Couldnt agree more. The steely grit of the side has a lot to do with Wane.

Looking at the weather tonight could be our first test of the season in real wet weather. There was abit about for the Hull KR game iirc but it's been pretty heavy overnight and this morning and if that carries on througout the game it'll be a leveller.

We've been pants in the rain over the past few seasons.

agreed i said that in the predictions thread

Exactly,
Let's worry about Bradford next week, and Leeds and Saints when we play them.


Tonight will be difficult against a physical and BIG side on a pitch that is very boggy.

We're nailed on for the Leeds game as I'm out of the country!! Anyone know anywhere at EuroDisney showing Sky Sports?

Show off

I agree I don't think this is a banker by any means. The weather and talk of HH being out and Mossop on pain killers is starting to set the alarm bells ringing.

Dave

Feka not playing as well and the Pitch is an absolute Quagmire!
If you think the pitch looked bad 2 x weeks ago or even last weeks for the Tics against Spurs, Wait till you see it tonight under an inch of standing Water!

Proper Rugby pitch is that.

I'm hoping the saving grace for Wigan is that Catalans won't have probably their best forward in Elima and then guys like Ferriol and Carlaw don't seem to be in the best of form(going off stats only mind). After that they have an aging Guissett and an average Joe in Remi Casty so their pack isn't quite as big and nasty as it could have been or has been in the past.

If our attitude is right we should have enough to win but we may have to really battle hard and for the full 80mins to get the points.

Any team with guys like Mogg, Johnson, Fakir, Maguire etc is going to be a threat.

Are first choice was Kearney, but we ended up with McGuire, it would have been interesting to see if under Kearney we'd have performed and got the same results as we've had under McGuire.

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I thought yesterday watching the WCC how similar our play has become to Melbourne storm - fierce gang tackles, hunting in packs, lying on a little bit in the tackle, and non stop pressure going forward. Given madges roots I can now see where we have got it from - hopefully we will have as much success - lovin' this season so far.

I've wondered since the arrival of Maguire was Kearney actually first choice or was that people just getting the wrong end of the stick?

Lenagan said at the fans forum they'd been monitoring Maguire and doing their homework on him for ages before they appointed him but i'm not sure if that means he was first choice or not.

Watching back on the Super League Show this morning, first thing I noticed was how we are running very deep in attack now and having a 2nd line of attack and dummy runners. All elements that we were missing under Noble

having watched the storm performance last nite is it just me or did anybody else notice the way we,ve been playing this year was,nt to different to the way storm played at leeds ie strong defence,slowing down,n quick plays to the wing. thoughts!

Aye Storm reminded me of Wigan last night, which is to be expected considering our coach was their assistant coach for a number of years. Terrible kits though!