And we were poor in comparison to the Hull KR game really.

Wouldn't say we were poor. We were...rusty. It was only the second time they'd played together in 3 months or so. Our defence was solid it was the attack that let us down. We have shown - with 70 points in 2 games, we've sharpened that up.

He is if your using my 6 year olds definition of the word...

I just can't see how warrington will break down this defence other than with kicks so we have to be really on the ball.

Pressure on Briers & Mylers kicking game. Get one or two guys charging up on them everytime they go for a kick. One thing we have lacked in previous years is the ability/fitness to pressure kicks.

Briers for sure needs pressure putting on him, the kicks he put in against Cas were completely unchallenged.

Well seeing as knocking someone out with your elbow is know legal..i'm sure Briers will have a big cross on his face

Wigan's bench has the ability to change the game. The introduction of Fielden and Pa'alsena off the bench in the semi was the deciding factor of that game.

You will see very different this saturday. We are a completely different team.

How do Warrington rotate their forwards?

They couldn't really do anything without us being in possession of the ball. That was last year anyway, new year, new coach, new ideas, better fitness, new team almost at Wigan.

I think even the friendly at Warrington proved that the other week. About 30 minutes second half of Wire attacking us and we held pretty firm for most it. Might not get so lucky this time round but who knows.

Anyway

Cracking game for the neutral having Gaz and Morley playing is a massive boost for the team, looking forward to seeing this Wigan defence getting tested.

the front row debate is up for grabs and for me is a 50/50 call. i would rather have our backrow and our back line. the worry for me is briers and his kicking game, and a certain mr silverwood who is a spineless ref who always favours teh home team. Whichever way this goes id like to hope the team that takes it does so on the back of some big hits and quality rugby league not a weak decision by silverwood. despite the banter both sets of fans knows both squads are quality. this is gonna be a humdinger which is a 50/50 call for me, only thing left to say really is " COME ON WIGAN"

i think we have to be looking at kicking early, kicking long and playing down there. wire have riley but other than that any real pace? pressure in their half will result in errors, big men getting tired running back all the time, let our back row run off sam, tommy and deacs to create gaps for amos and co.

easy.

any jobs on the go?

Our pack has looked very strong so far this year, it's hard to imagine they are the same players as last year. They're running with much more purpose and the fitness is definitely paying off with the amount of hard graft being done in defence. Hull KR barely got out of their own half last week!

If we play like that again or raise the bar even just a little, Wire will have to be at their absolute best to get the 2 points. The packs IMO are fairly evenly matched, I just hope Maguire has done his homework on Briers!!

Clockwise

Fully agree with the OP; if we can match them in the front row, we'll win.

Yes, Briers is in good form, but no half back can play off the back of a beaten pack, so winning in the forwards keeps Briers quiet anyway.

I'm also confident our back row can beat theirs, as it happens, I think we have the best back row in the league but that discussion is for another time. Our outside backs and bench also look better than Wire's.

As has been said, the big battle's going to be Fielden vs Morley and Coley vs Carvell.

Really looking forward to this one, just hope we perform.

Alot of talk about closing down Briers and rightly so but I wouldn't rule out Myler having a big game.

Pshhh, anything he can do Sam can do better

Briers and Morley run the show for Warrington.

Really looking forward to the game, Crusaders & Rovers pack are very weak compared to the wires. Rovers managed to punch a couple of holes in us when Vella & Fisher came on. So we will have to be extra pumped up for it with Gareth (the Elbow) Carvell and Adrian (Headhunter) Morley playing saturday. But saying that the key for Wire is Briers and Monaghan if we can stop them two then if doesn't matter who they have in their pack. Saying that the whole 17 need to be on top of their game.

Saturday is building up to be a cracker.