Last Son of Wigan wrote:
but a way off Wire and Saints..
Saints yes (although I'd like to see what our first 17 can do against them) but Warrington's best 17 hasn't exactly hammered us at any point this season especially considering the teams we have had out against them. It's been little moments of brilliance from Austin (magic for example, albeit the pass was forward) that has got them over the line in most cases.
We're 4th in the table with a decent chance of finishing 3rd and haven't once had our best side out. Granted the best 17 we currently have isn't the same as it was at the start of the season with Hamlin going but we still can't get our best 17 out due to injury and probably won't. The sides above us (Saints especially) have played it for the majority of the season and in Saints case will do so in the playoffs. They're currently doing what we did in 2013 by resting players but whereas we lost games, the standard of the Super League nowadays means they're actually winning them.