What, beep beep? Don't criticise little beep beep.

Nobody has mentioned Monas yet

Possibly because he was not very visible. I know he has been away for a large part of the season, but I was expecting just the odd flash of brilliance that he treated us to during 2011. So I am starting to get a little worried about his fitness / form. Micky H completely outshone him yesterday and is definitely our first pick hooker in my mind. For those that saw the U20's match, you would also be thinking that if there is no improvement in Monas, then Dwyer would possibly be the interchange hooker for Wembly (unless we use Grix). Dwyer was very impressive with his sniping runs, and he is a really good tackler to boot.

Thought Myler played well 1st half yesterday, not many covered themselves in glory 2nd half so no issue with his performance from me. Think it will be a toss up between him and Ratch for Wembley and might depend a lot on form coming out of the Saints/Wigan games. Not a big fan of backs on the bench especially if you've got a hooker and Higham has played very well this season and deserves his spot.

I've been really impressed with McCarthy this year - he's kind of reminding me of Jones-Buchanan at Leeds (not just the beard) in that he seems to have been around for a while now and is a relatively late developer in terms of being a regular but a lot of what he does seems to be high impact - launches himself in both attack and defence. Saying that though I really hope Grix is fit & in form for Leeds - he missed both previous finals with relatively little fan fare due to the different stories at the time (Wood, Clarke, Myler) but I'm guessing when fit he's played pretty much every game since TS took over - and from the semi team I would see him challenging McCarthy's place.

Gonna be some tough decisions because how do you leave out a game breaker like Solomona if he's fit?

Think Myler gives us an edge that O'Brien currently doesn't so at the moment would say he should start at Wembley. However i'm sure O'Brien will get his chance to play his way in. Like others had said Ratchford has to be in the 17 aswell. Unfortunately we are likely to get injuries that may rule some players out.

After he was dropped for the final last time, Myler must start.

There are periods in the game where we don’t have the ball and the FORWARDS have to step up to the mark, and try to control the game. It’s not all in the hands of the halfs, that’s far too simplistic, and wrong. If you don’t win the battle up front, you’re screwed, doesn’t matter who you have at 6 and 7. How the hell can anyone say Myler went missing or had a poor second half?

They scored.

We kicked off.

They scored.

We kicked off.

They scored.

We kicked off.

We knocked on.

They scored.

We never had the ball, and any player is rubbish in attack without the ball.

From what I seen on SL Fulltime it looks like Big Dave has lost some weight in the last couple of weeks

Sounded like he had a decent game against Castleford, but playing against the big teams is a different proposition.

Personally I would stick with Briers and Ratchford for the final.

If Richie is fit he is the first choice 7, simple as that. One of the best support-play players in the league. Anyone makes a break and Richie is on their shoulder. His defence has become one of the best part of his game too, considering he was pinpointed when he first came to us as a weak defender. I really like him. Missed seeing him on the pitch as well.

Gaz O'B is nowhere near ready for a cup final.

For Wembley I would go with:

Hodgson
J Monaghan
Bridge
Atkins
Riley
Ratchford
Briers
Hill
Higham
Carvell
Waterhouse
Westwood
Harrison

M Monaghan
Morley
Wood
McCarthy

Myler is our best scrum-half, not sure what the issue is here.

What if Briers isn't fit for Wembley Who should be our half back combo?

Myler,

GOB & Ratch are 6's not 7's

What are the differences in the legal definition between a scrum half and a stand off?