........on 4th September (or whatever day Sky re-arrange)

Morley : no sign of returning (double vision / eye injury)

Westwood : 6 - 8 weeks out (knee ligaments)

Hodgson : 4-weeks out (quad tear)

Rhys Evans : out for season (broken foot)

Should make things more interesting........


Hopefully you'll be knackered from Wembly (good luck by the way)


Keep the Faith........2011 Year of the Wolf

Lock it. Can only end badly.

Oh god.

Here we go again.

what is it with Wiganese paranoia??

just telling you as it is, nothing sinister !!

Will be a good chance to see how good the Wire SQUAD is as opposed to just the Wire TEAM.

We were missing 4 or 5 players most weeks last season and went on to top the league and win at Old Trafford.

If you've got the squad it can be done and Wire have a big squad.

Bit early for the excuses.

haha

This post is a complete wind-up, surely? Even Wolfs don't talk about the "Year of the Wolf" any more... do they...?

Getting excuses in early.

We had to become champions with injuries last year. That inclueds the GF. Our MOS was injured not long into the game.

In 94 we went to Brisbane with half a team and beat them.

Champion teams will win regardless.

Like someone else said, it will be interesting to see how good the Warrington squad is, not just the team.

I still feel - even against a side like Warrington - that it will about Wigan rather than the opposition.

At present, when Wigan hit their straps, there are few that can even come close let alone beat them. Warrington may have the best chance, but I think it will be more important what state Wigan are in after Wembley than Warrington, who - even with injuries - will have had to sit fuming on the sidelines during the Cup Final celebrations, dreaming of having their revenge.

If Wigan have won, they could be emotionally exhausted the following week. Alternatively, if they've lost they could be totally deflated.

It's impossible to call that match, but it will definitely be one that I expect Warrington to be up and raring for, even if they have a few missing, whereas Wigan could not possibly be in the normal frame of mind.

Another factor is the Wolfs might be 3 points behind us by then.

lol embarrasing

It seems arrogant, but you are right.

I think if all teams played to their top potential nobody could match us. We are unplayable when on form. Our defence is just is ruthless and we can score tries when we need to.

I don't think any team in super league could have matched St George like we did.

If Catalans can get a result this weekend, which wouldn't be a surprise being played over there, the Wire Wigan game won't be half as important. All be it providing we beat Bradford we could win the shield at the Halliwell Jones, it wouldn't be too much a problem if we lose with Crusaders week after.

Hubcap presented (to us) at the HJ?

If we do secure the League Leaders shield at the HJ, I hope it gets presented the week after at the Crusaders game. Gives more fans an excuse to go and we could see a 20,000+ crowd.

Atmosphere will be flat as a fart though with no away fans.

like bradford last year

Yep, think we got over 17,000 against Bradford last year. Was a good effort!

be even worse presenting it at HJ.... can you see the wires staying behind to applaud if it presented to us

...or 1 point ahead

I prefer mine.