After yesterdays disappointment, no excuses not good enough on the day (clutching at straws in blaming the ref x 3)

Lets all look forward to the SL run in starting at London next week for one of the best away trips IMO.

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Exactly, its history now, lets look forward, not back.

I think for the London game some players who have played quite a few games in a short space of time recently should be rested.

If Prescott is fit enough to play then Mossop should be rested while it might be worth resting Lauaki too or at least giving him less game time. Farrell too possibly, but no more than that.

I'd like a team of -

Tomkins
Charnley
Goulding
Carmont
Thornley / Gelling
Finch
Smith
Prescott
McIlorum
Lima
Hansen
Hock
O'Loughlin

Flower
Lauaki / Crosby
Tuson
Gelling / Thornley

Probably the best game we could have hoped for after yesterday. We should be looking at making London feel the full force of a backlash in this one, the players get chance to spend some time together and reflect on where we go now and the fans get a good day on the lash to get over a dissapointing day yesterday.

As much as yesterday hurt bad it could be the making of our season. The Grand Final is the ultimate aim for all teams and we will not have any excuses about freshness going in to the play offs.

Onwards and upwards.

I certainly don't want anyone carrying an injury to be risked. Plus I'd like to see Smith at 7 and Thornley in the side somewhere.

It's all guns blazing towards the LLS and GF now.

Yes relying on you guys to bounce back and punish London, keeping them firmly on the bottom! At the same time any damage you can do to their points difference would be welcome (not that there is any danger of anyone getting close to our dismal points against total this season!).

A chance for you to utilise Matty Smith properly and integrate him into your playing style for the rest of the season!

His signing by you looks to have been a blessing in disguise for us, as it now seems increasingly likely that we will be hanging on to Joe Mellor not only for the rest of the season but as a permanent signing from 2013! I know its been rumoured for a while, but hopefully it will be official in the near future.

Irrelevant game.

This competition is about the big games not the small ones. The weekly rounds are virtually meaningless and both competitions are about knockout football and pressure games.

We have yet to prove we can handle them.

If Charnley is fit, then Thornley has to come in for Gelling. I think Gelling has been given enough time on the wing, it's clearly not for him

I expect to see a big handicap on the betting slip and I will be wagering on it.

One of the few positives coming out of yesterday is Tommy L won't be rushed back for the CC final.

I thought some of the lads yesterday seemed to be less than fully fit.

From now till October we should only play players who are fully fit.

You could put your under 16s out and still hammer us!

I would be surprised if Wigan don't score at least 50 this weekend.

It was a very uncharacteristic performance and one they will be extremely hurt by - London could be in for a long afternoon.

Time to put the bird in the bag and smack it against the wall. Send a message to the rest of the league.

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At this stage of the season, if we did that, we would be lucky to have a 5 man team, this applies to all clubs by the way.

I'd be happy with just a win TBH.

has i am staying this week with relatives and only 20 miles for londons ground and have not seen tickets for sale on the club website is it pay on the day for the wigan end and does anybody know the entrance fee

It might be a pountless game against a low level team but it's a big game in terms of confidence and form. We were awful v Bradford, better v Wakey and worse than ever v Leeds. Our form prior to Exiles was exhillarating but those 2 stupid games really took the wind out of out sails.

We need this game to get back that forrm and build momentum for the Hull, Wire and Saints games ahead of the play offs.

Team wise, sam, josh, Goulding, carmont, Thornley, finch, smith, mossop, MM, Lima, Hansen, hock, lockers. Subs Lauaki, Flower, Farrell, logan.

Tickets are on the website but you'll be able to pay on gate

Charnley didn't look fit v Leeds and if he's no better then I'd replace him with Jack Murphy.
Smith to go at 7 with Finch 6 and Lockers 13 will make a huge difference and the previous form will come back quite quickly.
Hansen looked done in last Saturday and Hughes must be in with a shout of starting.
As has been said it's the big games that are important. We need to get players somewhere near to fully fit before they play.
Big games matter but we need to get our form back in the next three v London, Cas & Hull before we go to Wire. That is a big game!

I was very surprised by the seeming lack of energy of some of the Wigan forwards against Leeds, particularly Lima, MM and Hansen, and to a less extent Tuson and Mossop. Hansen had made his comeback the previous week so he should not have been "done in" as FT writes. The others had all had "rests" of some sort the previous month, so were they simply not back to full fitness or had they been flogged too hard in training? A week or couple of weeks out was supposed to be keeping them fresh...

You lot couldn't of asked for an easier game on the back of your semi final defeat!

We did, but Saints had another fixture

Just what we needed. Just as we play them their coach walks!!!

It won't be a Wigan End, unreserved seating, usually plenty sit along the side as well, pay on the day, always a good day, get there early and try the bar under the stand, open after the game as well.

And Brian T might sing us a few songs on the stage after the game