Warrington has done everyone on this forum a favour #TheKingisdead

Hell even Leeds beat them at their place with a weak bench and only lost by a point at home and we’ve been awful this season.

What Saints had was the better luck with injuries and were near their first choice 17 more than others barring Walmsley. Just like Cas last year and Hull in 2016, the league season has become who has the better luck with injuries.

I think he'll probably rank a little lower than Dave Lyon, never mind those two.

Well done Warrington, I thoroughly enjoyed that.

It would be great to see another club win the G.F. just so their fans could experience the undoubted joy of seeing the trophy held aloft. It's become so boring seeing the same "cup rich" clubs winning again & again, with their fans thinking it's some sort of gimmie.

Great game, very enjoyable for the neutral. Hoping Cas can do it si we can have a new winner, this will give SL a boost.

The Wigan fan in me obviously wants us to win tonight then again next week. The rugby league fan in me won’t be too disappointed if Cas win and we see a new name on the Trophey.

I don’t think we see it as a gimme at all but it’s up to other clubs to deny us, you’d think Leeds and Wigan should just roll over and let a new team win it for “the good of the sport”.

Been in the exact same spot the previous 2 seasons after the first SF with 3 teams remaining...2 of them with no GF’s wins and 1 with plenty.
2016 - Warrington already in the GF, Wigan vs Hull
2017 - Cas already in the GF, Leeds vs Hull
Same scenario now, it’s up to those “new” teams to put their name on the trophy.

Well said - I was beginning to wonder when, in the midst of laughing at King James or blaming Ben Barba, someone would acknowledge Wire's performance, which I also thought was excellent.

Great game for the neutral - intense, fast, really tough and a close finish; can't ask for much more when you don't have a dog at the races. I hope tonight's game is of the same quality, and that somehow, both teams lose.

Warrington played very well, three tries to one proves that. They never gave up and deserved it.

1 major final appearance compared to Warrington's 7 in recent years.

For all the lauding of Holbrook can we compare his achievements with Steve Price? (This is Price's first season btw).

Taken Warrington from the middle 8s to both major finals.

Depends. If Wire end up losing both then there'll be the same questions asked about Price and his side's temperament as are being asked about Holbrook and Saints right now. However, if his boys lift the silverware then he'll (rightly) be regarded as having achieved something very special.

Poor record they have. Last 10 seasons they’ve reached 14 SF’s in Playoffs and the Cup and only have 1 trophy to show for it and Ben Flower gifted them that one.

Agree with the previous poster though, Price still needs to back it up with a win next week otherwise Warrington will have achieved the unwanted achievement of losing both major finals in a season twice in 3 seasons.

I don’t know about that. Nothing has been expected of us. I never expected to reach either final or even the top four never mind achieve all three. Our squad has a lot of re-building work to have done still. We lack in a lot of areas yet still overachieved in our coach’s first year.

I said at the start of the season that this year was a free hit, wherever happens happens as long we we get in the Super 8s.

A loss next week [ishould[/i happen really, Wigan and Cas have shown that they are consistently better than us over the course of the season and both would be favourites against us. A loss will be no disgrace and no questions should be asked.

A win and, as you say, it would be a very special achievement.

Great result for the Wire. Saints have been found out since teams realised they have a poor mans Graham Appo at fullback and a Jamie Foster clone at scrum half.