The main game-changing moment I remember from him last year was when he came on against Warrington in the semi, and left a gap in the middle for them to run through (more than once).

You're certainly right about the momentum switching at that moment. It switched from us to them.

I know it wasn't totally Feka's fault. It memory serves, Phil Bailey was injured at roughly the same moment, so Fielden went off and Bailey went off - two tacklers - and in return we got the non-tackling Feka. Another cracking interchange from Nobby. So no, it wasn't entirely Feka's fault, but bearing that in mind, if the new coaches want a Feka to be a soldier capable of putting his body on the line, rather than a 10-minute luxury, then I'm inclined to go along with them.

Eastwood, Peacock, Donald, Ablett and Watkins all out so we have got a few excuses

But yeah, better team than expected, although Sinfield, Buderus and Hall are all 50/50 by the sounds of things. Which would of course change the Leeds line up immensely. Fingers crossed though.

Does anyone else remember a cracking comeback from Vicki on this forum a few years back when during the same discussion as this she retorted that Leeds had more players in prison than on the physio's bench - and that was the truth

Word on the street is delaney pulled up in training yesterday! And limped off not to be seen again. We might have what looks like a good squad but more than a few are playing with injuries.

I still fancy a Leeds win if delaney rumours turn out to be just that and hall, beds and sini are good to go!

I'd go:

FB 2 Roberts
RW 22 Ainscough
RC 3 Gleeson
LC 24 Goulding
LW 5 Richards
SO 6 Sam
SH 7 Leuluai
P 8 Fielden
H 9 Riddell
P 19 Prescott
SR 11 Hansen
SR 12 Joel
LF 13 O'Loughlin

S 1 Phelps
S 10 Coley
S 21 O'Carroll
S 23 Mossop

but as Ainscough's not been recalled I'd put McIllorum on the bench with Phelps at centre and Goulding out wide.

Carmont & Bailey to miss out for me.

As am I.

As you aren't trolling, could you please share the great insight and wisdom with us lesser mortals as to what leads you to believe this will happen to Wigan? Could it be because Leeds have started slowly? As I remember, you weren't suggesting this when Leeds started well last year.

We have started pretty well but I think we will get even better, weve had spells of class in games that have blown teams away. If we can manage to develop that over the season and put it all together in 80 mins weve got as good a chance as anybody.

Leeds are just hoping any praying that we will fall apart because weve got them worried.

Now you are worrying me as you are starting to talk sense.

We had a thread about it this last year on SS

Before the Cas match (Aug 14th) at HQ McClennan said on radio Leeds that the Leeds coaching staff had targeted that game before the season started (peak conditioning etc revolved around this date) as the run in to the GF, this was only 2 weeks after we got beat by Wigan and very lucky to beat wire at home by 2 points, It may just be coincidence but we won the next 7 games (Inc GF) with a +197 points in just 7 games.