Can't wait till Sunday. Really positive ATM. Not saying where gonna win any trophys but I honestly believe we will have a good season. For me that would be top 6 finish and no hammerings and getting the fans believing we have a team to be proud of.

Wrong was for the league leaders

Wigan beat us in play offs

I think we were better in 2017

Kelly was better than pryce or any sneyds partners in 2016 and added a new string to the bow

No doubt "comeonyouull" will come and say pryce was better

It was the last game of the "Super 8s" and the loss meant Warrington won the League Leaders Shield and we dropped from 2nd to 3rd and therefore missed out on a home play off. It was the first time we'd been out of the top two since May. We lost three of the four Super 8 games after the Cup win.

It was a great occasion though with a big travelling contingent from Warrington.

Although the result didn’t go our way, Wire were excellent and fully deserved their win, but as you say it was a fabulous crowd attendance, the atmosphere was electric, and these are the games we all remember and want to be involved in.

Yep. Corrected.

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Some tongue in cheek

comments from Radders there

I don't think he'll play .

Likewise.
With everything going on in his life surely his head can't be in the right place to play rugby. My own opinion is he will miss the first 2 or 3 weeks. It would be a huge risk to throw him out there.

I’m led to believe he got a bit of physical retribution from a gent in Cas during the week on top of everything else.

Me neither and may well just be Radford trying to play a bit of mind games though a bit of bad taste if so (pardon the pun).

As you you Hasbag it would be quite a risk to put a player out there as wouldn't be good for him mentally and regardless of the incident being in his private life any employer still has a duty of care in regards an employee.

Len Casey was a similar situation in The Derby Yorkshire Cup Final at Headingley. He was bated all first half by FC fans “Casey, Casey, where’s your wife” he lost it big style.

I remember that well. It was the 1982 John Player Final. Famously the Ronnie Wileman final.

Hull fans packed out the South Stand and taunted him with that chant. Casey flipped and gave the 2 fingered salute. Just the reaction we wanted! Rovers fans countered with "Norton, Norton where's your hair."

Happy days.

Wonder if The Sunday Sport will be there



Wish it was on TV.

Perhaps a few clips, filmed on mobiles, will appear on social media Sunday evening

Looks like it’s Wire’s year… again.

Leeds are rank. Haven't got going. Watch them turn into Penrith next week

Yep they look pretty poor so far and don’t quite understand why so many have put them down as being up there. All I can think is because they managed to make the GF rather than anything else. Sezer & Austin are MIA again too
Hope they are as bad next week when we play them.

TBF Warrington look pretty decent so far.

I remember the occasion but not the details, alchohol always played it’s part.

Warrington looked good last night, but Leeds were abject. Rohan Smith obviously must have something about him, to have steered that team to the GF, last year, but I think he has a hell of a job on his hands, if they are to threaten for honours this year. It is still too early for any meaningful predictions, Vaughan, Warrington's stand out in the forwards, has had a history of letting clubs down, the last one at St George was a covid rule breaking party, for which he was nearly sacked, Dufty also not a renowned clubman, so who knows what will happen there and although Maguire has yet to appear, players, like Connor, will easily bait him into retaliation, if his past is any yardstick. I thought Williams looked very good and they may well make the GF, with that squad, but my money would still be on Saints and Wigan. Looking forward to Cas now, but still cautiously low key about where we will finish come the end of season.

Wire will do well this season Vaughan will carry their pack

Williams shows his England form last year and likes of dufty in form they'll be the closest to saints imo

I remember it like it was yesterday even though I was only 13 at the time. Probably because I didn't have a lot to drink as It was school the next day

Wires outside backs are still poor. Their pack may decide a lot of their games this season, but I don't think they'll win silverware this year.

I think Saints, Wigan and possibly Huddersfield can at least match them in the forwards and definitely have more quality in the backs. As with all teams, a lot will depend on luck, but Maguire, getting banned preseason, doesn't exactly inspire confidence in him staying out of trouble. Warrington may well win something, I don't see either Hull clubs or the other mid table teams, matching them, but if Wellens can carry on smoothly from Woolfe, then I'd still have them and the Pies in front of them, for silverware.