Leeds = loss
Saints = win, edge of the seat, heart attack material type of game with just a few points in it
Wakey = Draw

hope we win all 3 but just can't see it

big test which we should be aiming to win 3/3

we want to really put a marker down now and frighten the rest of the league. weve got the chance to, I think we will win all 3.

beat leeds this week; hopefully hudds brutal defence smashes saints all over the place on friday. go to the shed on friday and edge a close game and beat wakey to round up a great easter! we have the squad and now is the time to use it

The next three are a massive indicator as to where we are. Also where everyone else is too.
Saints go to Hudds this weekend and that's not a guaranteed win for Saints, either way one will lose and drop down the table.
Wakey go to Wire and I can't see them winning at the HJ at all.

As for us, I think we'll beat Leeds as we do play well at home. They are usually a fast team on the back of a big pack. Their pack is missing important players and they are in trouble. A top form Wigan should see them off.

What does worry me are the number of points being conceded away from home and the soft tries being let in.
20 conceded at Wire, 22 at Bradford and 22 yesterday at Cas. If we concede 20 or 22 at Saints we'll be in big trouble.
If the coaching staff can sort that out then we really are in business.
We now have two home games out of the three and I think we'll win both. The real one we want to win and need to win is at Saints.

I think the game against Leeds will be similar to the game against Hull FC. I think we will lose to Saints as it is there last game against us at KR, so they will not want to lose it. And then hopefully if the Saints game hasnt taken too much out of us we should beat Wakefield, even more so now they might be without Brough.

I would take 2 wins out of 3 right now, even though saying that if we lose against Saints our lead at the top will be cut.

most teams will drop points over easter, we dont have to win every game!

This is a big 10 days for us. Leeds are beatable with their injuries. the saints game i think is winnable as well. they will have ashorter turn around compared to us by having a hard game against Hudds and then we have wakefield, often a banana skin but think mm and wane will sort tyhe team out to raise to this chalange. really think we can get all 6 points and realy lay down a marker especially as we follow these games up with Salford Sheffield and quins all winnabl;e at a canter so get thye team through these 10 days and let MM rotate the team for the next few weeks so we can get everyone at 100 fit

These next few weeks are a massive test for the players and coaches.

Having said that it's always good to point out how well we've done in the past 6.5 games

we've played some good teams and had some very good results- Wire away and Hull FC spring to mind. Whilst we can't rest on these victories they were exceptional results and we should be proud to use them as bench marks for just how well we've played.

I'm confident that the significant test the next three games poses will bring the best out in our players. It's sure gonna have Wane pumped up and he'll be making sure the players are ready.

All in all I've just got a feeling that it's our time and we are gonna be in for a big & good few weeks.

If we're still top of the league after Easter Monday, to quote Brian Carney, I'll be as happy as a rabbit with three c*cks!

A win at Saints would mean the world to me personally, I'm sick of walking away from their with a loss. Some fans from other clubs might try and wind me up by saing its my "cup final" well, it frigging well is! I would LOVE to walk away from their place with a win.

Don't see us winning all three, it's a really, really tough run of fixtures coming up in quick succession. 2 out of 3 would be outstanding.

After our next two we have a run of very winnable games. Getting one win out of Leeds and Saints would do me. I think it will have to come this Friday personally, can't see Saints losing the last derby at KR. They'll feel just as our players did for the last one at CP - they'd never live it down with the fans if they lost that one.

Agreed, but they dont have a Jason Robinson!!

4 points from 6 would do me, and I believe would see us remain top of the league.

What puts in a great position for this run of games compared to last year, is imo, the fitness of the squad, they will actually be more prepared to handle the demands.

It will be a test for Madge, who wont be used to that sort of schedule, thought I suppose having players back up from Origin is similar.

Agreed, provided we beat Stains!

A lot of Stains fans talk about Martyn scoring the last try at CP. It would be great if we could win the last derby at KR, that would be ample payback for that irritation and for the 75-0 humiliation.

If we won we'd have bragging rights for years, particularly if we win convincingly. The Stains players and fans will be desperate to win this one but we should be equally desperate to win. The Wigan players can take a massive step towards erasing the disappointment of the last decade by giving Stains a defeat the Stains fans will never forget and which we will never allow them to forget!

I'm sure SW in particular will have them fired up for this one. Let's give KR the send-off it deserves with a fantastic performance from Wigan to bring back memories of all those superb victories down the years by Wigan at KR. Bring it on!

Wigan should really be beating Leeds on current form, with Leeds crocked to the hilt.
Good Friday, frig knows. Cannot wait.

LMFAO

Remarkable turnaround?...... were you battling relegation last season?

You made the eliminator and finished 3rd as you have done since 07.

Whilst theres no doubt you are better this year it's not a remarkable turnaround, you are just more consistent under a new coach (no suprises there).

Coming out with 2 wins will hardly show how far you've come. You have a great record against leeds at the JJB when leeds are in form, let alone now, so a win will be no suprise and you've been very competitive with saints in the last couple of seasons.

I know you're looking for signs and indicators.............but the simple reality is you won't ''know how far you've come'' until you win that eliminator and walk out at old trafford. Because the past few years despite inconsistency you've come damned close to getting there and only in october will you know if you've made progress.

fair comment

You beat leeds easily last year when they were playing decent and had fewer injuries. Were you the real deal then?

Hull thrashed saints at KR, are they the real deal?

Bradford came back from 20 points down and beat saints at kr last season....were they the real deal?

I can't believe aby of you would think you're going to lose against leeds.

Leeds will be fired up and will try their guts out but they won't have the bodies or the form to get anywhere near a win.

You should win by about 20 points.

Fair Comment, but its different looking at it from leeds point of view as your aim is to win everything

at the start of the season most people said on here they would be happy with a top 4 finish, consistency and a good cup run, some others a final appearance

Only the last few weeks (after the catalan game) did people start to think we have a good chance of winning something



we thought we were until we lost the week after if i remember correctly

consistency really killed us last year, the loss at bridgend for example, i just cant see us losing much to lower clubs this year which is very pleasing

One off results dont mean anything. If we beat Leeds and Saints and you put that with our other 6 wins from 7 games that makes it 8 wins from 9 games. How many average/poor teams win 8 out of 9 games to start the season?

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Correct but it would greatly satisfying to win all 3

one game at a time folks, one game at a time

I'm a little worried by Friday night against Leeds tbh. They're riddled with injuries(which is strange to see after they're hardly picked up even a cold in the past 3 or 4 years) and I think we've already shown an ability to get a little ahead of ourselves. If Wigan turn up with a lesser attitude then they would against a full strengh Leeds side we'll get burned! They have a far better side even with 7 or 8 injuries then Bradford and a side containing Brent Webb, Senior, McGuire, Burrow, Lauititi and Sinfield(who I expect to be back) are easily capable of taking us on and beating us(even if we do turn up mentally tbh).

I just want us to show a great attitude and keep playing with the same style and conviction that we have been doing. It's a huge game because if we can win it we'll not only be a huge 8 points clear of Leeds but we'll go to St Helens with little pressure on us to be fair.

I can't wait for all the games at the moment tbh and Friday should be a cracker.