Just got home from work and watched the WCC. Melbourne were phenomonal in defence tonight and leeds never really looked like breaking them down. After watching a Bellamy coached team tonight and the fact they were head and shoulders in the nrl last year is it really a suprise at the difference Mcguire has made in the tenacity of our team. You really can tell hes been Bellamys understudy at Melbourne, so many comparisons with the dominant tackle and the slowing the play the ball, as well as the gang tackling. Couple that with the speed of the play the ball and how quick we move the ball wide in attack and its almost a mirror image. So excited about what we can achieve under MM just hope this potential turns into silverware.



PS " IL plse sign cameron smith "

agreed, but were no melbourne storm yet

I reckon on our current form we would have gave Melbourne a game

That Melbourne side were there for the taking

Leeds should of beat them

Our defence is the best in the league right now and our attack has more composure than ever.



Very much like any good RL side, not just melbourne.



We are more like Melbourne in the smaller things like techniquie, line speed, and we have developed deeper attacking shape.

Just wanna point out that Melbourne were not head and shoulders above the rest of the NRL as they finished 3rd. St George won the Giltinan Shield. Just pointing out for accuracy.

Didn't they finish 4th? Not that it matters like.



The problem for Melbourne is that they lose a large chunk of their players on Origin and International breaks. In the playoffs they were far and away the better side.

IL please dont sign Cameron Smith. One game at a time but this Wigan side is shaping up nicely. One thing we dont want is a "big time" Aussie who will take up too much salary cap next year. Lets hope those days are behind us and we retain the quality youngsters.

Mcguire seems to have taken you leaps and bounds, and it certainly showed against us. From what I've seen this year, if you were up against Melbourne, you could have pulled it off nicely.



You would have made it a more high scoring game I think.

Correct, but our style of play mirrors them.

Absolutely it does, and that is what should really give us optimism going forward.



It also wasn't that much of a suprise that Senior spat his dummy, the big girl

thats what i was getting at. wonder what the odds are for a Mcguire v Bellamy world club challenge next year

This is how you do a number on Leeds before a BIG game

PMSL. You just can't make this up.



You wouldn't have come within 30 points of that Leeds team on the night, never mind Melbourne.

You're right. Some Wigan fans are starting to get carried away, and it's worrying.



But just in case you'd forgotten - even when we were truly crap, we regularly managed to beat Leeds.

You certainly did. I remember it well.



But for the last 6 years you haven't even been close to fit enough to lace the Leeds players boots.

Now let me get this straight, We've beaten you at least once a year every year for the past six years, maybe not every year but you get my drift. But we havent been fit to lace your boots? Please tell me how you come to this conclusion?

What were the results when it mattered again?



You have not been close mate. And despite all your creaming of pants, this year will be no different.

I'll admit, when it mattered we fell short. But to say we weren't fit to lace your boots is just plain stupid. Our first meeting of the season is coming up pretty soon. We'll see then who is fit to lace whoms boots then, sunshine.

Again. It's irrelevant, the game doesn't matter just like the one a season you have managed to scrape previously. Whatever the result, it won't decide the silverware, because when it matters there would be only one result.

What you mean like the CC 07

But if this year actually is different, will you swagger back on here to admit that you were wrong?



Go on, be a man and promise that you will.



If you refuse, by the way, you're just a troll and your opinion doesn't matter.

Well the early signs show you can't lace Wigan's boots this year. 3 Losses already? Not exactly Grand Final winning form, is it? Let's just hope we don't draw each other in the cup. You might run out of excuses for us beating you if we knocked you out of that. And how far did you get in the cup last year?

Of course I will mate. No problem.



I actually think this year will be the last of Leeds dominance for a few years, and you with Warrington are in perfect position to take up the mantle. But the gulf in class is still too great for the others to catch up for this season.