Getting your excuses in nice and early Saints fan?
Our lads are probably still hungover so that should level things out.

The Rhinos players have been on the lash big time until Monday of this week

If the Saints can't turn us over,even with their major injury problems,then there are no excuses IMO as they can still field a strong enough 17 to beat us on Friday as our bunch of p155 heads have had only had a 3 day preparation this week

Sick of saints fans playing injury top trumps.

You've had 2 weeks to prepare, leeds have had 3 days and were probably still hungover on tuesday. You beat leeds earlier in the season with a alot of injuries and the circumstances weren't weighted in your favour as much. Even with the injuries you are still a strong.

Basically stop trying to get your excuses in early.

lose - oh look we had injuries, was always gonna be a loss anyway.
win - Oh look we beat you with a weakened team, look how good we are.

both sets of fans as bad as each other , both making excuses

probably means a draw

Were gona win.

I would go:

Hardaker
Briscoe
Watkins
Moon
Hall

Sinfield
Burrow

Kylie
Aiton
Peacock
JJB
Ablett
Delaney

Singleton
Achurch
Bailey
Sutcliffe

see no sense in risking McGuire, let him rest up fully for the wigan game.

Saints will line up (at a guess) like:

McDonnell
Makinson Percival Jones Swift
Hohaia Wellens
Amor Roby Walmsley
LMS Laffranchi
Turner

Masoe Richards Soliola Manu

I would guess Saints will reply on their big pack with Roby sniping down the middle and Manu and Soliola looking for breaks out wide. Our pack has to neutralise their big fellas and not allow Roby any space. Once again field position and control are crucial and we don't want to be giving them any easy kick returns.

Id play the team Biff chose. Rest McGuire for Wigan. Ive echoed his thoughts. His thoughts

At this stage Leeds cannot afford to rest players, if they don't win tonight next week will not matter. If McGuire is fit to play he needs to play, that Saints side still looks a tough proposition. Leeds will need to be at their best to win.

Hardaker
Briscoe
Watkins
Moon
Hall
Sinfield
Burrow
Leuluai
Aiton
Peacock
JJB
Ablett
Delaney

Sutcliffe
Singleton
Bailey
Achurch

It's looking increasingly likely that it will be Grand Final weather this evening.

I was feeling we would win fairly comfortably but considering how we have performed recently in the rain, I'd be more surprised if we win now.

That said, as others have pointed out, if they have all beign on the sauce all week and still hungover, maybe rain + blurred vision = keeping ahold of the ball.

You never know!

Plus as well actually, carrying that beer / champagne soaked trophy around after the game on Sat and on the homecoming on Monday when it was raining - I didn't notice any drops then, despite the wetness of the trophy.

With all that practice in wet conditions with a shiny trophy, maybe we are actually well prepared this time for keeping ahold of the ball later!

Come on Leeds.

Hardaker
Briscoe
Watkins
Moon
Hall
Sinfield
Sutcliffe
Bailey
Aiton
Peacock
Jones-Buchanan
Ablett
Delaney

Leuluai
Achurch
Singleton
R Ward