Just hope we don't do a Hull FC, get off to a flyer then have a mare.

we had similar optimism last year when we looked at the fixtures........we all thought we would win first 3, and we lost em all.

and from a similar looking set of fixtures in terms of difficulty, what we thought might be 8 wins from 10, tunes into 3 w 7 L

lets wait and see and go one game at once.

and im still not over the embarrassment of last seasons opener.

Hand on heart i can see us winning 6 from 8 anthing else and we wont win nothingn again harsh but true reflection

Pulverise Crusaders at home, that's all I'm thinking about.
Treat each match like a Challenge Cup Final.

Once that's done move on.

Ged Byrne's Shammy wroteicon_biggrin.gifo this every year, and our team usually prove me wrong!! Anyway here goes.........

Could win 6 draw 1 loose 1 2010 is the year that we beat Warrington on there own miden.
Fri 05 Feb Crusaders RL Home 20:00 - - Win
Fri 12 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Home 20:00 - - Win
Sat 20 Feb Warrington Wolves Away 18:00 - - Win
Fri 26 Feb Catalans Dragons Home 20:00 - - Draw
Fri 05 Mar Bradford Bulls Away 20:00 - - Lose
Fri 12 Mar Hull FC Home 20:00 - - Win
Sun 21 Mar Castleford Tigers Away 15:30 - - Win
Fri 26 Mar Leeds Rhinos Home 20:00 - - 1st real litmus test - Win.

The players should do that! But we are fans, is it unreasonable to want to win a certain number of games hoping we can be near the top of the table after 8 games.

As fans we should be wanting to win 100% of games all season, I certainly do, which would put us top of the league. Never yet have I gone into a ground wanting to lose, but picking the correct accumulation of winning results is entertaining but there's nowt in it! Following Wigan under the last crew these last few years has meant to expect the unexpected, i.e. Lose to the Celtic's but beat the Leeds's. However under Maguire no one has seen the team take to the field, or which players he prefers (remember everyone gets a chance). How can we predict on that?

I think you have missed the point, it is merely a thread to predict where we think we should pick up points. Everything you say goes deeper than that and is discussed on other threads.

Ok then:

Fri 05 Feb Crusaders RL Home 20:00 - - Win
Fri 12 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Home 20:00 - - Win
Sat 20 Feb Warrington Wolves Away 18:00 - - Win
Fri 26 Feb Catalans Dragons Home 20:00 - - Win
Fri 05 Mar Bradford Bulls Away 20:00 - - Win
Fri 12 Mar Hull FC Home 20:00 - - Win
Sun 21 Mar Castleford Tigers Away 15:30 - - Win
Fri 26 Mar Leeds Rhinos Home 20:00 - - Win

I am sure McGuire and Wane are not a coaching partnership that will ever think we can win 6 of 9 or that we'll beat them at home but not away etc.

We CAN win every game and if the coaches can get the players to really believe that, then we can win every game then that self-belief will start to show on the pitch.

Your getting the hang of it.

Off topic, but I love you avatar, is it being made into a flag?

I'm hoping it will one day. As a group we have already contributed to a flag this season.

Fri 05 Feb Crusaders RL Home 20:00 - - win
Fri 12 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Home 20:00 - - win
Sat 20 Feb Warrington Wolves Away 18:00 - - lose
Fri 26 Feb Catalans Dragons Home 20:00 - - win
Fri 05 Mar Bradford Bulls Away 20:00 - - ?
Fri 12 Mar Hull FC Home 20:00 - - ?
Sun 21 Mar Castleford Tigers Away 15:30 - - ?
Fri 26 Mar Leeds Rhinos Home 20:00 - - lose

Well, there's nothing like enthusiasm.

I never like looking at the next 6, 8, 10 games or whatever and trying to predict results.

Just focus on the next game and try and win it.

Exactly.

"The Wigan Way".

Does ? mean a draw then

That is exactly the point i have tried to make. We have started off really poorley in previous seasons winning only 3 of our first 10 last year.

If we adopt the win every game mentatility and the next game is the biggest of the season menatality we should start to play more consistently.

We want to do things the "Wigan Way" and that means winning every game we participate in. The bit that has let us down in the recent past seasons has been our results from the first half of the season and most of all consistency.

A successful Wigan side could potentially attract 18k every week. I for one cannot wait.

If you like

Would it be fair to say that over the last 2 decades cas have beaten you at least once a season most seasons?
They always seem to be a banana skin for you..

We seem to have had more than our fair share of banana skins over the last few seasons. That's one of the main things that will need to change under the new coaching team.

Cas away has always been tricky to win, been beaten there on many occasions and I can't think of any times we ever gave Cas a whooping even in our glory days.

Our results from the past 5 years show we have lost at least 3 games from our first 7. This sort of start is not good enough if we want to be challenging for honours. A good start to the season this year is crucial. Winning breeds confidence and a good start could see us kick on this year and really be a force in Super league.

