Gutted... like a kipper.

Hammer blow.

But let's get one ting straight. Adversity brings the best out of the current leeds team.

We can still win the double without him.

My thoughts exactly. We have just lost our best forward, and whilst I know that it is a 17 man game, loosing such an inspirational leader means we are going to struggle in this Cup Final. If any guy deserved to grace the pitch at Wembley it's JP, and I am gutted for him.

6 to 8 months out is a long time for a prop of Jamie's age, and even if the reconstructive surgery is 100 percent successful, given the hammer his body has taken during his career, it is a massive ask to expect JP to get back up to his current standard.

The only positive I can see is the superb team spirit in the squad. Will that be enough to carry the remaining squad through the Cup Final and on to Old Trafford?

Gawd knows.

Why what has the fat tw*t been saying.
It is very heatening to hear the Wire fans singing JP`s praise and wishing him all the very best. True fans are like that. Then you get the scum like Gledhill. Even without knowing what he has said is getting me mad. Hopefully I will bump into him one day

That mad I can`t even spell heartening!!

Gutted for him - he deserves a game at Wembley and also another cup final.

England will miss him in the four nations too.

Providing we dont get any more devestating news like this, my team for wembley would be:

Webb
Smith
Delaney
Senior
Hall
Mcguire
Burrow
Kylie
Buderus
Bailey
JJB
Clarkson
Sir Kevin

Diskin
Ablett
Lauititi
Ambler

That wont be the team Bluey picks but it would my team.

Bugger

Real hammer blow for the team.....but particularly for the man himself: it does sound as though even when recovered he might struggle to be the same mighty cornerstone of the pack again. It's that old enemy, age, which will diminish his impact. One of the all time Leeds' greats (and I've seen a few since 1977). Again a real pity for the guy. He really deserved his place at Wembley. Incentive enough to get him there again next year maybe for his one last chance.

Ambler can fill his boots in the (short to) medium term - he looks the part with the few opportunities he's had....in the [u[ivery[/i[/u short term we need Bailey to step up. Hope he can do it.

I said on this forum a week ago that Peacock and Sinfield should be rested for Wembley - and what happens ?

He'd earned the right to sit it out until Wembley so that Sod's Law wouldn't get to him. Now for God's sake Bluey, rest Kevin Sinfield again this weekend !

I'm absolutely gutted for Jamie because without him we wouldn't have got past Wigan and he typically climbed off his sick bed to play in that game.

Without his second effort in the dying seconds of that game, Wigan wouldn't have made the error that enabled Smith to score the winning try from the scrum.

Sport can be so unfair but its up to the rest of the team to win it for him. That will be no easy task, now, with forwards going down like skittles.

He also laid the match winner on a plate for McGuire in the semi.

Burgess isn't a prop though.

It's a blow, no doubt about it.

But I was worried when Webb was out for the GF in '08 and look what kind of a performance Smithy turned in then.

I'm still confident with the group of players we have, the guys will step up.

That would be my team I think, but I would play Eastwood in place of Ambler on the bench and use him as the interchange prop.

Massive blow, however I'm still confident with players like Sinfield, McGuire and Buderus we have enough to beat Warrington.

Why not?

Looks on the money for me.

A bit of a dis-service done to the rest of the Leeds squad here. There's no doubt it's a blow, but we're not a one man team.

Great player, sort of guy you just have to respect. I'll really be hoping for a Wigan-Leeds Cup Final in 2011 now, so he can get the Wembley run-out he deserves.

I never said we were! I was just honest enough to post my initial reaction. After the shock, upset and childlike foot stamping subsided I realised we can win any game without a few of our stars. I have total faith in this team and the vast majority of my posts would back this up.

no dis-devices done by me to my beloved rhinos. I think we are on for the double. But that task just got a whole lot tougher.

Talking about injuries how is Watkins doing?

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The YEP has said he might be in contention for selection on Friday, so one assumes he is fit again and at least gives Bluey an option if he does want to rest someone or put him on the bench to spell a couple of the back during the game.

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He is clearly not going to come close to getting in the Wembley squad though.

Yeah same here mate. 2 legends of our game. 2 great players and 2 top blokes. Its such a shame for the great man... i'm totally devastated. Hopefully it will be a great final with a Rhinos win





It's nice to see propper fans posting good things. Well done you Wire supporters. See you at Wembley.

Pfft. If Morley was a real gentleman hed offer to sit this years final out, in the interests of fairness.

Eastwood at interchange prop then.

I just bloody knew it! A nothing bump on the knee and bang, season over. He may not even be available till May/June next season either. A miserable year for injuries, but this tops the pile.
Jamie has had a lot of big nights in his career, and there should be more to come, so I don't feel overly gutted for him, but without him the chances of the rest of the team tasting defeat massively increases.