What do you expect out of the game? Im hoping Leeds can put together more than 40 minutes of good Rugby on Friday but its always a tough place to go is your patch. Maybe the odd 4 in it.

Please bring the KY. It could be painful otherwise.

Im assuming that means you're not confident?

I just feel that you will raise your game for us just as we seem to have timed it for this tough month where we have Wigan, you, Catalan, you again and Bradford (although that should be a walk in the park looking at them now )

Well we have had a few warm up games, so its time to see what we have in our team. Were not looking to slick so I wouldnt be to surprised if we got beat. Big game, big test, lets see if our boys step up at this early stage of the season and give us fans a boost oh what so far is a flat year.

Given the option of a win on Friday night, or a win in the CC at Headingley, I would go for the CC win anyday.

Correct

Snap.

The league isn't lost in one game (Grand Final aside obviously), but the CC is. CC win over this one for me too.

TBF we have not been slick at all until Friday either. But Burrow is back now and he single handedly took Wigan apart in that 1st half. Also Leeds have (from nowhere) started playing deep in attack. One instance on Friday the PTB was on the 20 and the far winger was stood on the halfway, and that IMO was why Burrow and McGuire were so good. Given room they can kill any team so I hope this deep attack continues.

As for the CC I wouldnt mind a trip to Wembley this year but I would prefer the SL title out of the 2. Friday means nothing in the scheme of things though... it's just good to get bragging rights though

I've very little confidence of a win against Leeds on Friday given our performances to date, especially since Leeds seem to have hit form (Damn! Couldn't they have waited another couple of weeks!). And I'm not talking about our youngsters either. If it was just the youngsters who were dropping balls and making errors and showing no flair in attack then I wouldn't be concerned: that's all part of learning the trade. But our senior players (with individual exceptions in individual matches) are playing in a similar fashion and so I have very little confidence of a win against Leeds on Friday.

I'm still going to the match, though, and will be cheering and shouting and generally doing my thing as usual. I'd be happy at this stage in the season just to watch a match in which we show something of the qualities we had last season. After all, we're pretty much the same team.

For some reason, i'm pretty confident that not only will we win, we will quite comfortably. I just have a feeling it will click on Friday, hopefully i am right.

IMO Saints have been building up towards this game... I think had it not been Leeds, Gilmour and Puletua would have played Friday night

I hope you're right. It would be great if you were as we would then no doubt see a fine performance, whatever the final score, which would make me happy, for one.

I'd be happy with keeping it competitive for 60 minutes.

Leeds by two scores by full time IMO.

I must admit i'm very surprised by the lack of confidence by you lot
I'm not fooled 1 bit though and i'd expect you and us to step up at least 1 more gear and have another cracker.

I think it'll be pretty close in the end. Saints will raise their game for this one. I remember last year when we'd lost 2 or 3 on the bounce and we went into the first Leeds game with no confidence at all. Some were predicting cricket scores. At least we go in this time with a couple of wins behind us and our defence is solid as a rock. Our attack will have to improve quite alot if we're to be competitive and hopefully it'll be a fairly dry track.

it will be a good test for both teams, i think saints will come good and nick it. We lowered our game for salford, and will raise it for leeds