im not confident at all for friday we simply dont perform at home! lets hope we get our act together and get a result against the stains.

It's a derby - form goes out of the window. Too close to call for this game - just what a good derby should be like. Can't wait.

If we get a couple of bodies back then I agree with you. But if all eight are out then I think we'll be too thin on the ground, especially up front, to be too big a challenge. Unless Wigan are seriously off form. But I hope I am shown to be totally and utterly wrong! Obviously!


Same here, but with the usual nervous tension that always makes watching derby games a conflict of excitement and anxiety!

Remember 2003 and 2004?

Exactly. Both teams have shown quality in patches but it depends who shows it on Friday. One bounce will decide it imo. My nerves are jangling just thinking about the game

All this talk about "our form"! Cobblers, Wigan to win by 8, end of! Do we honestly expect that the guys will switch off knowing that MM is going -no way! Do we honestly think that MM, Wane and Radders will not have them fired up for this? Of course they will! This is a potentially pivotal moment in our season.

I think we will win and win quite comfortably really. Saints have a big injury list and I think we will want to prove that we are serious about keeping hold of the title. 30-10 to wigan i think.

This is a derby game and with Wigan's born and bred talent who have grown up dreaming of these occassions (not the 1 season interloping Wilfs), Wigan will play with heart and secure a famous victory. (Please not Childs as ref)

I think Wigan win probs.

Wigan not in gud form and Sts lots of injuries. They have Lomax, WHeeler, Gaskill and Guiness playing lol

Wigan 22-10 St.Helens




West Stand bouncin' for the first time ever.

The first prediction is more likely than the second, I feel...

Don't write them off because some kids could be playing. We all remember 2003...

Wigan will win by 16-20 points



Attendance - lots.

Last time I checked Gaskell (not Gaskill) had a broken ankle !

And Magennis (not Guiness) has a dislocated finger.

Lomax is a class act and is no weakness at all. Wheeler is more than capable.

Theres plenty of local lads playing for both sides, possibly the most in years, so there could be some great biff too

Yes, I can imagine Lima having a quiet word in Wilkins ear.

3 match ban.

I was thinking more of the old Brian McTigue one

"Phone the hospital, and book your bed"

are you sure you dont mean his knee while he's already tackled by two players?



Can o worms

Aye he's a dirty sod that Wilkin, putting his knee in Limas face.

Wasn't it Vila Matautia who used to dive a the standing leg of a player kicking the ball ?, I seem to remember him being 'penalised' for it once against us.

Why? What has Wilkin been up to now?

I remember Vila getting penalised for "diving at the legs of the tackler"!? When he did it, it was to injure someone, when the whole Leeds pack started doing it, it was to get a quick play the ball.

No one on either side seems sure about this one, me included. I'll say, assuming half of Saints "maybes" are cleared to play, then home advantage will just swing it. With Gaskell out (which sounds fairly guarenteed) we've no long kicking game, which I think will be telling.