2009 PLAYED 7 WON 3 LOST 4

Sun 08 Feb Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Home 15:00 L6 - 12 14,377
Fri 13 Feb Hull FC Away 20:00 L18 - 10 14,523
Fri 20 Feb Castleford Tigers Home 20:00 L22 - 28 12,079
Sat 28 Feb Harlequins RL Away 17:30 W 18 - 24 3,883
Sat 07 Mar Bradford Bulls Home 17:30 W 44 - 10 12,588
Fri 13 Mar Leeds Rhinos Away 20:00 L34 - 10 17,677
Fri 20 Mar Salford City Reds Away 20:00 W 12 - 38 7,016



2008 PLAYED 7 WON 4 LOST 3

Sat 09 Feb Harlequins RL Away 15:00 W 28 - 47 8,041
Fri 15 Feb Castleford Tigers Home 20:00 W 28 - 16 16,667
Fri 22 Feb Hull FC Away 20:00 L24 - 22 13,226
Sat 01 Mar Bradford Bulls Home 18:00 W 28 - 14 15,444
Sat 08 Mar Warrington Wolves Away 18:00 L32 - 20 13,024
Sun 16 Mar Huddersfield Giants Away 15:00 W 19 - 20 8,417
Fri 21 Mar St Helens Away 14:30 L46 - 10 17,500


2007 - PLAYED 7 WON 4 LOST 3
Fri 09 Feb Warrington Wolves Home 20:00 L10 - 16 21,693
Sat 17 Feb Catalans Dragons Away 19:00 W 16 - 18 7,052
Sat 24 Feb Bradford Bulls Away 18:00 L32 - 28 12,798
Fri 02 Mar Hull Kingston Rovers Home 20:00 L16 - 26 15,178
Fri 09 Mar Harlequins RL Home 20:00 W 16 - 12 14,971
Fri 16 Mar Salford City Reds Away 20:00 W 6 - 25 6,025
Fri 23 Mar Hull FC Away 20:00 W 20 - 30 12,755


2006 PLAYED 7 WON 1 LOST 6
Sat 11 Feb Catalans Dragons Away 18:00 L38 - 30 11,122
Fri 17 Feb Leeds Rhinos Home 20:00 L16 - 24 17,281
Fri 24 Feb Huddersfield Giants Home 20:00 W 36 - 20 11,623
Fri 03 Mar Salford City Reds Away 20:00 L28 - 10 5,494
Fri 10 Mar Warrington Wolves Home 20:00 L12 - 24 16,640
Sun 19 Mar Castleford Tigers Away 15:30 L38 - 18 9,021
Fri 24 Mar Bradford Bulls Away 20:00 L34 - 12 11,644

2005 PLAYED 7 WON 4 LOST 3

Fri 11 Feb Salford City Reds Home 20:00 W 15 - 4 13,657
Sat 19 Feb Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Away 18:05 L 18 - 16 6,196
Fri 25 Feb Bradford Bulls Home 20:00 L 27 - 28 13,111
Sun 06 Mar Widnes Vikings Away 15:00 W 20 - 32 9,004
Sat 12 Mar London Broncos Away 18:05 L 34 - 20 5,057
Fri 18 Mar Leigh Centurions Home 20:00 W 62 - 6 15,089
Fri 25 Mar St Helens Home 12:30 W 22 - 20 25,004
Mon 28 Mar Hull FC Away 15:15 W 15 - 21 14,172

The seaon needs to be treated as 4 quaters each lasting 2 months or so.If you were to split this down we can afford to lose no more than 2 games in each quater if we have a desire to finish in the top 3. If we suffer more than 2 defeats in each period we would need to win more in the other periods. Based on this theory we will definbately need to adopt " the wigan way " win every game we play mentality.

FEB & MARCH

Fri 05 Feb Crusaders RL Home 20:00 - -
Fri 12 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Home 20:00 - -
Sat 20 Feb Warrington Wolves Away 18:00 - -
Fri 26 Feb Catalans Dragons Home 20:00 - -
Fri 05 Mar Bradford Bulls Away 20:00 - -
Fri 12 Mar Hull FC Home 20:00 - -
Sun 21 Mar Castleford Tigers Away 15:30 - -
Fri 26 Mar Leeds Rhinos Home 20:00 - -

APRIL AND MAY

Fri 02 Apr St Helens Away 12:00 - -
Mon 05 Apr Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Home 15:00 - -
Sun 11 Apr Salford City Reds Away 15:00 - -
Fri 23 Apr Harlequins RL Home 20:00 - -
Sun 02 May Huddersfield Giants Away 16:00 - -
Sun 16 May Huddersfield Giants Away 15:00 - -
Sat 22 May Crusaders RL Away 18:00 - -

JUNE & JULY

Fri 04 Jun Castleford Tigers Home 20:00 - -
Sun 13 Jun Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Away 15:30 - -
Fri 18 Jun St Helens Home 20:00 - -
Sat 26 Jun Harlequins RL Away 15:00 - -
Sun 04 Jul Catalans Dragons Away 15:00 - -
Fri 09 Jul Salford City Reds Home 20:00 - -
Fri 16 Jul Warrington Wolves Home 20:00 - -
Fri 23 Jul Hull FC Away 20:00 - -
Fri 30 Jul Leeds Rhinos Away 20:00 - -

AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER

Fri 13 Aug Huddersfield Giants Home 20:00 - -
Sun 22 Aug Hull Kingston Rovers Away 15:00 - -
Fri 03 Sep Bradford Bulls Home 20:00 - -


Plus the Play off's

No points for & against information or Penalties to/against or Who the ref was or What the H/T score was or Handling mistakes etc ?

Pffffffffff!

Bilko would have given it!