Must win game. We lose and that'll be played three won one lost two at the KC and all this KC fortress talk will be laughable.

Must win? Lol. Drama queen. Never in the Super League era has a home game v Wigan been "must win".
Played 3, won 2, next game is a "must win" . Get a grip

Ok then who gives a f()()k if we win. Doesnt matter at all. Might as well lose as it makes no difference. Sod trying to make the KC a fortress, sod wanting to be a better team and club

Saying it's not a must win game doesn't mean you don't care about the outcome you fool.

dear oh dear must win, you really need to get a grip,

Only challenge cup games and playoff games are must win!

Hi all, Wigan supporter here. Before the season I was down playing Hull FCs chances. In previous years you've always been the trendy preseason pick because of some flashy NRL signings but never played up to expectations.

However this year I think you've got it right, signing quality Aussies Manu, Carlos and Minichello. Along with some good English talent, Shaul, Taylor, Houghton.

Think you'll be a top 5 team at least injuries depending.

From a Wigan POV, so far this year it's been ugly, defence has been solid as normal but the attack is woeful at times ( no preseason for Smith and Williams). That combined with how poor our away for has been the last year or so , I think Hull have a good chance for the 2 points.

Think we'll line up this way with O'loughlin covering 9 at some point

Tierney
Manfredi
Gelling
Sarginson
Charnley
Williams
Smith
Sutton
Powell
Flower
Farrell
Bateman
O'loughlin

Tautai
Clubb
Burke
Mossop

I take it back your not a drama queen.

Whilst not a must win, this game could dictate how things pan out in the short term at least.
A poor heavy defeat and that will really dent the confidence and undermine all the good work of the first two games and we'd be going into the Widnes game on a downer and a little bit of pressure against a Widnes side that's doing well.
Win against Wigan and that changes the complexion of the Widnes game completely and how bouyed the players AND fans would br.

Squads for Friday night:

Hull FC squad for Wigan: Bowden, Ellis, Green, Houghton, Logan, Manu, Michaels, Minichiello, Naughton, Pritchard, Pryce, Shaul, Sneyd, Talanoa, Taylor, Thompson, Tuimavave, Washbrook, Watts.

Wigan Warriors 19-man squad: Bateman, Burke, Charnley, Clubb, Farrell, Flower, Gelling, Gildart, Gregson, Manfredi, Mossop, O'Loughlin, Powell, Sarginson, Smith, Sutton, Tautai, Tierney, Williams

No problem with the squad, no point in changing much around, might have lost to cas but we still pushed them hard. Naughton coming in for Abdull is a fair rotation, both young lads and good to give them all a run out at the start of the year.

Abdull picked up an injury when playing for the 23s apparently. Not sure how serious.

So how many is everyone expecting to be there this week? 11K??

We got just under 11,000 for last years game which was the last game before the split. So, times weren't maybe as 'feel good' as they are now. I'd hope that with us getting 10,500 for a game on a Thurs night on sky would mean we'd get over 12,000. Maybe even push 13k, but the 'feel good' factor might be going to my head

I'll be careful with mine and say a little over 12,000. Last time i wrote about being told 13k, it annoyed someone.

tonight's attendance 10,612

I'm gonna go for an attendance of 11,513.

id say just under 11000 weather forecast may put a few walk ups off www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2645425 rain

id say just under 11000 weather forecast may put a few walk ups off www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2645425 rain

No Pritchard tonight, injured I hear

Interesting. If true, Ellis to SR and Green in on the bench. Would be pleased to see Green get an opportunity but a shame to not see Frank again. Would be tempted to put Ellis in on the right to sure up the defence on that edge.

Damaged his wrist slapping that cas player?

Will make a massive difference to our impact off the bench if true

According to sky he's playing .

Heard from players family member. Hope they are wrong cos if he doesn't play it's a massive loss

Manus been a lot better player since he arrived imo. Pritchard has been good in patches but needs a massive improvment over last week

Totally different players tbf. The beauty of pritchard is even when he's quiet he's effective. Only forward on the field that outdid his metres was lynch which I found an astounding stat giving how quiet he'd seemed.

Good to see a big 6 figure sponsorship deal announced in tonight's Chairman's programme notes! Massive plus!!