I think that's because a lot of the Saints muppets - the likes of Saddened, Chairmaker, Rommel, Mugwump etc - who couldn't keep away from this board when they were great and we were crap, have now completely retreated into the bunker, leaving only the friendly knowledgeable fans, who are more interested in the game than in scoring cheap points. It becomes difficult to dislike a club when you're only exposed to the good guys.

If Saints get back up there, the usual suspects will rediscover their courage and reappear on here, and normal service will be resumed.

Agreed

Saints/Wigan might be the 'Derby', but Saints are a few notches below Wigan and Wire and have been for some time now.

Wigan/Wire is THE final. The best two teams in the league. Cannot bloody wait!

Warrington IMO are just noisy neighbours, the Man City of rugby league if you like. St Helens on the other hand have had a taste of what we've had and if I had the choice of which of the 2 I'd rather stick one over on it would be Saints every time. This is nowhere near as big as what the 2010 GF was, whilst Warrington games are always tasty affairs, the Saints games are always remembered far more no matter what kind of game it is, which one to you meant more or remember more? Warrington away in 2010 which was our first away win at the new Wire ground or Saints 2003 when we beat them with all the kids at Wigan? I know which one for me,and who I'd love to beat every time if we played the 2 regardless of where they are currently.

I think its the same importance as 2010. Both games the biggest game of the year for both clubs involved and whoever wins will be champions just as was the case in 2010.

In all honesty I am not confident if Warrington actually manage to turn up and play. They have some really big guys who always seem to strangle our attack and pin us in our own half. We will need to play a near perfect game and take every half chance we get to stand any chance of beating them which we have not managed for quite some time.

Wigan v saints will always be the big game, just because it's saints. Saying that though Saturday is massive. Does any one really want to listen to the dire fans crowing on about being champions all next year, and the other half is a dire fan so if we lose I'm movin out.

So let me get this right, some of you don't think Saturday is a big game?

Miles bigger than 2010. We were red hot favourites in 2010 and finished top. This one could genuinely go either way. It feels huge, i certainly wasnt this nervous in 2010.

crackers arent they

Ignore them. Everyone iv spoke to outside of this site is saying its the biggest final for many many years.

How big is Saturday....without a doubt it is the biggest game we will be playing this year...end of

Of course it's a big game, but it's not "the biggest" in my life time of watching Wigan like the OP says it's his.

It's a big game in the sense that it's a final, of course, but no bigger than other finals we've been in, and less so than some. 2010 GF was bigger, not just because it was Saints but because it ended an 8-year drought.