Quote: NickyKiss "Whilst I’d never say I hope we lose, I do buy in to that theory in a way. We have one win against them in our locker IMO but I can’t see us going back to back. Nobody has done that against them in a long time, even when games are a couple of months apart, let alone a couple of weeks apart. If we got to a Grand Final against them on the back of a defeat on Friday I think it can put them back in to a bit of a comfort zone and when you get to a final form goes out the window and when everything is on the line we’ve seen Saints melt. They shouldn’t feel a lot of pressure this Friday, with the safety net of a second semi final and that should see them at their best. I’d imagine there will be some knocking knees at Old Trafford though as and when they get there.'"
I do get that point and do understand that point but there is a big issue with losing on Friday. It means we have another hard fought and tough game with potential injuries to get through just a week beforehand. I say go to Saints, beat them, let them play the eliminator and them beat them again at Old Trafford. They have done us 3 times, why can't we do them for the last 2? I am very happy we have even got this far and the noisy neighbours are the clear favourites but many have buckled under that pressure, ourselves included. We need to take all our experience and channel all that good form and energy into sticking it to them on their own midden. A ground they have a 100% record on this season. That would certainly knock them off their perch a bit.