I am truly confident about Saturday! : Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:08 am  

There have been many sporting finals that have seen the major underdog come out on top. For example the 1998 Challenge Cup Final when Sheffield Eagles beat Wigan against all the odds, The 1999 European Cup Final when Manchester United had to totally reconstruct there midfield to compensate for the suspended Roy Keane and Paul Scholes and beat Bayern Munich. That's only mentioning a couple of examples but we are in the same position this weekend. What we have achieved is nothing short of exceptional in 2014. Losing our major players for the year (Lomax and Walsh) added to the fact Jon Wilkin has been out for a good few weeks now makes finishing top and making the Grand Final even more impressive.

As for the game on Saturday its down to us performing for 80 minutes. If we give 100% desire, commitment and never say die attitude we can beat THEM! I would pin up on the changing room wall every bit of extra motivation I could find and drum it into the players that Wigan only feel that they have to turn up on Saturday, they have no respect for us of any kind.

Nathan Brown has to come up with the team talk of his life, if he does this and we show the 100% desire, commitment and never say die attitude like I mentioned before we can take this game.

I am confident, probably more confident on this game than any other Grand Final we have been too before. Nobody believes outside the club that we have a hope in hell of winning. That creates a dangerous animal..

Would just like to say to all have a great day and sing loud and proud on Saturday. Hope you all enjoy yourselves and we get the result that this club deserves.

Re: I am truly confident about Saturday! : Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:16 am  

Longy_7 wrote:

I am confident, probably more confident on this game than any other Grand Final we have been too before. Nobody believes outside the club that we have a hope in hell of winning. That creates a dangerous animal..

Agree, but all the exact to what you say is true! in being far too confident!

For me I can't call it, though I do feel with organisers on the pitch Wigan have a slight edge, but on the day it's completely open, anything can happen and that is the games we all enjoy most.

Re: I am truly confident about Saturday! : Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:18 am  

jaybs wrote:

Agree, but all the exact to what you say is true! in being far too confident!

I am confident but not over confident pal. There's a difference

Re: I am truly confident about Saturday! : Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:33 am  

Longy_7 wrote:

I am confident but not over confident pal. There's a difference

What you say about sides being over confident goes without saying, you know it, I know it and so does SW and the rest of the team. Even if Wigan is slight favourites they are professional enough to know that if they take that thought onto the field it will probably mean defeat for them. The same in reverse can be said for the Saints, you can tell them over and over again that they have just as much of a chance (which I think they have) and they may think the same when they take the field, but the subconscious is a very strange thing, and to how it will play out on Saturday for either side, well we will just have to wait and see. Bear in mind even if the rest of the team have the correct attitude, it will only take one or two to throw a Spaniard in the works!

Re: I am truly confident about Saturday! : Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:39 am  

Your optimism is admirable. I'd obviously love to be wrong but I simply don't see how the style of play we have recently (and necessarily) adopted will get enough points on the board to win.

Re: I am truly confident about Saturday! : Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:00 am  

There's only really one obvious thing that we've got going for us, our big guys are bigger than their big guys.
Unfortunately, Wigan's forwards generally make a mockery of that by out enthusing us.
If the likes of Walmsley, Masoe, LMS, Manu, Soliola, Amor and LMS play like they can, there's a chance we could bust them up the middle.

However, since this is our only plain and viable plan, Wigan will be geared up to resist it.

Re: I am truly confident about Saturday! : Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:48 am  

Our Forwards just need to man up on Saturday and not get bullied, Just play like at they did at the JJB in June.
Mose needs to attack O'lockers again and be the bad boy all over the pitch.

I'd start by pushing your hand into Micky Mac's sore face

Then hope our attack is as good as against Cas in the playoffs.

Re: I am truly confident about Saturday! : Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:52 am  

Rommel wrote:

Our Forwards just need to man up on Saturday and not get bullied, Just play like at they did at the JJB in June.
Mose needs to attack O'lockers again and be the bad boy all over the pitch.

I'd start by pushing your hand into Micky Mac's sore face

Then hope our attack is as good as against Cas in the playoffs.

Spot on.

Re: I am truly confident about Saturday! : Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:19 pm  

Rommel wrote:

Our Forwards just need to man up on Saturday and not get bullied, Just play like at they did at the JJB in June.
Mose needs to attack O'lockers again and be the bad boy all over the pitch.

I'd start by pushing your hand into Micky Mac's sore face

Then hope our attack is as good as against Cas in the playoffs.

Yep, that should be the plan. I must admit I like this so inferior, we can't win, underdog tag

Re: I am truly confident about Saturday! : Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:27 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Yep, that should be the plan. I must admit I like this so inferior, we can't win, underdog tag

Whilst I'm sure Wigan won't take anything for granted, it won't do us any harm.

We used to beat the larger Bradford pack when it counted because for that one week, we could raise our game and play like men 5 kilos heavier, because we knew we had to raise our game. We seem to be in a reverse situation - a bigger but less fancied pack, so if our big lads lose their soft underbelly and we play 5 kilos heavier, just for 80 minutes, then maybe, just maybe...

You gotta have hope.