Following yesterdays poor defensive showing, madge and Shaun Wane will work the team this week hard on defense.

Looking forward to Friday with over 15000 tickets already sold there will be a good atmosphere for the home team hopefully.

Wigan will win this game but it wont be as easy as the league table suggests with quins hitting form in the last few weeks:

Wigan 36
Quins 14

Att - 16565

Thoughts and predictions?

I expect a properly professional performance, much like the Hull game after we lost at Bradford. We'll go back to basics and pummel Quins down the middle before throwing it out wide. Pat should be marking Penny, and although Penny seems to have improved some aspects in his game, coming up against the big fella may be a bit of a step too far, look for Paddy to score 3 or 4 if we pepper his side all game.

Considering we're averaging conceding about 8 points or so a game at home, and Harlequins aren't exactly robust in going forward, i'd say we can keep them to a maximum of 1 score.

40-6 to Wigan

Attendance 17,500 [With the 4k from Worthies & Heinz added on

Agreed with the professional performance expected, after 2 scrappy wins away, i feel a solid performance and a well deserved win at home is what we need.

I'll go for a 38-10 win to us
Attendance: 16,500

Back to MM basics

Wigan 42
Quins 10
Att: 15,526

www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... 698&type=1 1,500 St George's Flags to be given out. Wigan Youth Choir singing the National Anthem.

www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... 698&type=1 1,500 St George's Flags to be given out. Wigan Youth Choir singing the National Anthem.

I expect a response.

Saturdays game was the worst performance under Mike MaGuire.

MaGuire out threads if we lose this.

I agree, he's on very thin ice with me.

Quins by plenty. Mickey Mcguire slowly but surely losing the plot.

Genuinley funny

?

He says fingers cross and praying to the gods.

Our last two performances haven't been the best. But I think it's a bit early for even the most hopeful troll to call time on Maguire yet.

We've not been playing great but we've still been picking up the points which is always a good sign.

I really hope we go back to our basics on Friday. Let's get that fearsome defence working again. If we can shut them out then there is no doubt we will win on Friday.

I'd play Deacon in this game and go for a simple game plan of defending well, playing the teritory game with our kicks and making hard yards up the middle. It was the simple things like this which built our confidence up in the early rounds and myabe it's time to fall back on them?

Playing Deacs and defending well don't seem to go well. His defence at times is laughable.

He's still the best kicker at the club tho.

Tommy is a good player but if we want to play a controlled game then Deacs is the only option.

For the past few weeks we've been to fancy and trying to force the pass. Our error count has been higher than average and we've stumbled. Maybe as I said before it's time to makes things simple again? Deacs can do that

Wigan 44 Harlequins 10 att... 15,786.

Wigan 38 - 16 Quins
First Try: Pat
MOM: Pat
Att:15,500

Wigan 60
Quins 6

Att. 17,000..... 14,000 were already sold 2 weeks before the game.

I think Madge will make it clear he wants a response and the lads will be well up for it!

Le sigh.

Wigan 60
Harlequins 12

Att 20,000 - it is St Georges Day after all.
mom Stuart Fielden - he'll also score a try!
hope lasts eternal

40 - 6

I think that's a bit harsh. His defence was excellent against Salford and our defence in general was spot on in that game with him in the side. Not his strong suit for sure, but 'laughable' is a going a bit far!

As I said 'At Times' he can get it completely wrong. I didn't say his defense was awful all the time. He is by no means the only scrum half in the league who is prone to 'Turnstile' moments though.

I expect a good response and for us to play like we always do at home.
If we do I don't think there's any way Quins will have a chance

48-8