Completely gutted. Had to put up with a mate from Leeds texting me every five minutes over the weekend.

To add salt in the wounds I had to sit through the derby defeat on Saturday afternoon on the Gwladys.Lost all my loose change too.

this, . ive been watching wire for over 35 years and this as been the most bitter defeat ive ever had to swallow 1975 cc final to young to remember much about it , 1986 semi at maine rd was never going to beat wigan that day although we pushed them real close , 1990 cc final simular to 86 team of part timers against a team of super stars , imo too i cant see us having a better chance than we had this season too

ps not saying we wont win it but really did believe this was our year

I don't believe in fate or destiny; I'm more of a preparation meets opportunity (or lack of preparation misses opportunity) sort of guy and a believer in coincidence.

I think Leeds have looked like GF material since minute 26 in the CC final at Wembley. When they were playing Huddersfield the other week I said "I don't want to play Leeds next week!". When Wigan played Catalan I said "let's pick the winner of this because of the five day turnaround!".


On Friday it was a mixed feeling of anger and "if only...", as the week has progressed I'm more gutted by the day.

I got over Fridays game before I even left the ground. Seriously. I got speaking to a fella on the way out and between us we'd watched Warrington for 80+ years and we both said that we'd watched the best Wire team playing the finest rugby that either of us had ever seen. We agreed that we felt privileged to have been part of it.

I thought the same at the time and i think the same now, that Wigan were there for the taking

I actually feel quite good now. I've seen far worse moments watching the Wire. The real bad moments aren't like last Friday, some of them came in 2002, and was it 1997 when we came within a couple of hours of going bust. Then there was 1970 against Salford at home (0-50), and many others. We've had the best season for years, we HAVE won something, we could have gone further, but we didn't. Still some great memories of the season.

This is precisely why it hurt so much I think, we used to be resigned to the fact we were poop and we'd take the hammerings on the chin as we didnt have high expectations whereas this year we really could (and probably should) have gone all the way

I believe this as well. 25 mintes into that final something special happened to leeds. Something suddenly clicked and they've never looked back.

Hindsight is wonderful thing, and not many could have foreseen that brave loss would spark an unprecedented run to the grand final.

Unfortuatly warrington were collateral damage on the way.

Now leeds can win their 5th super league title, from 5th place, you couldn't make it up could you?

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Jeez that must have hurt.