Threads like these leave me totally at ease for the semi final and without a care in the world.

To many the game would seem in the bag for Wire so theres no pressure on Wigan especially with a few injuries. If I were Brian Noble i'd just tell the Wigan side to go out and have a go because we may aswell go down fighting against what i'm led to believe is now the best side in superleague



Hope the nerves don't get to the Warrington players on the day but then they should be used to these big games.............shouldn't they?

I was 24 now 43, same sentiments here, lets have a comp. to see who can get banned the quickest after the semi

LOL. I can see what you are trying to do.

I too hope your players don't crack when they cross the white line.

Anyway who led you to believe we are the best team in Superleague?

i'm up for that one.

bet you've got a blackberry?


i'm not taking my lap top to widnes, i'd never get the smell out

Mathers
Hicks
King
Monaghan
Morley
Carvell
V Anderson
Johnson
Rauhihi
and most importantly; Tony Smith would imply they are hardly novices in these situations.

i've eaten a blackberry but wouldn't have a clue how to use one

Stop being a nob. No-one is saying Warrington are the best team in the league, only that we are in form and should be confident going into the game. What's wrong with that?

There's massive pressure on both clubs - Warrington because of decades of underachievement and mediocrity, Wigan because of a superiority complex that is an ingrained as it is misguided. The reality is that the players won't give a shiny one.

game on then

I don't think Wire fans having confidence is misguided at all tbh and the more sensible ones on here will admit that your favourites in a tight contest but one or 2 of the posts have basically just written off any challenge from Wigan.

Like i say that pleases me and the 'fact' that we'll go in as underdogs is great for us. In the play offs for the past 2 years we went in as underdogs at Catalans and won, away at Bradford and won(just) and away at Hull and won. I don't class us any more of an underdog in this game and we've got some experience in these type of games.

I literally feel like we have nothing to lose in this game and i'm pretty confident the players will give it a dig. They're all about ego and this is a perfect game for them.

The form table and a 'few' Wire fans.

The form table is touch beyond our control, as for the 'few' well, what can I say.....

That was a compliment about the form table.

Lets face it on form it should be a cracker with Wire coming out on top. We have actually played pretty well outside of the shambles at Celtic over the past 6 weeks or so and Wire seem to have got that winning habit and are grinding some games out playing away from top form.

I'm looking forward to the game already.

The thing that should give you hope is that whilst we have been grinding out th results, we haven't necesarily been playing great RL. Our defence has been awesome, but I am interested to see how we will react if we get some bad luck or make some mistakes to allow a decent team to get a decent start on us.

It's hard to tell how either side will react in a semi final because the pressures will be totally different to any game but i'd expect both sides to really go at it for the first 20 minutes.

I suppose our hope is that the 'old Wire' reappear in the pressures of such a big game but i'm not holding my breath. Tony Smith looks to have you well drilled and i think the prop forwards will give you the edge.

Should be a good game though.

That's not right though is it.

You have everything to lose. Let's be honest, neither team is winning the Grand Final, a Challenge Cup final appearance would be a massive lift for either club. Also, if we beat you, you will be absolutely gutted, as we will be if you win. Your season is on the line.

You can try and convince yourself of the contrary but no-one is buying it.

The form table was just a presentation of the actual statistics of the top 8 teams since easter that's all. I like doing stuff like that and I thought most people, GDMM excluded, would be interested. Form table shows Warrington 2nd and Wigan 4th. But we all know that means nothing, especially in the semi. I've said many times I expect this to be a tight game .

Quizzical?

I love stats/facts. They are my life.

Yeah I know, I'm led to believe you are the best quantity surveyor in the NW!

Sorry I took this to mean that you didn't approve of the form table thing?

I feel like we have nothing to lose. The rest of the Wigan fans might not feel like that and i defo don't believe the players will feel like that but i'm going to go and enjoy the day.

If we win then great but if not i'll not be overly gutted because i don't seriously feel we'd have a chance against Saints in the final anyway.

I'd rather lose the semi to Wire then the final to Saints.

This thread is going to come back and bite us in the .

No, not at all. The form guide is factual, there can be no bravado attributed to it.

salford beating saints showed us that anyone can beat anyone on their day... so anything could happen.

having said that I dont fear wigan one bit.

i do fear some of the wigan women though.. jeeez they get big and ugly.

Nothing to fear against Wigan.

Wembley full steam ahead.