Congratulations on winning the LLS.

It would be great if we both end up at Old Trafford (scene of Greg's finest day as a Hull player). It would be like having our own State of Origin this season, with the Grand Final being the decider.

Looks like we'll be without

Sam T, Joel, Mossop, Mandredi, Clubb, O'Loughlin, McIlorum.

Still think we can do it. But that is a lot of key players to have out.

Think what's stopping FC at the moment is a mental thing. The team on paper looks quality.

Don't forget poor little Ben Flower.

Is he still nursing a badly bruised elbow from when that Warrington player violently launched his throat at it, or has Wane made the pain go away?

Pain has gone away, however yours will continue at around 10pm Friday evening

Smart answer well done, but think your wrong

Grasping at straws a little. You've not had McIlorum all year pretty much so going with Powell who had played all year and got you to 2nd.
Joel had missed vast majority. Mossop is e. Sam T has lost his bottle and Lockers not playing helps you as you won't give away half as many penalties

But there'll be more FC fans there to clap the boys off than you had at Donny.

Confirmed on Wigan's website - Tomkins and O'Loughlin to miss Friday and likely out for the rest of the season.

need to be quick out the block on friday night, cant afford to be pedestrian pace like last friday night


hopefully the pressure of being at home and favourites will be too much for wigan

We need to stop allowing the oppostion to make easy metres by standing and waiting instead of pushing up to meet them like we have done in the last half dozen games as by standing and waiting we let them have 10m then another 5 to 10M due to losing the collision.

I am still not convinced CT is helping playing at 6, individually can't fault him but for me his link up play is very much lacking which for me is an important part of the role of being a stand off.

AS someone just said to me if Tomkins is out who will be refereeing the game on Friday?

Come on Pete we all know it will be the Apeman.

Yeh someone said he'd be pumped up for it by Friday, although I thought he already was!

Deary me Wilf, if he's not in the team, it leaves him clear to referee, just won't be able to keep up but what official can.

We (Wigan) played some damn good stuff on Friday, easily the best "rugby" we've seen all season.
Hopefully we'll carry on with this style next Friday and not go back into our shells.
Have a safe trip everyone who's coming.

First allocation of tickets already sold at the K Com - getting another batch tomorrow - there will be in excess of 15K at the game.
We need to make some noise for the boys!!! In Radders we believe. Washy and Green back on the bench for Thommo and Hadley - i.e. The Challenge Cup winning team.

Anyone booked on the coaches yet? What time are they setting off - tried calling the shop but no answer

leave 4pm from south stand car park, was in earlier upto coach 6

I went in today. 8 coaches already, more tickets tomorrow and coaches will be booked to suit demand

Think Hull would struggle, if we go off squad numbers
that's you missing Shaul, houghton, Talanoua, Watts, Ellis, Abdul, Green and Hadley.

Our injuries would kill most teams but we will still be competative on Friday.

give over, wigan are fav in everbodys books, some on your site have already got final tickets booked, like the last semi

If the point you're trying to make is that Wigan have a deeper squad than most then I don't think you'll get much argument. That's one of the benefits of being at or near the top for so long. Wigan's recruitment and retention policy has also been top notch - Pearson and Radford have both mentioned it as a model they will be trying to emulate. We, on the other hand, are just coming out of a long period of mediocrity inspired by terrible recruitment and retention. You don't fix that overnight or even over a few seasons. So our squad, while being deeper than we've had for many a year, isn't as deep as yours.

Wigan are clear favourites for Friday night for this and a number of other reasons. Our players have played above and beyond the level expected of them this season and have finally run out of gas. It will take a fairly miraculous reversal of form for us to win.

Hate to say it but Wigan will have too much for us to handle even without Tomkins,lockers etc,the desire is there but I just feel we don't have much left in the tank to challenge Wigan for the full 80 mins,it would need a total reversal of recent form and I think it's too much

2nd in the league , 2 semi finals (at the very least) with the injury's Wigan have had to deal with this year the have done remarkably well . no other team would have done what they have done this with the same injury's . don't get me wrong they are boring as feck to watch watch but hats off to them tbf they've done it hard