Whenever we play with passion and determination against Saints we seem to give them a good game (eg last game of last season and the season before) but when we don't our heads go down quickly and its normally a Saints walkover

Hopefully the young lads will help with the enthusiasm and Noble will get them fired up like he normally does around play off time

To be honest, if Saints play anywhere near the level they did against Saints we'll get no where near them. They'll open us up down the middle of the pitch and their try line defence will be too strong.

Although the Saints Leeds game was a great match, it made dcepressing viewing to realise just how far behind them we are.

Saints were always gunna win that game

might not sell out, but im going and i prefer thursday night personally.
night out, few pints, then get good friday free to spend with family..

spoke to a mate in wigan friday night and he told me it could be close to a sell-out so dad's picking our tickets up on monday.

If we beat Huddersfield (with a good performance) and the weather is good, then we'll get a few more on than lately.

Should sell out - the added 'push' that the club are doing e.g. Wigan, Leigh & Wrightington NHS Trust staff could buy tickets for £10 to this match, should help that.

BTW, the same staff could buy Elton John MEN concert tickets in December for £10 and the same for last night's MEN Lionel Ritchie concert - I know which 1 out of the 3 I would prefer

dunno if it will sell out il go for 24, 998, but im glad the game is on a thursday night, gives me us an extra day to try and drive to perpignan haha, but seriously i watch the recent leeds bradford game on a thursday and always wanted wigan and saints to do the same, better atmosphere at night

I'd buy a raft of Elton John tickets and flog um on e-bay



I've got my season ticket safely tucked away so don't need the rugby tickets.

Hope you are going to bring some Euros this trip

Yeah...go Lionel

But then you've always been a big Elton fan Ste

Sorry seems to be the hardest word

all depends if theyve had the till converted in the hare and hounds

Agreed.

If we lose to Huddersfield we will probably be looking at 18-19k max IMO.

Isn't there also an issue at the rugby games now that means us 'selling out' is now far less than before? I'm sure we can no longer get 25,000 for some reason.

Summat to do with mathers im guessing

Being a long time fan I used to think winning was the only thing that mattered against Wigan but even I've got to say drubbing a team that comes into a game expecting to lose loses it's fun.

Bring it on - Saints to win by 10

I'm not expecting to lose.

hardly a drubbing chuck

Just to make you feel better, i always get a bit of false optimism before we play you lot and it still hurts like hell every time you beat us.

Still i'm glad ive attended all the drubbings as the good times will now be so much better!!

Think this match could be close. It all depends on what state the Saints team are in after their third world war encounter with Leeds. Win or lose it is not the end of the world or should I say season yet. Just bragging rights.

Yup - I watched Wigan beat Saints many times and it was horrible at the time but it does allow you to appreciate the wins more.

For the other comments the point I was trying to make was although drubbing Wigan has been fun in the past it's time we got back to proper derbys where the game is close and hard fought - it got to one stage where all my Wigan supporting friends just accepted defeat before the game had started .. no fun in that

Yeah, sounds good!
That's how we felt for 10 years, you must feel the same for the past 4 or 5????
Maybe we should invent a way of handicapping Saints and manufacturing a way for us to compete with you by dragging down your standards to a lower level???

It's worked before, maybe we should try it again???

Saints games fill me with the same excitment as they did 15 years ago..And will in 15 years time

The last 4-5 years have been hard and i believe we play eachother to many times in a season even this season with 3 league games..but wigan v st helens is still the greatest derby in sport.