It is at our place, the cup game is in Leeds.

I think we will play much better this week than we have been doing. Leeds are two comp. points ahead of us - by way of a late penalty against us and losing the match by one point (HKR). If we don't win it is not the end of the world. Last season and the season before Leeds were ahead of us during the season but we still managed to finish above them in the league positions. It is just that this time we need to beat them when it really matters i.e. CC and GF. Looking at Leeds matches so far they are not the team they were last season and the same can be said of us. I still stick with Joynty's saying. 'Never write the Saints off' Come on you Saints we know you CAN do it.

It doesn't matter at all, so either team could have a lax approach to it.

I can see a similar game, and scoreline to last season. However I also feel that if Leeds go a couple of scores up early doors we lack the motivation to keep it close.

Saints by many!!!

i've just watched the highlights of leeds/wigan and it was more a case of leeds were lucky with the bounce of the ball, and some defensive errors by wigan. They were not a dominant attacking force and it will be very different against the saints away from headingly

WTF

I can't see either team winning both this and the CC match, so if given a choice wouldn't bother me losing on Fri. Not seen Saints much this season but won't catch me writing you guys off.

I can't see previous form counting for much come kick off, still two very evenly matched teams and should be the best game of the season so far.

I don't agree I hate to say it but I thinks Leeds are quite a way in front of us this season and my gut feeling is we won't be as competative and won't get as close to you as we did last season!

Dry Track equals Saints by 10+.

I think we are due a big performance.

With Puletua and others back I take Saints to win Friday and again in the Cup!

like the 07 GF?

Come on Saints!!!

Neither team has played close to as well as they are capable of all season.

Saints put in 25mins against Wire, 30mins against Huddersfield & 15mins on Friday, we have defended superbly so far but with ball retention very poor, Puleta will need to show what he is capable of and cause Leeds trouble.

Leeds looked good for 25mins against a disjointed Wigan side who looked dangerous when they got ball in hand, they finished strongly against a tired but relaxed Manly side, struggled against KR (just as we did) and didn't majorly impress against Celtics or depleted Wakey.

Both have really only been doing "enough" in games so far (we blobbed one) this might be the longer term plan to peak at various points in the season with the top 8 play offs its not urgent to win 46-14 every week and be buggered come August / September...

I think it will be close but win or lose i'm not going to be tearing my hair out (whats left of it) unless we let ourselves down in the game - and even then its better now than in October (again)!! Saints by 4

RL paper today says TP will be out for 3-4 weeks. Massive loss for us.

Nail on the head (apart from the Saints by 4 hopefully).

Leeds have not hit their straps yet which makes this game impossible to call.

Unless, of course, there's some precipitation whereupon your wallflowers go to pot by all accounts

With the news that Tony P is out, I can see us getting a beating.

If he is out it may make things harder but its still not impossible.

Where am I not reading?

Leeds by 12. I'm feeling confident about this one coming into it from a good win against Wigan although with Lauitiiti & Kirke being possible doubts i do think we will need some inspiration to come from the bench. Saints will no doubt (and i hope they do) up their game to provide a quality spectacle for all fans!

Well said that man!

