After all the false dawns, heartaches and disappointments ,I am just enjoying the ride.

Did 2006 not happen then?

Speaking on behalf of the cuddle crew yeeeehhhh!

Anyone but Wigan

And rovers........

This team hasn't been together that long and they haven't won anything together yet. We have some experienced individuals but the biggest game Radford's squad has played together is the magic weekend.

We saw at Wembley last time how overawed a group can be and the inexperience of the coach can't have helped. I wouldn't rule out it happening again should we get to a show.

Then again, a poorly fancied, ragtag bunch at Cardiff showed what can be achieved so I wouldn't bet against us either.

The difference is there is not a team now in Super League that will relish playing or being drawn to play us whether its home or away

Yes we can! Although I think come the end of the season it'll be Wigan that are the team to beat. Despite them not playing particularly well, they're right up there, and getting all of their big guns back. Just a horrible feeling at the back of my mind that they're going to step it up a few gears.

There's a looooong way to go yet though.

I believe we missed Pryce more than Watts although it was the right game to let Tuimivave start in the halves. I expect Pryce to return for Warrington.

We have a one in four chance think all the teams are close, Wigan and Warrington have the experience but also the pressure and expectation. Massive test for us over the next three away games if we can win two out of three we will take some stopping IMO.

Can we win, of course, there's still a mathmatical chance for most teams right now, we obviously have a slight edge but have had some fortune in we have had no real serious injuries nor indeed to our major players, part of that i think is down to the better conditioning the players seem to have this season.
We certainly have the personnel and our attack has being sublime at times, our defence has shown it can be immense but also lacking but if we score more than the opposition that's all we need to do.

I think the game aganist Warrington could be very telling, in a few games we've lapsed in places then brought it back, play as we did in the first half against Widnes and that spell against Saints plus a few other games and Warrington are likely to score plenty. When we are going great we are every bit the equal of Cats/Warrington so we just need to cut down the switching off periods.

I don't think the lack of experience in a final makes the difference, either the players are switched on, fit and ready to execute as per a normal game and the coach has done their job to instill what he requires from his players or not, it's that simple in my honest opinion. The arena should have no effect at all in game play if the combatants are prepared correctly.

This.

Going away to Warrington is never going to be a gimme. If they performs well and we perform well then the fans are in for a treat. If we are in anyway off our game and they are not, we will probably lose. No shame in that at HJ.

Did indeed, unfortunately so did the low years that followed.

Don't be drawn, another "new poster" who seems to know what's been going on here for the last year or so. Already started a feud with Easthullfc.