Looks like it will be the least worst team that wins this cup game.



Wigan were poop last night.

Wire were poop tonight.

Come on "On the Beach" it will still be fun & worth watching & of course you'll be there.

Of course.

Hoping for a big performance and even bigger result.

Aren't you in benidorm for the cup quarter final weekend??

Thought it was Talacre or Rhyl

Going off recent results, I'm confident Wire can 'out-poop' Wigan convincingly!

Not saying we’ll lose but my finger is already on the Powell out thread.

Our pack of...



Vaughan Clark Dudson

Currie Harrison

Kasiano



Philbin Bullock Walker



...should trample all over their pack, but hey who knows.

Salford showed the league how to get around Wire.

Hudds nearly had our number last week. HKR pushed us close too. I think it'll be as bad as the Wigan and Saints games a few weeks ago. That pack was great back in March, but we're a different team now.

If we can keep a straight defensive line, with nobody flying out of it trying to be a hero, we have got a decent chance. If we defend like we did on Saturday, with guys launching themselves out of the line at French and Field and leaving a big gap behind, we will be massacred.

Apart from Mikaele (obvs), what has changed in there? Why were they great in March and almost invisible now?



Time for Mr Powell to earn his money

Have you all seen Wigan's pack?



I'm not saying we will win, but player for player in the pack we are miles ahead. I don't think they'll be able to stop our go forward and they have no go forward. Of course, we might struggle to control Marshall, Field and French...

indeed, that's how they beat us *coff splutter*

I didn’t imply that.

Do you mean Field Marshall French? If so I’m confident we WILL be able to stop him.

Hope this is rhetorical, because I don't know, just saying what I see.

You can guarantee the likes of old man Farrell will play a blinder. They're not a three man team. We all know they'll raise their game. I don't think we'll have enough grit to get past them. I hope I'm wrong!

A quick defensive line stifles our go-forward which is exactly how Wigan and Saints and, to a degree Hull, got over us...........



That and our god-awful defense!!

Wigan have also gone backwards since we played them.

They will be up and in our faces from minute one and be very aggressive defensively with Marshall / Miski / Wardle / King making good yards when they are in possession. If we stand a chance we are going to have to find a better way of controlling the ruck on both sides of the ball vs the last time we played them.

Funny how often Farrell gets his armpit snagged round the ball after making a tackle. Or ends up on the wrong side and has to do a slow motion hurdle over the tackled player to get back to marker. Really unlucky that.

I hope DP and the boys know that it’s going to be much cooler on Sunday and raining!

Should be training in an air conditioned environment set to about 20 degrees with the sprinklers on!

Thaler video ref, more try’s disallowed?