[Chris71]

Re: Wigan Warriors - Home : Mon Feb 17, 2025 5:14 pm  

number 6 wrote:

Roam Ranger wrote:

Got to be careful there. The RFL have launched a compliance investigation against Salford for their squad selection last week.

may get a decision by season end

Yeh the 2035 season end probably

Re: Wigan Warriors - Home : Mon Feb 17, 2025 6:05 pm  

Interesting game coming up - you would think Wigan will respond from the defeat last Thursday but then a few may have eyes on Vegas. In fairness I didn't think we were bad against Leigh and was impressed with the quality for a Round 1 - both sides played a strong attritional game and we just made a few mistakes at key moments. Fingers crossed the ruck is a little quicker on Friday - I don't buy this perception that less whistle is always a good thing. Penalise slow rucks early and the game benefits later on.

Assume Miski will come back in, otherwise probably unchanged for us. I expect more ball movement from Wigan this week if conditions allow.

Re: Wigan Warriors - Home : Mon Feb 17, 2025 8:18 pm  

Like most on here I think we'll probably come up short. And then I think back to last season and the pile of sh*t were serving up and then lo and behold we turned Wigan over. It couldn't happen again - Could it?

Re: Wigan Warriors - Home : Mon Feb 17, 2025 8:53 pm  

Hessle Roader wrote:

Like most on here I think we'll probably come up short. And then I think back to last season and the pile of sh*t were serving up and then lo and behold we turned Wigan over. It couldn't happen again - Could it?

Stranger things have happened. We have an OK record against them at home in recent years. Need a good start and the crowd getting behind the team.

Still, it would be nice if Wigan rested a few before their Las Vegas trip.

Re: Wigan Warriors - Home : Mon Feb 17, 2025 10:20 pm  

Wigan need to win this one after their loss last week. They don't want to be 4 points behind the likes of saints and rovers this early in the season. They'll come here all guns blazing

Re: Wigan Warriors - Home : Tue Feb 18, 2025 5:58 am  

Hopefully we can give ourselves a fighting chance and keep in the game by matching them in the basics like completing sets, discipline and defence. They are an absolute machine but we looked pretty good on Friday especially with the backs helping out massively. If we are undone by a bit of magic from French or Field there’s not much you can do about that.

Re: Wigan Warriors - Home : Tue Feb 18, 2025 12:55 pm  

DSJ1983 wrote:

Hopefully we can give ourselves a fighting chance and keep in the game by matching them in the basics like completing sets, discipline and defence. They are an absolute machine but we looked pretty good on Friday especially with the backs helping out massively. If we are undone by a bit of magic from French or Field there’s not much you can do about that.

Exactly this, and if we get beaten by some good plays from a marquee stacked machine of a team then so be it. We just need to be still on the game around the 60min mark and I'll feel like I've been entertained.

Also: very good legends guest bringing the ball out. John Kear. But scary to think it because it's almost 20 years since Cardiff

Re: Wigan Warriors - Home : Tue Feb 18, 2025 3:59 pm  

I see our luck with injuries hasn’t changed much.
Ashworth a doubt, Amir definitely out, Jed two weeks and Holmes seeing a specialist (shock)

Re: Wigan Warriors - Home : Tue Feb 18, 2025 4:02 pm  

Glad cartwright is only a short one, fully expect Holmes to be out for a while, I'd go same backs as last week.
Ese Ese
Balmforth
Aydin
Lane
Fash
Asiata

Ashworth/Hugo S
Sao
Moy
Chamberlain

Re: Wigan Warriors - Home : Tue Feb 18, 2025 4:03 pm  

ashworth failed HIA didn't he? so ruled out