Schofield picked us at Wembley, enough said.
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Schofield picked us at Wembley, enough said.
I'm sure he picked us a few times when we played Leeds.
Hope it's not a curse.
I know it’s been covered a little above but what are the thoughts about which city centre pubs will have the majority of rugby fans for the build up to the game?
I reckon there is less pressure on the Saints players now, the media have hyped up Salford to the eyeballs and are expecting an upset more so than the CC Final. The players will be more determined to send off Holbrook with a trophy and will want it more in my opinion.
If we had won the CC Cup then there would perhaps be a bit of complacency going into the game, they will want to replicate the same performance as against the goons but they will know Salford will attack and defend better but I doubt if they can do that for 80 mins I'm not sure if that's possible and it could be one game too far them.
To be fair to Schofield I don't think he's anti Saints by any stretch, he's just giving his prediction..
He did say he'd face an over to Jofra Archer if we lost at Wembley!
I'm glad Salford have reached the final, Wembley build up was all about how great this St Helens team is, this week has been about how it's such an underdog story, Saints haven't got a mention..
Not to mention this week will be completely alien to a lot of Salford players, half our squad have played in a grand final, either here or in Australia, pretty much all of the squad played at Wembley, so they'll have at least an understanding of the media duties..
Hopefully that'll work to our advantage
Yeah, I thought the same. We have completely flew under the radar this week with Salford getting there. If Wigan had got there, the talk would be more about Saints' dominance in the league and the fairytale finish for Holbrook, but that has been completely overshadowed by Salford, which I'm fine with.
In my preview I've gone for Saints by 12, I'm confident we'll get the job done especially after losing at Wembley which has re-focussed the squad.
Schofield is an exceptional cricketer , played in the same team as him up on "ilkley moor" , a charity match with ex players ect against TV stars mostly fro Emmerdale and Coronation St , he was superb even after 5 pints of Guinness. I was when fielding in the slips with Nobby , Roy Powell bowled a screamer and I missed the catch , Schoey did his nut lol , anyway I ended up on the boundary at long on , the TV lot needed 4 to win , anyway the lad bowled and the ball came down with snow on it Rodger Millward was at long off and shouted "take it Roy" which I did , and the place erupted Foxy , Rodger , Schoey were like kids on xmas day , anyway we all ended up in the bar with myself on freebies . Anyway back to Schoey he scored about 50 with the bat and took about 6 wickets , Schoey can really play. Sorry about the "anyways" , but just brought back great memories.
Weather forecast looks decent all day (https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/6691246)
Super League website “Combined Saints/Salford” team, take Bibby over Percy, Hastings over Fages, Dudson over Walmsley, Jones over Taia… mmm
https://www.superleague.co.uk/articl...-combined-xiii
You have to read it to see what it say. Totally agrre with Hastings and Jones,wish we had 'em
I hope Walmsley makes a mental note of that with Dudson, the last time that kind of pre match scenario panned out it was Watts and Walmsley flattened and stampeded all over him, same goes for Percival.
Walmsley: 90 Tackle Busts 5 Clean Breaks. 32 Missed Tackles. 8 Penalties. 2728 metres. 30 offloads. ....................over 22 games
Dudson: 17 Tackle Busts. 2 Clean Breaks. 61 Missed Tackles. 20 Penalties. 2063 metres. 7 offloads. ....................over 26 games
https://twitter.com/i/status/1182372057415327744
Jim's with us!
Ok I get the romantic story that is Salford. But if you were to go on to most mainstream RL media in the last week you would struggle to work out that Saints are even playing in this final. Even the RL journalists appear to have decided Salford will win and Saints are just playing to allow the romance to be fulfilled.
Hastings is the best player ever to have taken a RL pitch!
Josh Jones.. GF ring and a wedding to follow what’s not to like!
Watson.. Best coach ever.
I could go on.
We may as well not bother going I guess.
Happy Grand Final Eve everyone.
Will be watching the first half then keeping an eye on score as its my nans 75th birthday and plans had already been made.
Still nervous/excited though !
COYS!!!
Let them crack on with it. As long as the ref doesn't fall for that nonsense we'll be fine IMO.
Must admit though, the nerves are starting to build here, I've felt a bit more in love with the game lately and I'm buzzing for tomorrow. I'm going to have to get in the gym and try to tire myself out or no chance I'll sleep tonight. May have to have a few medicinal rums tonight watching England.
https://nothingbutleague.com/2019/10...e-grand-final/
We may as well not turn up. :rolleyes: