With a leader like Sinfield I would agree but these days?

Depends who gets there for me.

A team that has played in that cauldron knows what is required to win, the mentality needed etc. We saw with HKR at Wembley that emotion will only take you so far and they let the occasion totally overwhelm them. Would Leeds's "big game" experience be enough to get the job done? I would say that it would be a definite advantage.

This is a great & very valid point but even those left with such experience know that at certain times they were able to rely on Sinfield & JP to both lead & do something special at the hardest moments in those GF's.
Having both those 2 also gave the likes of Mags & Burrow more freedom to produce such special memories & moments but now i am weary that when the players look around that Leadership & Big Game management isn't there.

All the expected lot back in, of those that have been out a while, Ferres and Sutcliffe return to the 19, Burrow and Delaney don't. Josh Jordan Roberts makes the 19 too

Golding
Briscoe
Watkins
Keinhorst
Hall
McGuire
Moon
Cuthbertson
Parcell
Singleton
Ward
Ablett
JJB

Mullally
Garbutt
Lilley
Ferres/Sutcliffe

JJR

Out of the missing players only really Burrow and Galloway would get in the 17.
Lilley for me is doing well enough to cover Burrow`s place.
For me Galloway will be the biggest miss even though Mullalley isn`t playing too badly.
The experience Burrow and Galloway bring is what we will miss the most.

Serious question- Is Lilley really that bad that it's better to play out of position players??

Who is out of position?

McGuire and Moon have been first choice halves for months now and Lilley is doing a covering job from the bench in place of Burrow.

Moon has easily been one of our top 3 performers this season (with Parcell & Cuthbertson), players do switch positions throughout their careers.

Save journey down lads, hope its a cracker,

i agree

Regards

Jack Walker