Fri 9 Oct: SL: Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors KO 7.45pm (Sky)

[John Drake]

Discuss Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors here.

[Red Willow]

Big game for these 2 to avoid 3 in a row. Wonder if the no training plus the 2  positive Covid tests will impact.

[Padge]

2 WIgan players have tested positive for Covid and training today was cancelled.

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Wigan by 6.

[Father Ted]

After last week's debacle against Leeds I'd expect Lam to make some changes, especially to his pack. Wire's opening props are far better than Leeds' so unless he wants a repeat then he'll have to improve the 17 massively.

 

[Eddie]

Easy win for Wire. 

[wiganermike]

I can't see us winning this one, if we show the same approach as we did against Leeds (not wishing to take anything away from the Leeds performance) we will get beaten heavily. Please can we at least have someone other than Leuluai kicking on the last play, we have known for years he is poor at it but they keep giving him that job.

[Manx RL]

After resting so many players last week this should be a great game

[Rupert Prince]

5 hours ago, wiganermike said:

I can't see us winning this one, if we show the same approach as we did against Leeds (not wishing to take anything away from the Leeds performance) we will get beaten heavily. Please can we at least have someone other than Leuluai kicking on the last play, we have known for years he is poor at it but they keep giving him that job.

He (and Powell) should be at 9 and Smith should play 7 until the end of season.  Smithies must be ready to come back soon.  But Harvard got injured last weekend I think and of course Jack Wells got injured the week before so i do not see many new faces.

[wiganermike]

1 minute ago, Rupert Prince said:

He (and Powell) should be at 9 and Smith should play 7 until the end of season.  Smithies must be ready to come back soon.  But Harvard got injured last weekend so i do not see many new faces.

Smithies is in the squad as his ban has now been served. Worryingly we only have 3 out and out props in the squad so it could be a repeat of the cup semi with Wire steamrolling up the middle while we get little joy. I agree that we should play Smith in the halves with Tommy at 9 for the rest of the season. The squad named has not boosted my confidence in our chances of winning, if anything it has made me feel more certain of a (probably heavy) defeat.

[Rupert Prince]

2 hours ago, wiganermike said:

Smithies is in the squad as his ban has now been served. Worryingly we only have 3 out and out props in the squad so it could be a repeat of the cup semi with Wire steamrolling up the middle while we get little joy. I agree that we should play Smith in the halves with Tommy at 9 for the rest of the season. The squad named has not boosted my confidence in our chances of winning, if anything it has made me feel more certain of a (probably heavy) defeat.

Several players are out in the Leeds Cas game with virus. Cas may only have14 available.  I think i said some time ago that this season is going to be a lottery.  So frankly i cannot work up much if we lose and not much kudos if we win.

[my missus]

if we get another wet day i can't see anything for wigan if it's dry very tight but still wire by 2.

 

[Hela Wigmen]

The loser drops out of the four by the looks of things this evening. Big game for both. 

[Cheshire Setter]

I’ll be interested to see how both teams respond to the cup defeats. I think we might see a close contest edged by Wigan.

 

[ELBOWSEYE]

42 minutes ago, Cheshire Setter said:

I’ll be interested to see how both teams respond to the cup defeats. I think we might see a close contest edged by Wigan.

 

Have you actually tipped Warrington to win any game. 

[Cheshire Setter]

34 minutes ago, ELBOWSEYE said:

Have you actually tipped Warrington to win any game. 

I think it's a subconscious thing. I sort of prepare myself for the worst, then anything better is a bonus 

But seriously, my prediction is based on Wigan usually having a better 'bouncebackability'. After big defeats Warrington tend to get a bit deflated. But hey, this Steve Price side may be made of different stuff! Let's hope so, as I need a bit of a boost 

[ELBOWSEYE]

17 minutes ago, Cheshire Setter said:

I think it's a subconscious thing. I sort of prepare myself for the worst, then anything better is a bonus 

But seriously, my prediction is based on Wigan usually having a better 'bouncebackability'. After big defeats Warrington tend to get a bit deflated. But hey, this Steve Price side may be made of different stuff! Let's hope so, as I need a bit of a boost 

Remember the season opener when hilly was red carded early in the game they struggled to win, against a full side it will be interesting. 

[WN83]

I can’t see anything but a comfortable Wire victory sadly. We’ve named 3 props and only Bullock looks capable of making any ground from those 3. It should be a walk over in the forward battle for Cooper, Hill and Philbin and I’d expect plenty of room on the back of that for Austin and Widdop.

 

Wire by 20. 

[Exiled Wiganer]

If it’s dry and we hold our own up front, we should be close. We have a decent side. What will be fascinating is how the players react to the dead man walking coach. Not that this is a big game, but a loss places even more emphasis on the forthcoming derby, in which fixture he is zero out of 5.

[Cheshire Setter]

54 minutes ago, Exiled Wiganer said:

Not that this is a big game

It’s a four-pointer (or W/L equivalent) in that current top 4. That’s quite big. I suppose though where you finish in that 4 won’t matter quite as much this season.

I haven’t seen the Warrington team yet, but I hope Ashton is at least on the bench for tonight’s game. It would be a shame to see him scapegoated after Saturday. 

EDIT:

I changed to Sky Sports mobile pass as I’ve been put on half-pay indefinitely. Turns out tonight’s game is on a channel that isn’t even included in the monthly pass

You get what you pay for I guess. I won’t be renewing if this happens most weeks. 

[Man of Kent]

Two really strong sides. Couldn’t give a monkey’s who wins, I just want to see a high quality game. 

[DavidM]

Oww ! That’s gotta smart

[Futtocks]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

Oww ! That’s gotta smart

The replay was especially wince-inducing.

[Rupert Prince]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

Oww ! That’s gotta smart

Nearly all the bad head injures are from friendly fire.

[Just Browny]

Hmm tackle without the ball.