100 Reasons why Saints will beat Leeds this season

1. You have two players who share the last two years man of steel awards each
2. Revenge for Old Trafford’s
3. Sean Long always plays well against Leeds
4. James Graham will own Leeds softcock pack
5. The Brynolotion will stop Leeds in their tracks
6. Ganson will be the referee
7. This is the best saints side ever
8. In Gidley you have the best centre in super league
9. Gardner will score many tries against Leeds
10. Matty Smith will return for the semi’s
11. Leon Pryce is the best number six in the world
12. St Helens are a more experienced team than Leeds
13. Kieran Cunningham always performs in these big games
14. You will win us as a good luck message back to Daniel Anderson
15. STOP DIRTY BURROW AND YOU STOP DIRTY LEEDS
16. Old Trafford’s was a one offs
17. St Helens let Leeds have the Grand Finals because their felt sorry for us
18. St Helens are a much better attacking side than Leeds
19. Saints will feel insulted that Leeds have more players than them in the international set up
20. Wilkin and Wellens have a special bond
21. No one can stop saints
22. Long has things to prove
23. Mick Potter will want a win against Leeds
24. Wellens is as safe as houses on the back line
25. Leeds best side in the league Stirlingshire Saints backside!
26. St Helens are the dominant in the league
27. Danny McGuire is rubbish
28. Saints always mean business against Leeds
29. Saints are the most successful side in the SL Era (Like Wigan were with the challenge cup in the 80s)
30. Burrow is always anonymous against saints
31. Keith Senior is passed it
32. Winning Leeds is more than just two points for St Helens
33. Saints are a talented side
34. Leeds are never in the game against St Helens
35. Leeds are just flat track bullies by only performing against bottom of the table teams
36. Leeds can’t keep saints from scoring in the 20 metre zone
37. The Saints will be unstoppable for a clean sweep next year meaning the Rhinos won’t be in their way
38. Saints will surpass their 2006 treble in 2009
39. Saints will give every other team a lesson on how to beat Leeds
40. Potter will out coach Bluey
41. Saints will have the game in the bag by half time
42. Leeds will just bomb their chances like always against saints
43. Saints just get on with the job against Leeds
44. The Rhinos players don’t know how to handle Grahams cocky plays
45. St Helens don’t lack confidence when playing Leeds
46. Meli is a top winger
47. St Helens are made for winning nights against Leeds
48. Sean Long won’t be injured this time
49. Brent Webb will be injured meaning that rubbish Leeds academy product smith will play
50. Leeds are very afraid of the saints pack
51. The red V scares the out of the Rhinos
52. Playing Leeds is a walk in the park for St Helens
53. Saints always create a man on the over lap against Leeds
54. Cunningham has the edge on Burderus
55. Eastwoods talent is easily contained by that saints side
56. ‘Big’ Ali always gets showed up in big games against St Helens
57. It will be a case of men against boys for St Helens
58. Any Leeds fan that is optimistic that Leeds could win St Helens need to be locked up
59. St Helens are on the way up and Leeds Rhinos are on the way down
60. Saints have got a country mile better since Jamie Lyon has left then
61. St Helens dig deeper than a Welsh Valley to beat Leeds
62. Heroic performances lay inside every saints player
63. St Helens always have the psychological edge over Leeds
64. It only takes St Helens to get in to their 1.2 gear to beat Leeds
65. Saints will break the salary cap to beat Leeds
66. Leeds Rhino’s can’t ever find it in them to even give saints a game
67. Saints offload game will have Leeds left in gasp
68. One exploration of the Leeds defence will lead to a saints try
69. The lads from St Helens love nothing more than a Schadenfreude over the Leeds lads
70. Saints player all have the Truculence trait in them
71. A triumph over Leeds Rhinos is a triumph for the whole rugby league supporting public
72. Saints will weed out Leeds tricks (that if they even have any)
73. Paul Wellens will hijack a high bomb going Lee Smiths way to score a try if he needs to
74. Saints have the killer set plays against the Rhinos
75. St Helens will be the downfall of the Rhinos
76. The Rhinos game plan always goes down the drain against the Saints
77. The Saints defence will just digest the Rhinos attack
78. The Saints always put on a dreamscape of a game against the Rhinos
79. Leeds can transplant their team all they want - it won’t ever be enough to beat the saints!
80. Scott Donald’s mishap runs are easily cacheable
81. The Rhinos will feel like they’ve been trollyed by the end of the match
82. The Saints will simply just strike and split the Leeds defence up
83. Leeds Rhinos will suffer the rare condition vagal inhibition when playing the saints
84. The Rhinos will be nowhere to be seen against the saints
85. The Saints ability will be admired retrospectively by the Rhinos
86. Leeds will be nothing more than a bystander when playing the saints
87. Leon Pryce will just take St Helens to new levels of ecstasy
88. Imperial metres across the field will be made easy by the saints team
89. Nothing but commuting to a win will do for St Helens
90. St Helens will kick Leeds up the tush
91. Leeds Rhino’s class is airbrushed on the TV unlike Saints who are class all the time
92. St Helens win the real grand finals - the semi final eliminators
93. Millwards legacy is enough to scare Leeds against Saints
94. Leeds can’t handle Saints blistering second half performances
95. Although Nick Scruton is no longer playing for Leeds, another player will take his place to get sent off against Saints because of his dangerous tackling
96. Paul Wellens will not slip up playing against Leeds
97. The Anderson’s have gone meaning all human weakness has been removed from the saints side
98. Rob Burrow is playing out of his depth when playing against Saints
99. Everyone in the world knows it’s a Saints win
100. Leeds will be shown up for how behind in rugby league they are when playing against Saints.

While you're on, Damo. Why were you stood under the Sally Cinnamon flag in Saints merch on Friday?