if the cap was £1.8m in 2002 then for a team of that quality taking into account inflation you would be spending £2.48m now......shows just how far as a sport we have gone backwards........lol

Spot on this could be the best Grand Final ever.

Been watching the GF re-runs on Sky this week. It's depressing how much quality was in each team, even going back just 5 or 6 years

Our 2000 and 2001 teams would smash our current team.

I think it was slightly different for us, simply because the League title has eluded us for so long.... I think the Challenge Cup last year was the bonus for us, but the SL title was, and still is, the holy grail for Wire.

For you, because of your proud record in the Cup, I think the Challenge Cup is, and will always be, special.... Of course, a cup and League double will be good, but I think Wire, and certainly our fans, are probably just a tad hungrier (or more desperate) for the win on Saturday - By that, I mean there will be more tears from our fans if we get beat, than yours...

We are stronger in other areas though
Charnley on the wing now instead of Goulding
Green instead of Deacon
Flower, Mossop, Taylor and Crosby instead of Fielden, Coley, Prescott and Paleaaesina

Also, Faz played last time off the bench.

I'd say '10 team just edges it but they wouldn't smash the current team