Those purple things were a nightmare, not least because of the lightbulbs inside; literally tens of them were chucked from the upper tier during the second half, would have been very nasty if they were any direct hits.

You think that was all Leeds fans? Hardly. I saw flags and shirts from all sorts of clubs, all singing for Leeds.


Oh so shocking. Why? We've lost three on the bounce now and this loss was expected, based on our poor performances over the last few months. Would your fans turn up for that? I doubt it.

I went myself but I know a good few people who didn't and spoke to a few more who had had to be persuaded. There is nothing like the prospect of humiliation to keep fans at bay. It takes a special kind of optimist to go back for a third dose. I happen to be one such optimist, in that I went because I thought that on the remote chance that we do win, I want to be there to experience it. But I wouldn't criticise any of our fans who opted to avoid the humiliation.

Don't try to defend the indefendable! Saints support was shocking! It was a final! Admit your fans did not turn up as well as they should of done and get on with your life... you have to make excuses for why your team lost and then have to go an extra step and make excuses about why the support was shocking.

Funny how this applies now saints fans decided to have a no show..wonder were it was in 02 when your lot slated wiganers for a poor turn out at murryfield ??

INTERESTING

We took more than 10-15 thousand though

and thats an extra 3 hours away.

and we won

Still didnt stop them pointing the finger mate

Talk about saints fans pointing the finger, its been in the direction of the RFL for the last 2 years saying the team finishing top should win the league, you know it's funny that the year they don't finish top that I have not heard one saints fan say that.

I'm not defending anything. I said I'm not going to criticise our fans for not going just to experience humiliation. And I'm not going to criticise them.

Maybe you're lot will turn up to KR next time we meet? It's only down the road but during the 2009 season your support was shocking. And that was just a derby match. Heaven knows what would happen to the Pie support if you lost three grand finals on the bounce.

But to find that out you'd have to actually get to a grand final, which you haven't done in a while now, have you?

PS: I think the team that finishes top should be called Champions.

We are

always going to the grand final and obtain a ticket early i was in the saints end and i notice how many leeds fans were in that section a few thousand at least

most of your fans were on here calling the attendance for wembley which was 13000 more than old trafford and is alot further i think your comments were if it was the bigger teams they would have filled wembley! well it was the bigger teams and it was only half hour down the road and still couldnt get the amount of fans we had a wembley!

Yeah, but it wasn't the third consecutive Warrington v Huddersfield final now was it.?

Indeed; the fantastic atmostphere is what makes a rugby league game fantastic, and head and shoulders above other sports.

Obsessed to the point of talking about it more than the actual game.

Selective memory on here. Tell me, how may tickets did Wigan sell for Murrayfield in 2002? That was a final that Wigan were big underdogs for and your support that day showed it.

Typical Saints fan, always talking about the past.

No irony in that post whatsoever.

I can only remember the result funnily enough.

I am not talking about the past. I am talking about Monday afternoon. Nothing has ever happened before it, especially on October 10th...

And you lot slagged us off for it.

BUT now the saints fan have a totally different take on it..it seems they dont blame them not turning up because they were underdogs..but in 02 it was a bad excuse and we should be ashamed.

Fair play. Those who sledged are caught out on this one, so yes, I agree.

When the final whistle went at Murrayfield in 2002 there were a lot more Wigan fans in the ground than Saints fans.

I was in the North stand not far from the Stretford end and the Saints support was poor compared to the Leeds support. The second tier of the Stretford End wasn't half full and there was many Leeds supporters in the Saints end too.