Quote ="Riderofthepalehorse"Here we go come on lads. www.hullfc.com/news/2019-07-25-k ... semi-final Warrington Squad Blake Austin, Luther Burrell, Josh Charnley, Daryl Clark, Jason Clark, Mike Cooper, Ben Currie, Matt Davis, Bryson Goodwin, Chris Hill, Jack Hughes, Toby King, Tom Lineham, Harvey Livett, Jake Mamo, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Declan Patton, Joe Philbin, Lama Tasi'" Think Green and Fash to miss out.

Quote ="Riderofthepalehorse"Here we go come on lads. www.hullfc.com/news/2019-07-25-k ... semi-final Warrington Squad Blake Austin, Luther Burrell, Josh Charnley, Daryl Clark, Jason Clark, Mike Cooper, Ben Currie, Matt Davis, Bryson Goodwin, Chris Hill, Jack Hughes, Toby King, Tom Lineham, Harvey Livett, Jake Mamo, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Declan Patton, Joe Philbin, Lama Tasi'" Think Green and Fash to miss out.

Just can’t see the magic happening this time. Hope I’m wrong.

I know there not in the squad, but hull seem to think brown and Ratchford will play , I hope they both do after long lay offs .

Shaul
Ratu
Connor
Tuimavave
Faraimo
Kelly
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Paea
Manu
Griffin
Westerman

Ellis
Mini
Bowden
Fash

We stop them getting a quick ptb and we’ll get the win.
Our right hand side could have a field day against Currie, Patton and Goodwin.

Good point, everything comes off the back of Hill getting Clark a quick PTB or Cooper getting a late offload in getting Austin chance to run at a unorganised line.

Apart from the quick PTB they just put in a crossfield kick to King who is really good in the air so whoever is left cente will be peppered with kicks and needs protecting.

I think Wire will come out all guns blazing to try and blow us off the park in the first 20 like they did at our place.

Yep, I like that team.

I didn't go last year, which boozer will everyone be in ?

Ratchford I could understand but to throw brown into this game after such a long lay off would be crazy imo

Quite relaxed about this one. If we win then great, a day out at Wembley and a good payday for the club but well, get well beat by saints. Lose and I think well have a better chance of reaching our first grand final in a long time so for me I wont lose too much sleep if we don't win saturday

100% this. No bad outcome from a results perspective and a heavy Wembley defeat would be contextualised by our very recent back to back wins and Saints dominance this year. Hopefully a decent game.

Brown on crutches would offer more than Patton.

I echo that sentiment.
Having won twice at Wembley recently I'm keen for us to end our record of only having been to one grand final. Given recent experience of we get to Wembley the rest off the season will be a write off so even though I want us to win on Saturday I wont be distraught if we don't, just as long as we don't capitulate.

Wonder who will get allocated the old, run down, leaking, portacabin changing room and toilets that’s at the back of the stadium with a 3 min walk to get in.

Leeds got it last year.

Hope they put you lot in it, be like 12 points start for us.

You need to drink a pint of mild pal.

I wouldn’t be against a civic reception if we keep Warrington under 236 points.

You'll have to try and get the ball first. That is where Hull loose games. Momentum swing or momentum from the start against Hull. It's happened repeatedly over and over all season. When on a roll Hull are great in attack but pants in defence.

What are wire great at?

And we’re rubbish in semi finals and finals as well

With you on this. Am ambivalent on the result as my favourite and 2nd favourite SL clubs are involved. One reaches the final making 7 times this has occurred in the past 10 seasons(including one with both). I believe it is Saint Helens year for the CC and have consistently said we will be at OT.

Will lose a little sleep as TV of the match will finish about 0100 hrs and I may also stay up to watch an hour or so of the St Helens Halifax game which immediately follows ours.

BOTTLING!!!

Weather forecast for tomorrow looking a bit worse, 50% of rain right through the game according to the Met Office.

Not good news for us.

Warrington 8/13, FC 7/4. Sounds about right.

For me Jake, if we’re in a semi final we play to win it and deal with the final if we get there.
The same rules of course apply to the Grand Final if we get there.
If we do, the likelihood is we’d be playing Saints in both finals.
So I can’t understand why it would be a relaxing to not make Wembley for fear of certain defeat but then somehow expect a different outcome in the other ?
I’d rather be at both and lose both, rather than not be there at one because it augers well for the other ?

I’m totally with you on craving a Grand Final again, but I’d still rather have 2 pops at them and lose, rather than think we can avoid a beating at Wembley by not being there, but somehow be good enough to get the prize At Old Trafford.

Featherstone 83 and John Kears Sheffield both showed that turning up as huge underdogs can be worthwhile.

On our day we know we are really good. I’ll be going in believing it’s our day. Starting tomorrow.

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We should go into every game wanting to win, depends which FC and Warrington turn up tomorrow, as you say we CAN win, but we need our 'A' game.