So.. the time seems right to create this thread. Wire v Leeds, 9th August.

First off, who's going?

What's everyone's plans for the day?

I'm taking a few friends of mine, we're getting to St Helens town centre late-morning then making our way to the ground for 1pm to sample and contribute to the (hopefully) fantastic atmosphere.

I look forward to seeing you all there for a fantastic match!

Well im going to be there much to the dismay of some, well early start breakfast then beer.

Know of any decent boozers in Saints?

I'm going with the usual crowd plus my Wife. It seems when I bought tickets I overlooked our wedding anniversary. Ooops!

I'm going with the wife & children. Can't wait. Hope to The Lord that were up for it. The pain of the defeat at Hudds by FC took ages to get over.

I was more disappointed with the performance v Hull than the result mate.

We were going along great until you know what happened.....BTW we could have snatched it at the end

One of the most disappointing aspects of the game was that after kicking us to death, turning us round at every opportunity often early in the tackle count, FC didn't even bother to turn up for the Final

Flying over Friday.

Really up for this now after beating Catalans.

Hope the Lower and Wilkies have some good ale on next weekend.

Vespid. The two nearest to the ground are probably the glass house and running horses. There is the turks head which is popular but a bit of a walk not far from the asda.

If it's a nice day then the best place to go is the glass horse which is a new pub that's opened near the retail park on the opposite side of the ground to the town centre. They have a massive outdoor space and is a 2min walk to the ground.

But I suppose it depends which way you are coming into the ground. If you're in the town centre then the two spoons pubs (running horses and glass house) are your best bet.

Thanks guys, will try the two in the town centres then make our way to the glass horse before going in.

I'm assuming & hoping that we didn't get any new injuries last night, so my team for Saturday would be.

Russell
Joel
Grix
Atkins
Evans
Ratch
Bridge
Hill
Higham
England
Trent
Super Ben
Harrison

Michael
Woody
Roy
Laithwaite

I have put Grix in the Centre to shore up our left side defence, Plus this frees up Joel on the wing against Hall.

To miss out GOB, Ben Currie