semi the attendance was 13134

Widnes ground is too far west imo for it to hold a semi final.

: Sun May 31, 2009 5:43 pm  

Why would they take the Saints/Hudds Semi to Headingley? It holds 20,000+ and there is no way the game will attract that attendance.

: Sun May 31, 2009 5:53 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Saints v Huddersfield will be at Headingley.

If the RFL choose Headingley then they're dafter than I think they are (and I think they're pretty daft). A half empty stadium would look great on the BBC, not. It was bad enough today at the Galpharm in spite of Castleford's best efforts to fill the place!

I hope it's Leigh because that way the place will look full and will have atmosphere. Saints might even be tempted into song.

: Sun May 31, 2009 5:56 pm  

I think

Saints vs Huddersfield at Doncaster
Wigan vs Warrington at Widnes

: Sun May 31, 2009 6:14 pm  

I can't see our game being played at Doncaster. I would imagine it will be somewhere much closer to here.

Happy with the draw but IF we get through will make for a horrendous 3 weeks of nerves whoever we are playing!

: Sun May 31, 2009 6:14 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

If Headingley is worthy of a Semi then so is Knowsley road.

Wire v Wigan at Knowsley road.

Saints v Hudds at Leigh sports village for me, with HJ as a backup.
The Leigh sports village is easy big enough to handle the expected crowd.
Last time we played them in the cup semi the attendance was 13134

Widnes ground is too far west imo for it to hold a semi final.

Headingley - Good corporate hospitality. Plenty seats.
Knowsley Road - neither.

: Sun May 31, 2009 6:17 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Headingley - Good corporate hospitality. Plenty seats.
Knowsley Road - neither.

Remember we have a Test standard stadium , so we should be more than good enough for a cup semi

: Sun May 31, 2009 6:27 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

Remember we have a Test standard stadium , so we should be more than good enough for a cup semi

It wasn't in 2004 or 2007