Had the boot on tonight

Would love to see Lineham take the pitch, but don't want him there as a passenger (K Senior 2005)

Does anyone else think too much is made of this regarding Keith Senior?

No he was worse than useless that day and a poor selection for them, clearly injured and was a passenger for the match!

A gamble that went badly for them.. Even cookie said the other night to me, As soon as they saw Senior on the team sheet, they targeted him.

Thread drift - Horne played wing for GB remember ! He should play there if Lineham out and leave Shaul at FB . I WILL have £20 on him for Lance T and so should you all have £1 at least.Go Shaul and good luck Tom

He did but not very well, terrible decison by Nobby at the time, that and on the night Senior passed the ball less than Yeamo does!!

Horne didn't play badly at all. Having no service and playing poorly are two very different things.

I seem to remember Horne receiving 1 'pass' from Senior that night; a one-handed, overhand, full-pelt chuck straight at his head.

Senior went off at half time when the scores were 6-6. At most it caused an amendment to Leeds interchanges. One things for certain, Senior was not responsible for Marcus Bai's brain fart of a pass or Danny Broughs almost laser guided kicking.

I think too much I's made of it and not enough credit given for the all round performance. It's like some state it's the reason we won.

I think john kear should take the credit for beating smith with the mind games, he practically forced smith to pick senior

i aren't saying that it was the only reason but it definitely helped, the fact that he went off at half time reduced theire effective interchanges, he should never have been picked and was awful on the day, we played out of our skins that day and deserved to win!

Nothing to do with Nobby.

David Waite was the coach of Great Britain at that time.

This.

Senior should never have been picked but regardless FC deserved the win in 2005. If Lineham's injury means he is a potentail KS then he shouldn'y be picked / play, reduced bench options = reduced chance of winning this game

Biggest factor that affected their interchanges was not naming a proper prop on the bench. As big a mistake to leave McDermott out as it was to pick Senior. It's no coincidence that it was then Danny Mills who Cooke strolled around with ease, he was simply out on his feet.

Absolutely we fully deserved to win after outplaying Leeds, but I agree with you that you can't ignore some poor choices by Tony Smith helping us out.

Let's hope Wane does the same and picks Lauaki, after resting him this weekend

Hope he plays - my gut feeling says if the scan had been really bad and there was no chance - that's have got the bad news out if the way....but no news = good news. Gotta hold into that hope anyway!

If he doesn't then it's not a disaster, but I prefer the look of the team with him in.

wasn"t it danny ward

Yeah, Danny "dark satanic" Mills would have scythed Cookey down, no bother

The way Cookie went round him, it was more like Danny LaRue!!

The game is a definitely a winnable game and just don't buy in to Wigan taking it easy since the semi final. A team like Wigan wouldn't blow 5 games just to save themselves for the final.

I have to say I am feeling confident on a win but am realistic to know we need to be at our absolute best and play from the very first second for the full 80mins.

COYH!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can see Lineham and Ben Crooks both playing in this

When is the deadline for the teams to be named ?

Thursday I would imagine.

Don't think there's a formal one, at least until Saturday. The SL rule on naming teams doesn't apply.

Would love to see Tom get on the bus on Thursday wearing a protective boot, or still on crutches, to mess with Wigan's minds