He's/she being a very sarcastic so and so

I'm sure Hull fans would prefer the Challenge Cup (to go with their other Wembley wins).

me sarcastic, nooooooooooo

They really are confident aren't they. As they say, pride comes before a fall...

The GF is the major prize for all SL sides at the seasons outset without a doubt and after that anything else is a bonus

The Challenge Cup is the next best prize on offer Kudos wise and it does carry a hefty prize fund for the winners
But IMO the CC doesn't get any clubs juices flowing until they actually reach the semi final stage,Some SL clubs are happy to be eliminated in the earlier rounds to concentrate on the SL competition safe in the knowledge that they could still get eliminated in later rounds of the CC

Out of the 3 competitions available to SL sides then I would choose
1: A Grand Final win without a doubt every time
2: A Challenge cup final win
3: A league leaders shield trophy
This trophy only becomes worthwhile nowadays IMO is when it is backed up by a GF win
If it isnt then it is merely a trophy that no one will ever recall who actually won it in years to come unfortunately

how can we be confident when where playing the best team in super league

Yawn Zzzzzzz

If the OP means league leaders shield then Cup, if not then the GF.

I still prefer the occasion, atmosphere and so on of a Wembley win to an Old Trafford win - the whole day/weekend out just seems that much more special.

The cups great. It's a fantastic weekend or say out and it feels great to win it but the Grand Final is by far and away the biggest prize IMO. It says you're the best team in the country and by winning it you get a warm glow through the off season whilst your rivals stew.

Give me either any day but I'd choose the Grand Final out of both of them.

As I used to say to my lad when he was about ten years old, once is funny, twice is a little bit funny, but three times is !!@&&!!"::!!

ok joke over, hope all you guys have a safe trip and its a great game, as long as we win lol

Growing up it was all about the Challenge Cup and in my heart it's still the one for me but the Sky Sports trophy is now the biggest trophy on offer and is the one everyone wants. 3 teams still have a very realistic chance of both, you would say that between those 3 teams both trophies will be won. I have a feeling we will be the bridesmaids again though. I think Warrington will win the Challenge cup and then Hull will beat them in the Grand Final. I am more than happy to be wrong though.

I genuinely believe we could have won the double this year if only we could have had some luck with injuries but it's slowly killing us. I think we'll give it a crack but go down gallantly tomorrow before limping through the rest of the year. We'll get a semi final spot in the play offs and we'll have to see where we're up to them in terms of absentees. We may have more back by then by how match fit some of them will be is questionable.

The trolls may jump on this line but if we had a reasonably full strength squad to choose from I believe we're the best side in the league.

GF all day long. Wembley is great but so is old trafford

Was always the cup for me especially as a kid in the 80's...

Nowadays the cup is treated like Sh1t.

Moving it to August was a joke,

Mid Spring was perfect and still would be as fans are still in the good mood for the new season.

British RL is being destroyed by the people who claim to have it's best interests at heart.

cant argue with any of that

On the plus side for the big 3 sides at the top of the league and in the cup semis is the fact that at least two sides are likely to be equally drained come the GF. Whilst the cup final itself was a walkover last year, Leeds had a pre- and post-cup hangover which nearly cost us the LLS. Wigan and Sts were able to focus just on the league over that period. If you face Wire in the cup final, win or lose it will impact both sides.

1 Trophy has now gone so we urgently need to re focus and aim for the LL Shield or 2nd place at least and ensure a home semi final

Both Hull FC and Wolves will suffer both pre and post Wembley hangovers irrespective of the result so we should be able to overtake those 2 sides during the next 7 games and finish above them both in the table

Sounds like a good plan but I may have discovered a flaw in it.

We can't score more than 20pts, against anyone

It's hard to take but we lost to a better side. There are positives that we can take and tunnel vision to the GF is one of them. Another one is that we play Saints the week before the challenge cup final and we have absolutely nothing to make us take our eye off that one now. We need a really good start in Spuer 8's starting this week with Wakey. Put a few demons to bed, rattle up a score and move on. We'll get a few bodies back and hopefully play some better rugby.

Well we've got Wakey up first at home and if we cant then we're doomed pal

I think warrington will win the CC final. Wigan should profit from hull and warrington in the CC final and finish top. Then I think wigan will toil their way to victory over saints/hull in the semi but lose the grand final to warrington.

Dreamland. Winning the double with a Grand Final victory against Wigan.

Well Leeds won the treble last year including a grand final victory over wigan, so these dreamland type scenarios have been known to happen.