After the 2009 semi there was absolutely no doubt in my mind that we would be losing to Saints in the final. I was just made up to be at Wembley and looking forward to the day out.

I was out the following day when the second semi was played and was genuinely stunned when I looked at my phone and discovered Huddersfield had won. I then got a bizarre sense of the shivers - stage fright maybe - at the thought that I might actually now be less than three weeks away from actually seeing Wire win something.

I was at Wembley in 1974 and for the next 35 years became convinced we would never reach such heights again.

Then along comes our saviour Tony Smith and I started to believe again.

what he said

I thought Neil Parsley would be a true gladiator for the wire... I was wrong.

When he was in and out of the team and was getting injuries all the time, I was beginning to lose my patience with David Kidwell (may I say, it was a long time after a lot of my mates had lost their patience with him!!!).

He then became an ABSOLUTE MONSTER and was completely gutted when he left.

Before he arrived I thought Michael Sullivan might be good at at least one thing but I was wrong.

i was wrong in 05 away at bradford we was getting smashed at half time and without briers or nat wood an inspired chris bridge pulled it out the bag for us oh how i ate my words that day

When we signed Ratchford i thought it was a strange signing and didn't see how he would fit in the team.

Chris Riley, never thought he would make it. Very underrated.

In no particular order:-

King: "He doesn't give a toss about his performance so why should I?"
Monaghan M: "Never a half back in a million years" (sort of right about that one)
Hicks: "Never heard of him and isn't he nearly 30?"
iPod: "What? When I've got a Sony Mini Disc where I can make my own albums of my favourite music? Forget it."
iPhone: "But they're a computer company? What would they know about selling phones? Nokia for me thanks"
The World: "I don't care if I can't LITERALLY find the corners, I just don't buy that it's round".

He was excellent at losing at the Bookies. Quite an expert apparantly.

Can think of a couple for myself too!

Richie Barnett Jnr - "The man has got pace to burn! He just needs the space!" Never made a break!

Kevin Penny - Will always hold the guy in high regard after THAT try at Saints in the cup, easily my Fave try in my time watching the Wire, just a shame he went and handed Gardner a try about 10 mins later. Always thought TS would make him a star

Chris Riley - Never thought he was good enough but he has proved me wrong time after time and has been a consistantly good winger approaching a 100 tries for the club. Fantastic achievement!

I also beleved the Steve Anderson hype thinking we would shock a few sides once we had 'gelled' could not have been anymore wrong!