i aren't saying that it was the only reason but it definitely helped, the fact that he went off at half time reduced theire effective interchanges, he should never have been picked and was awful on the day, we played out of our skins that day and deserved to win!

Nothing to do with Nobby.

David Waite was the coach of Great Britain at that time.

This.

Senior should never have been picked but regardless FC deserved the win in 2005. If Lineham's injury means he is a potentail KS then he shouldn'y be picked / play, reduced bench options = reduced chance of winning this game

Biggest factor that affected their interchanges was not naming a proper prop on the bench. As big a mistake to leave McDermott out as it was to pick Senior. It's no coincidence that it was then Danny Mills who Cooke strolled around with ease, he was simply out on his feet.

Absolutely we fully deserved to win after outplaying Leeds, but I agree with you that you can't ignore some poor choices by Tony Smith helping us out.

Let's hope Wane does the same and picks Lauaki, after resting him this weekend

Hope he plays - my gut feeling says if the scan had been really bad and there was no chance - that's have got the bad news out if the way....but no news = good news. Gotta hold into that hope anyway!

If he doesn't then it's not a disaster, but I prefer the look of the team with him in.

wasn"t it danny ward

Yeah, Danny "dark satanic" Mills would have scythed Cookey down, no bother

The way Cookie went round him, it was more like Danny LaRue!!

The game is a definitely a winnable game and just don't buy in to Wigan taking it easy since the semi final. A team like Wigan wouldn't blow 5 games just to save themselves for the final.

I have to say I am feeling confident on a win but am realistic to know we need to be at our absolute best and play from the very first second for the full 80mins.

COYH!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can see Lineham and Ben Crooks both playing in this