win or lose , its a great achievement , and a home coming parade is our chance as fans to say well done , its been a great season and lets hope theres more to come . Lets not behave like stains fans and be dissappointed if we dont win anything , ive been watchin the wire long enough to appreciate any bit of success we get , come on the wire , we still love you

sally ive just re-read your thread , why if we lose on saturday will we not be at old trafford ?

it matters a lot to me,it's my little lads 7th birthday on saturday and a victory will make it truly a day to remember,if we lose it will tarnish my little best mates day and make the journey home feel slightly longer.
i know the boys won't let us down.

Me too, and its one of the reasons I'm not that excited this year. If anything I'm dreading going to Wembley with the anticipation that we'll lose.

Nothing will top last year. Unless we don't win it for another 36 years.

Very true.

Means everthing. The squad has put everything in to the cup run this year and so have the fans. I don't think there are any other teams who want this as badly as us and Leeds. I cannot call it though.

It matters.

Sunday has the potential to be a huge anti climax and I was around in 1975 so I believe I know what I am talking about.

Winners are grinners they say and never was a truer word spoken.

We can do this.

I think everyone will be gutted. Tony Smith is not going to come out and say if we lose we will feel destroyed and it will effect the rest of our season. This is not the only trophy we have a chance of winning so he will need to make sure the players are prepared to pick themselves up if we do not win on saturday and have a good play off campaign.

This is exactly why we have to think after Wembley and get away from past under achievement.

This is why T.S. was employed.

I think we will win,the fact Leeds are going to up for this game because they have not won it in 11 years.Could work in our favour,they will try too hard and maybe lose that bit of composer.Try throwing the ball around unnecerssy leading to mistakes.If we play like we our normal game not rush things we will win.

Interesting topic.

If we lose on Saturday, I will be crushed. However, as one of our dear departed posters on here once said*, it'll be like crapping your trousers (literally); really annoying, will ruin the rest of your day but after a while, you get over it. As I get older, and I'm only 32 (33 in two weeks) the defeats take less time to get over.

As for the homecoming, well, I'm determined to have a great weekend irrespective of the result. I expect the players will hate it but, if we do lose, we should remember it marks the end of a remarkable journey - back to back CC finals and one loss in the competition in two years. Granted, most teams have a maximum of two but it's still a great run. Win, lose or draw, I'm having an all dayer on Sunday and I'm going to enjoy it - the Leeds Rhinos aren't spoliing that.

Whilst we're on homecomings, I recall Saints were due one a couple of years ago after another GF loss but they couldn't because of a power failure. So it's not just the 'little' teams as the tongue in Sally's cheek would have us believe.

*Keithcun

Exactly. Not even thinking of losing, but if we do. I'd still rather get to Wembley and lose than not get there at all.

I was there in 1975, and can remember the awful journey home, husband drove all the way Wembley to Warrington and never spoke a word. Be prepared for total devastation, but it won't happen we will win. IN SMITH WE TRUST.