Should be another comfortable win for you guys next week too. Will you rest anyone?

This year's Wigan jersey is vile

I think that was our strongest line up last night and i'm pretty certain BM feels the same way. I wouldn't be to surprised to see Sinfield & Buderus rested next week, or depending on the score playing less minutes than usual. I'd definately keep Ali & McGuire in there, we need those two to be fully fit and in McGuire's case in particular he needs to build his confidence if possible to the levels of last year.
When McGuire is on form and confident he's a danger every time he touches the ball which is why many, me included think his best position is scrum half.

You mean the one where Phil Ford boots the ball towards the Wigan line in an open field chase, but kicks it so hard it landed in Bolton, Mal Reilly turns to Norman Smith and says "what did he do that for" in the most comedic style I've ever seen from Reilly...

Ah great days....

Doug Laughton was the coach @ the time of this particular unexpected hammering.

Remember we [ishould[/i have beaten them in both SL matches this season. We've fared much better against them than against Stains or Wire. Although rightful underdogs, bigger upsets have taken place at Wembley.

If we can generate some good form from now until the final then who knows...

We've got one game to go until the final.

We've had a decent mini run of wins but we've beaten team we normally beat anyway. We've kept the opposition scoreless 6 out of the last 10 halfs. That's the best thing about our ''form''. Because to give wigan a game our defence will have to be top notch.

I think we'll give a decent account of ourselves but i can't see anything other than a wigan win by about 10 points.

Didnt we stuff Cas 2 weeks before the Cup Final last year too?.. Just sayin'

Not forgetting the 2 further meetings between the teams later that sesason.

I think Delaney will be back in the side for Wembley, he was injured last night but B Mac favours Delaney over Ali IMO. It's a tough call to drop anyone after that performance but i think we need Ali in the final, he's a gamebreaker one his day but i do think Delaney will be playing instead of someone, hopefully Kirke but i doubt it.

I agree...Ali should get his place on the bench (esp as he stepped aside last year). Kirke should be the one that makes way...but, as you state, he won't. Those illicit photos continue to pay dividends for him.

I forgot about Delaney!. Yeah he'll be in. Ali has to be in to, but who makes way?, you mention Kirke but then that would leave us with only one prop on the bench. Ali's strength is in running wider from the ruck, he'd be wasted playing as a prop playing down the middle.

We also actually beat Warrington twice in the league as well.

Cas aren't much of a warm up though to be honest.

We stuff Cas at the back end of pretty much every season. It's becoming a welcome tradition.

Who can tell. Leeds have had their name on the cup a few times, perhaps none more so than in 2010 as it marked the 100th anniversary of their first Challenge Cup triumph.

Omens or just coincidences?

Leeds have scored 2004 points in the Challenge Cup during the SL Era and we all now recognise 2004 as a special number following the first Championship in 32 years.

Wembley will mark Leeds' 100th cup fixture of the SL Era. Let's hope this century can create a happier memory of a good performance than the one above.

We just stuff Cas at any time of the season ... What the drubbing we gave them early in the season a couple of years back.

Maybe so, but the cannon fodder they've put in front us a few games from the end of the last 4 seasons has provided a welcome boost for the run-in

Having said that, we paid for the win with our dearest blood last year with the loss of Peacock and Biff Burgess just before the final.

Glad we came through last night more or less unscathed. Hope that's the same next week in London.

Nice spot.

Leeds have kept a clean sheet in four of the last five opening forty minutes. Last night was also the fourth consecutive time they've done that while facing Castleford.

Thanks in part to Rob Burrow taking over the kicking duties in the final quarter Leeds have now scored 666 points V Castleford in the SL Regular Round matches at Headingley.

Was last night the first minutes Sinfield has missed all season?

I don't keep those stats but I can't recall him being substitutied in any game this season before last night.

One thing for sure is the four attempts at goal by Rob Burrow were the first place kicks for Leeds not taken by Sinfield this season.

Good work as always TVOC. The devil is in the details.

Thanks for that oh so sweet reminder and trip down memory lane. I would rank that 19-0 game at Central Park as one of the most enjoyable games in my 23 years as a Leeds supporter. This was partly due to Bentley's try and secondly due to the fact that we had nilled the mighty Wigan at Central Park. No longer could you hear the durge of "weegan, weegan, weegan". They were well and truly silenced that night.

I kept asking my mate from 70 minutes onward, "they can't come back now can they, surely, they can't come back now"?







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