Re: Are we in danger of letting the occasion get to us? : Wed Aug 24, 2016 8:25 am  

This thread is just one part of the pre-Wembley build up & ritual. The usual process is something like:

Win the semi:

- Mad rush for tickets: questions about which end we'll be in, who is buying from the club/RFL, queues at the club shop, which blocks to sit in etc
- Getting to Wembley: Train, car, where to park, how long does it take, how much is the tube, can we use contactless cards etc
- London/Wembley: Pre-match pub questions, where is everyone staying, where is everyone meeting up, what time to get to Wembley for etc

Then, once all the arrangements have been made:
- Paranoia
- Over-analysis / over-thinking (this thread)
- Reasons we might lose. Superstitions.

The only thing we have left in the next few days to go through are the rumours that x player is carrying an injury and is a doubt for the final.


I'm guilty of pretty much all the above myself. It's just part of the build up and excitement for what is a huge game/occasion.

Re: Are we in danger of letting the occasion get to us? : Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:05 am  

DGM wrote:

Then, once all the arrangements have been made:
- Paranoia
- Over-analysis / over-thinking (this thread)
- Reasons we might lose. Superstitions.

I think you missed re-living passed glories in there....
Already watched all this years cup games again and the 2005 ones!!
(obviously not the 2013 final!!)

Re: Are we in danger of letting the occasion get to us? : Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:44 am  

.... and can you get match programmes at a later date?

Re: Are we in danger of letting the occasion get to us? : Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:46 am  

ccs wrote:

.... and can you get match programmes at a later date?

They is a link to that on the wire board I think

Re: Are we in danger of letting the occasion get to us? : Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:35 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

We'll win or we'll get beat.
It'll be nowt to do with being mentaliy unprepared or lacking focus.
Give it our best shot like every team probably has contesting a Wembley final with our fair share of lady luck and it'll hopefully be enough to get us over the line.

+1

My confidence comes from how our team has miles better quality players than it had last time.

Crookes/Crooks/Miller/Arundel as against Michaels/Talanoa/Sneyd/Fonua as an example (and that's before considering our dominant forward pack).

It doesn't mean we'll win but as WIZEB says we'll be giving it a great shot like we have for the majority of the year. If we come up short then we still have much to play for rather than it being the usual be all and end all of just getting there. I'm certain that whatever happens this team wont give anything less than their best. All the hype around it wont matter one bit come the first whistle.

Re: Are we in danger of letting the occasion get to us? : Wed Aug 24, 2016 2:35 pm  

Staffs FC wrote:

+1

My confidence comes from how our team has miles better quality players than it had last time.

Crookes/Crooks/Miller/Arundel as against Michaels/Talanoa/Sneyd/Fonua as an example (and that's before considering our dominant forward pack).

It doesn't mean we'll win but as WIZEB says we'll be giving it a great shot like we have for the majority of the year. If we come up short then we still have much to play for rather than it being the usual be all and end all of just getting there. I'm certain that whatever happens this team wont give anything less than their best. All the hype around it wont matter one bit come the first whistle.

Absolutely mate, we have a shot and what will be will be.
Don't get me wrong, I'm as desperate as the rest of us for a win but life will go on regardless.
I wanna be buzzing down in the hotel disco early on Sunday morning not wrapped up under the duvet in my cot, with the rattle thrown out by 8pm on Saturday evening. lol:

Re: Are we in danger of letting the occasion get to us? : Wed Aug 24, 2016 2:41 pm  

To be honest I think it's been remarkably low key as far as the club goes. Not a peep out of them until the Catalans game had gone and even now it's only just starting to gather momentum on social media.

Re: Are we in danger of letting the occasion get to us? : Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:28 pm  

All a deliberate low-key approach, I'd expect nothing less from Radford. The focus was on securing that semi-final. All CC talk was quashed pretty quickly.

The club will get maximum publicity from this weeks build-up (after all, we have 2017 passes to sell and a GF and CC final will bring untold benefits).

I would imagine the club will get someone like Luke Campbell to present the team with their shirts and I would seriously get Motu, Swain and Kearney to give that pre-match talk.
In my opinion, the fans should be creating the hype, not the club.

Re: Are we in danger of letting the occasion get to us? : Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:52 pm  

You could point to Warrington getting a former England football captain to present their shirts, plus Ashton Sims was on BBC News and Radio Five Live this morning, no-one from Hull FC. Warrington being closer to Salford than Hull, presumably the reason.

Re: Are we in danger of letting the occasion get to us? : Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:24 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

You could point to Warrington getting a former England football captain to present their shirts, plus Ashton Sims was on BBC News and Radio Five Live this morning, no-one from Hull FC. Warrington being closer to Salford than Hull, presumably the reason.

Tut tut tut, BBC is supposed to be an impartial organisation...