The pre-match thoughts of Bradford's former Leeds player Adrian Morley, a man who has more reason than most to look forward to Saturday's engage Super League Grand Final.
Morley on Old Trafford:
I've played here twice before, once with Leeds in the first Grand Final, and we lost.
But I played in a winning Great Britain team against the Aussies, so hopefully we'll get another win on Saturday.
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Barrie McDermott's a great mate but I would like nothing better than to ruin his last Leeds game by defeating him
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Morley on the black eye he has been sporting for the last week:
I was £20 short in the bill money this month, so the Missus put one on me! No, it was the last minute of the Saints game with Paul Anderson.
I had the ball and it was an accidental head clash that needed six stitches and it's a nice shiner.
Morley on making history:
I came back to play in the final series with Bradford which I think is the most important part of the year and the most exciting, and to make the Grand Final was my goal.
Thankfully we've done that so it's served a purpose, but it's only half the job getting there, we have to win the thing now.
If I would win this, I would be the only English person to win the British Grand Final, the Australian Grand Final and the Challenge Cup, so the holy trinity of rugby league awards is what I would get.
I always wanted to finish with as many achievements and awards as possible and that was a big incentive to come over here.
Morley on meeting Leeds in the Grand Final:
It's not awkward, I half knew we would have to play them at some point in the play-offs, because they were going so well. But it's amazing what rugby league does, I never thought I would be playing in a Grand Final for Bradford against Leeds.
Because it's Leeds it does add a bit more spice, but it doesn't mean a victory would be any less satisfactory.
I've some great mates there, Barrie McDermott especially. We still keep in touch and I would like nothing better than to ruin his last Leeds game by defeating him.
I spoke to Barrie half-a-dozen times since I've been back, but we won't speak now till after the game when one's commiserating and one's celebrating.
Morley on Super League:
The standards have gone up here since I left. It's a lot quicker now and there's a lot more better players. You've got to be up for games week to week, rather than when I was still playing, when there were teams you could beat without getting out of second gear.
Now the competition is getting tighter, bottom teams are closing the gaps on the big sides, so I'm going to go back to Australia flying the flag for Super League.
Morley on being a target for the opposition:
Yeah, I'd like to think I was, plus being an ex-Leeds boy I'm sure I will be in for some extra attention, but that is something I enjoy.