Here's hoping!!!
I'm starting to get a bit of a buzz now.
We are capable of matching this Wigan side as has been shown in the two games earlier in season, just need to keep it up for a full 80 mins and outscore them.

Well I'm excited.

Saturday was dissapointing, sat in my seat watching Dorn score again, but I knew come Tuesday i'd be ready again and full of anticipation and hope for our Wembley trip.

Gonna be a tough 80 minutes of RL but we definately have enough to bring the cup home this season. Certainly not going to be easy and will be a monumental effort considering everything (momentum, form, tomkins ego) but possible.

I just hope we play to our potential and that, if Wigan do win, it's because they were awesome and not because we were poor.

Well now I’m actually going to Wembley I’m a little excited too (got ticket yesterday). But yeah I agree with everything kirkstaller has written on this thread. Leeds have every chance and rightfully so. Hopefully more threads like this one and the Sam Tomkins one will make this week a much better one. Alternatively we can return to that sombre mood.

I don't know about everyone else but I'm looking forward to this one just as much as any previous. Facts are we have ran Wigan very very close twice already this season, a different bounce of the ball on Saturday and how knows. Leeds have the experience and advantage from last season, see the Brett Delaney interview on the Rhinos site.

I'm looking forward to my day out for the Cup Final, as I do every year.

Bitter experience has told me that Leeds being involved usually puts a bit of a dampener on things. Let's hope that trend changes this year.

If I thought it was nailed on that we were in for a hammering I would still be going . As it is though I think we are in with a chance . I am not hoping that we get within 20 points of them . I am not even hoping that we put on a decent performance . I am hoping that we smash them off the field . I am hoping we embarrass them with a massive score . I am hoping we nil them . We probably won't , but it does not stop me hoping .

I am hoping .
There will always be hope .
If ever a time arrives when there is no more hope , there will still be cake .
A loss at Wembley ( or anywhere else ) is a good excuse for comfort eating cake .

Does anyone out there know of a way to work out how much cake should be eaten relative to the level of disappointment when you are using the comfort eating excuse ? Or how much should be eaten when celebrating ?

Over to you Mr Field .

You don't wait for an excuse, you just eat cake.

I'm getting increasingly excited as this week progresses.

I'm going on holiday on Monday see.

Lost your teddy = big cake
Crashed the car = big cake
Birthday = big cake
Lost at Wembley = big cake
Won at Wembley = big cake

I think I can see a pattern forming .

Me too, just tried my homebrew wheat beer and ale and it tastes

Will be having a few whilst watching the game from the comfort of my own living room

And of course there will also be cake!

The reality is that it is a game that can be won by Leeds , ok so they are going into the game as underdogs
But I have been to the cup final for many years now and one game still sticks in my mind as the day the rank outsiders won me £50 from a pie eater as he was so cock sure that they were going to stuff Sheffield Eagles he gave me odds of 5 to 1
To my suprise he actually came back to the pub and paid up!!! (What a great night that was!!)
So COME ON YOU RHINOS FANS !!! Have faith it can be done

As i'm not going I have no excitement

Well, for me, it has gone from thinking we have no chance, to finding reasons why we could win, to actually believing that we can pull this off. I just have a gut feeling that the desire to bury the nightmare of last year, plus the fact that Wigan are being made odds-on favourites, taking all the pressure off Leeds can work in our favour. No current Wigan player has ever set foot onto the new Wembley turf before, and as players who have will say, it can be a draining and emotional experience for your first time. We were there just 12 months ago, and being able to draw on that experience could just see us through in a tight hard fought contest.
As far as the day is concerned, I cannot wait. The Challenge Cup is still a fantastic competition for me, and Wembley on Cup Final day is a great experience that every Rugby League fan should savour!

I think we'll do better than most predict and i'm going for a 4pt Leeds win.