Well, I reckon barring injuries it'll be:
Shaul
Michaels
Fonua
Yeaman
Talanoa
Tuimavave
Sneyd
Watts
Houghton
Taylpr
Minichiello
Manu
Ellis

Bowden
Green
Pritchard
Washbrook

Spot on Mrs B

Thomson and Abdul have a lot to do to break into that team.

Agreed. Question now is what we do selectionwise. Think Radford will go full strength v Widnes.

Yes, I think he has to. Pick up two points there and it gives him the chance to rotate the squad against Catalans - although I suspect we may go full strength in that game too.

Full strength next week, pretty much a much win game, as not confident with games before and after the final, leaving Wakey away and then the two best teams at home.

Booked our hotel this morning we've never done a full weekend before can't wait only 3 weeks to go

I just hope that the poor performance against Cas last night doesn't impact on the overall mentality that has seen us overcome the opposition so many times this year when the performances have been under par. I actually think that they could have won it last night if they'd have switched on with thirty minutes to go instead of fifteen. That was a positive. The fact that they didn't or couldn't was a negative. I have some doubts that we can win one let alone two trophies if we continue to rely on a strong last twenty minutes to get us out of holes we have dug for ourselves in the first place.

Quite a few times this season we have had talk of putting things right that have been costing us during games. Yet there has been little evidence of much improvement as we continue to give cheap possession and territory to the opposition when we should be pressing home an advantage and putting games to be. As much as I think we are more than capable of beating Warrington on the day, it is by no means a foregone conclusion no matter how much we believe it to be our destiny. Taking form, confidence and the right attitude into the final quarter of the season is crucial to any success we might have. As has been frequently stated, we haven’t won anything yet!

In the mean time, bring on Widnes. Come on you Ulllaaahhh!!!

I'm not sure many are claiming winning the cup is "a forgone conclusion". I would be absolutely amazed, personally.

Both have played their ways out of the final team. Not in imo
Abdull got burned by dorn. Sandow would be all over him
Thompson between last week and this has lost the ball on play 2,in the opposition 20,3 times on basic carries

I probably could have worded that better. I was trying to say that although I think we can win it there's a very good team in front of us. I think a lot of us are hoping that this is our year considering how well we've been playing.

The team have certainly massively outperformed every expectation. Personally I suspect we'll come up short in both competitions as the sustained success so far will catch up with us as we fight on 2 fronts. Wigan I think will win the LLS as they now have no distraction and Warrington have much richer Cup success experience in recent years under Smith than we obviously do. In a way our chance of silverware IMO has been compromised by consistency in both but one of my colleagues at work who was close to some of the Leeds back room staff said they knew it was all about peaking at in cycles and knowing it was impossible to be at the levels needed GF success all year so accepting lower levels of performance in recognition it would pay dividends in by crucial games. That built over time whereas our current approach seems to be throwing everything at everything for months - understandable to maintain momentum but just wonder whether this will be our undoing in the final analysis.

It's been an unbelievable season so far with some hugely memorable wins against top sides which we haven't seen in years and would be great for the players to get some reward for what they've delivered so far. Just suspect it'll be a bit beyond us.

I've got to say that whilst the season will have been hugely successful regardless of whether or not there is any silverware at the end of it, I'm hoping to pick up the cup. If that means we are unable to maintain a grip on the top of the table then I can live with that. We're going to be in the mix on all fronts either way, which is a huge achievement for a club that has struggled to reach the hights it has aimed for in the last decade or so. As you say, in addition to good game management the club need to learn to manage performance levels throughout the season to cope with the peaks and troughs that will inevitably occur. Having the ability to shape performance curves is a massive advantage at the top level and will ultimately allow us to sustain and improve on the success we have already enjoyed this year.

Fully agree. If the aim is top 4 and the cup we should maybe throw all our efforts at Widnes and Wakey - hopefully that would be enough - and sack off the Catalans game. Not sure how many of these games we need to win to make top 4 but the 80 minutes from silverware route looks the better chance on paper right now.