Well put.

Would be a worthy final

They started it..

After watching the game on SKY two of Warringtons tries were flukey but still had to put themselves in that position to score the try. Wigan didn't get the rub of the green with a few calls but that's the way the game goes. Warrington ran hard and with intent an extra week off probably allowed them to do that.

Always hard to back up after Wembley, but a loss will only do Wigan the world of good because it will be a long time before Maguire will want to see that again.

Nothing to worry about at all.

Well done to Warrington.

for me this was a really strange game. defense won the game for wire and their attack with ball in hand didnt worry me. Their kicking game is always dangerous close to our line cause us major problems and that is always Wires big threat. Briers is the best in the game at this. But that first half was bizarre. Arguably a push on Charnley, the bounce off Tommys hip for the try, hansens mind fart dropping the ball on a drive, 18-0 game over but for me the damage was around the ruck, we couldnt slow it down, monaghan was superb at hooker but for me the MOM was Carvell. The best British prop in the league this year and i hope it carries that in the 4 nations. Cup hangover ???? maybe but hands up, we went for it and it wasnt our day. i really dont think we'll see a one sided game again this year. if it is the grand final both teams will be on the ball. Will Wire freeze again... i dont think so this season. but time will tell !!!!

Just adding onto my earlier post....Is it actually possible for both sides to be at their best in the same game??

Surely for one side to be 100%, part of their job would be to cancel out the other side's threat (something that has happened in all 3 encounters this season)?

I think that while Wigan may have had a slight Cup final hangover, it shouldn't detract from the effort Wire put in to stop Wigan playing, similar to what happened at the DW earlier in the season.....Also Wigan did similar to Wire in the Cup.

Using one of the old phrases, its very much an arm wrestle when you get 2 evenly matched teams, and part of the ultimate triumph will be the victor's succeeding in making their opponent look not quite at their best.

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Wigan had all week to prepare for this game, they started back training on monday morning.

So don't give me that tripe.

Because something wouldn't surprise him? I wouldn't be surprised if Wigan won the grand final, I also wouldn't be surprised if Wire or Saints won it. Going to bookmark that too?

Wigan had a lot of luck in the quarter final.

Wigan only win games due to luck. That and cheating.

Warrington won the game because they were obviously the better team. Ask any leeds fan who they would prefer to meet in the playoffs between wigan and warrington, none would say warrington. Leeds showed wigans failings last week and warrington showed some more today. Wigan are suprisingly vulnerable to anyone with a decent kicking game as today once more confirmed. All it takes is a ref that enforces the rules fairly and consistently and wigan are fooked. The most exciting team in superleague will be winners of the hubcap and the media darlings will have settle for 2nd best.

We didnt let you play, shut rat boy down and played our game.

We just proved why we have the best attack and defence in the league

i appreciate the banter and the gloating cos we would be doing the same. but lets look at the facts. Wire had a week off and time to freshen without the added strain of a cup final which for some players is the biggest game of their career.. arguably a push on charnley for the first try, a lucky bounce of tommys hip for briers try, hansens mind fart on the drive.. 18-0. sams bad pass when a try was on, so on and so forth. in all honest genuine opinions, are the teams that far apart, id say no. we are very even . we can can both beat each other and should be the final, just hope come old trafford both teams are at full strength, we see a great game of rugby and there isnt a controversial decision to decide it, that way we can draw a line under all the excuses both sets of fans have made and agree that the right team wne he title.

Outclassed, No. Out-enthused, Yes.

We were all over the show 1st half. We won't play like that again for some time. Well done on a good performance and easy win but I think there's a few wire fans getting carried away.

Every Wigan fan I spoke to expected us to get beat today, I'm not reading too much into it.

Spot on lothlorian as well.

But we have beaten you twice this season, and you have beaten us once, so how about the argument that we had a day off when you beat us in the cup and as the for and against shows, we are a better team than wigan. Just a thought.

or how about you beat us at our place we beat you at yours in the cup and you quite clearly beat a team suffering from an intense game mentally and physically last week while you had a week off to prepare let alone a team that took some knocks. the way i view it, we have played each other without excuses twice this season and its 1 -all. bring on the playoffs

Well the record books view it as 2-1 to us, and that's what matters, not what some guy on a forum thinks. Otherwise your lot would have gone into administration years ago.

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Bring on the playoffs.

Yet Wigan have lost one game less than Warrington and three drawn games have let you pinch top spot.

As others have said, after watching Warrington today, there isn't a great deal to worry about.

That may be the most stupid thing you have ever posted on here, and you've had some howlers.

Again, you have drawn games but we have lost some, so APPLYING THE LOGIC YOU USED ABOVE.

We have let you be in top spot until now due to games we lost.

Just so you know, that is how sports leagues work, you win you lose.

I'm glad you don't fear us, because it makes it sweeter to see your arrogance even though you have lost to us twice this season and only beaten us once.

Good for them. Doesn't mean they weren't feeling the effects of the Leeds game today.

They had a longer turnaround than they would for most league games, saturday to sunday is a pretty good turnaround for such a professional outfit like maguire is running. No excuses, we were better than you all over today, as you were in the cup against us.

Warrington are the best team in Super League, the table proves that! Best player since sliced bread did nothing, I hope Wigan and GB can pull through

We played poor today, and truth be told, we didn't play well at Wembley either.

Our best attacking side, the left, didn't fire in either match. Pat seems way below his best at the moment.

Deacs had his best game for me today.

After seeing the SKY broadcast it's obvious that Madge was not happy today at all.

I don't know why you all bother getting into a debate with the moronic wire scum!! I can have better rugby debate with my 5 yr old!! and with her I wouldn't be afraid of them trying to set me on fire or battering me and my wife!

We were shocking and clearly not at the races, everything clicked for them plus a few massive slices of luck and we got beat convincingly, much like the CC QF!! Long way to go yet and anybody from the 8 could win it.


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