the artist wrote:i'm not saying any game can be fixed but Cas do hold a lot of aces here. they have the chance to send us packing by putting a strong team out and going for the win. however given wigan's history of coming good for the final, they might want to send them out of the comp if we were to beat a weakened/rested Cas team. if you were a Cas fan who would you prefer to be eliminated, a hull team who has beaten them twice already, or a wigan team with the experience who could be a big danger in a big final? might all depend on who they percieve to be the biggest threat

Saints are the surprise for me, they have almost sneaked in under the radar after looking out of it after round 2 of the 8s

BTW i'm not at all convinced wigan will beat wakey, i have seen the Cas tries from yesterday and their defence was all over the place

lummy wrote:We always knew we would have to beat Cas. Wigan will beat Wakey.
Saints have been given a few byes, really lucky the way the fixtures have fallen for them again. Theyre guaranteed top 4 now. 2nd faves for the GF with some bookies now.
They even blew the chance of beating Wigan at home straight after the cup final and they got us at home straight after the cup final last year!

the artist wrote:i'm not saying any game can be fixed but Cas do hold a lot of aces here. they have the chance to send us packing by putting a strong team out and going for the win. however given wigan's history of coming good for the final, they might want to send them out of the comp if we were to beat a weakened/rested Cas team. if you were a Cas fan who would you prefer to be eliminated, a hull team who has beaten them twice already, or a wigan team with the experience who could be a big danger in a big final? might all depend on who they percieve to be the biggest threat

Saints are the surprise for me, they have almost sneaked in under the radar after looking out of it after round 2 of the 8s

BTW i'm not at all convinced wigan will beat wakey, i have seen the Cas tries from yesterday and their defence was all over the place

mosher wrote:Cas will field their strongest team, we've beaten them twice this year and ran them close at their place. I'm sure they'd prefer Wigan / Saints in there than us.

It's a cup final for us.

poppys mum wrote:Tbf Mosher, we will put our strongest team out.
Daryl Powell knows no other way.

As for preference, I personally don't have one.
Saints are the only team who as best us at home.

Every game is different, different conditions, different players, different mind set.

So it doesn't matter one iota what's gone before, it's on the day.
At the minute we are heading in the right direction conserning mind set.
Beating Wigan on there own patch was a massive boost to our confidence. Especially with no recognised halfs.

So as long as it's a great game and plenty of hull fans make the trip, let the best team win.

bonaire wrote:Did you forget Saints have beaten Cas twice this season?
Out of the three I dont think Cas would want us in the semi

PrinterThe wrote:Whilst very unlikely, if Saints were to slip up and lose to Salford on Thursday night they'd be out and Hull would be guaranteed a playoff spot.

Would Hull then rest guys for Cas on Friday and risk dropping to 4th if they lost and Wigan won? Or you go strong and try win for 3rd place?