It's also going to be a last hurrah for some of our older heads too

There isn't a single player in that Sheffield squad that would get in our side. Skybet have got us on -20, I think we'll clear that.

1-12 off the level. The bookies aren't often wrong. Let's hope they aren't this time

For a regular league fixture, I would agree but, this is a cup final.
If we get early points, we should go on for a comfortable win but, Sheffield will have a real dig early doors.
We have to expect a tough, tough contest, fans and team alike.

They've had a "miracle" at Wembley before don't forget.....

Going on the 21 man squad my team would be
Max
Jerry
Thornley
Pratt
Walmsley
Gale
Lino
Bowden
Hood
Renouf
Ashurst
Griffin
Pitts

Rodwell
Caleb
Kaye
Doyle

Supprised to see that it's not been brought up of the last time we won a cup final and who the opposition was on that day at ellend road

Be very surprised if Bain doesn’t play, for me it’s olpherts v walmsley , kaye v Doyle , all good choices to have and wouldn’t be disappointed if team was as you suggest.

Think the Yorkshire cup final mentioned on other thread , 1992 I think at elland road ,
Spencer, jones, mason , benson, Wilson , wright bagnal, Webster bell glancy price fritz slater,

I’ll stick with what I said a week ago

I'd go Doyle over Kay.

For me, Kay covers a number of positions and has the added benefit of being pretty effective from dummy half and with Mcgilvery, Griffin & Thornley back inn recovering from lay offs (and Gale) It makes more sense having him in the side rather than Doyle.

Not for me. Doyle v Kay shouldn’t be a factor. Kay hasn’t played at 9 all season. He’s been at 13 all season. You’d be throwing Kay at 9 to squeeze Kay in out of sentiment but Doyle has earned that 9 interchange shirt hands down.

That would be Kay v Bain. The only reason we are talking about Bain is because his last game was a stormer but having only played 3 you couldn’t complain if he doesn’t make the 17. He only will if Griffin doesn’t make it and Pitts moves to SR.

It’s also not Walmsley vs Olpherts imo. Walmsley should be the first winger on the team sheet. He’s played more than both others combined and scored a shed ton more. Plus he’s the only left winger as Olpherts and McGillvray have played almost all year on right.

I like Jerry but with only 5 games he should probably be the one to miss out. I’m fine with either playing on the right but that’s the obvious choice for me.

People are talking about sticking Griff at centre instead of Pratt just to squeeze other forwards in which is ludicrous thinking imo and
Would be unfair on a player who’s played centre all year. It’s mainly people trying to squeeze favourites in but they’re not thinking about the players that
Would be put out like Doyle/pratt etc that have earned it.

For my team

Jowitt
Olpherts
Thornley
Pratt
Walmsley
Lino
Gale
Bowden
Hood
Atoni
Ashurst
Griffin
Pitts

Doyle
Rodwell
Uele
Kay

Bain (unless Griff isn’t fit)
Croft
Booth
McGillvray (happy with him on right but he’s played a few less than Olpherts). I could see why he’d be in though if he gets the nod.

Just a little footnote, message to Tom Grant. The only times we have lost at Wembley in 68 & 79, the referee has not survived to see the following years final.

1-13 starting with Rodwell, Uele, Doyle and Kay on the bench

Sheffield are no mugs, they will have noted Swintons long kicking game forcing big players/forwards to run long meters thus tire us out, they will not take on our forwards on a physical forwards battle they know they will loose in /over 80 mins.
They will niggle to cause us to over react !!
We, need to be discerplinned & clinical in order to control the game & win. !!!

Looking at body language of the players getting in the coach today I would say for some unknown reason ollpharts is in before walmsley.....