Most Wigan fans i've talked to think we will get done on sat saying they are the best team in the comp

Fact is we are the best team in the comp and we should fear no one yes it's going to be a hard game and yes we could lose but i'm backing our lads all the way

So whats everyone thoughts on the game?

I'll put a poll on for the people who dont want to post

It can go either way, fingers crossed the Wigan team that turned out at the Stobart Stadium against Stains turns up.

Come on !!!!!

if it had been this time last year i would have said yes as we were playing very well in most games,this year it seems we are playing poor in a lot of games but the results have gone our way so i said no

We are the best team in the comp. imo and yes it could go either way.
Don't think we should fear them, but we should give them respect as a good team, just not too much

It can go either way, fingers crossed for a Wire but you may just do us, its who holds there nerve if weather is poor or a game plan for the day thats spot on, hope smith has a good one.

This game can go either way, i think if wigan turn up an play as we know they can play they should win. The forwards have got to lay a platform for the backs to do there stuff, they cant let the wire pack get on top in attack and defence.

I'm going to be honest and say that I don't think that there has been two teams in SL so evenly matched. If it's a close one then I think Wigan have the mentality to be able to dig in and grind a result out. If Wigan try and take us on at our own game then we have the ability in attack to run up a score on any team.

It is the ultimate 50/50 I can't split them. If we are to win we need our pack to show up in the way it did against Saints, and our kicking game to be spot on. If we can win up front I believe we have the quality in the backs [Mainly down the left side to break Wire down. If we lose up front and allow Monaghan & Briers to run the show we will be in big big trouble. Not confident we will win, but the lads seem to want the CC this year, so we'll see how it goes.

I've voted no, purley on the basis that if I tip us we will lose.

Same here

If that's true then most Wigan fans need to have a very serious word with themselves.

We are Wigan. We are the Champions.

Our pack was very strong before Hock's return and the signing of Cross.

We have genuinely world class players in Tomkins, Richards, Leuluai, Hoffman, Carmont and Lockers.

Yes Wire are a good side. They are also more prone to switching off than Wigan are. If they play like they did against Hudds and have a brilliant first half and follow it up with a poor second half we will beat them and beat them comfortably. That's because we have the best defence in the league and ulitmately its defence, not flashy attacking moves and racking up cricket scores against poor teams, which is what marks out the best sides.

I'm sick of the negativity and defeatism on here.

I'd say Wire are favourites. But like any game it could go either way, especially a game with two quality teams.

Wire fans seem pretty confident which im happy with. I read on their board one fan put that there is a 90% chance they will win.

You don't have the best defence by the way. I get what you mean though, I think you'd be much better in a tight game.

I have a feeling wire are going to target joel and charnley all game. Charnley gets drawn in in defence. Hopefully they stand up to I think atkins and king because if not briers will target josh from minute 1 to minute 80. I seriously don't know who is going to win and I won't predict who will win. All I say is this is one of wigans best packs under madge and it is very even, if not slightly better than the wire pack. Hopefully this week sees some respect from both sets of fans because personally I am fed up with all the bitching and trolling between the fans. The fact is our two sides are the best two sides in the comp and this game should be the final and is more than likely a grand final preview!

We will not win.

I love optimism.

Fact hey, think the best team will be decided come the end of the season, not July

No idea.

Should be a cracking game, but not looking forward to it at all.

Sorry your right i missed out atm my bad

it'll be a fascinating contest. If you play like you did agains't saints and we play like we did v hudds first 20 and v you at the start of the season
then it'll be one hell of a game. I personally think we have the edge but a lot goes down to the ref and who has the rub of the green.
There is a lot of banter between us lot at the moment but most of it is down to an underlining respect. It means a lot for us to be
competing on the same level after so many years of mediocrity and sometimes rivalry clouds the fact that wire and wigan fired up
will be a top draw sporting occasion where the best sport in the world will be showcased by two outstanding teams.

Agreed. It's a shame that it's been relegated to BBC2 so they can show the bloody horse-racing!

you find horse racing boring as well? same here. the main participants are the horses and generally a sport is deemed successful
by the supporting fans. I've never seen any horses turn up to support their fellow comrades off their own back. In fact, they
seem genuinely uninterested and would rather chomp hay than transporting midgets from from one area of grass to another.

Matt King has been stretchered off, so that improves your chances as the super fast Rhys Williams will now be on the wing.

What's up with King?