Fri 6 Nov: SL: Wigan Warriors v Huddersfield Giants KO 7.45pm (Sky)

[John Drake]

Discuss Wigan Warriors v Huddersfield Giants here.

[Hela Wigmen]

I’ve always been a fan of cowbells and empty seats, up the Giants. 

[Davo5]

Hopefully a Wigan win  to enable the league leaders shield to be won on the field of play rather than awarding it to a team that refused to fulfill its obligations.

[Exiled Wiganer]

We have a good side, particularly when it’s dry, and have something tangible to play for. I am relieved to see Manfredi back, and would like us to play George Burgess in place of Greenwood. The Giants have often given us hard games, but I am leaning towards us on the basis of motivation and form. 

[yipyee]

2 hours ago, Davo5 said:

Hopefully a Wigan win  to enable the league leaders shield to be won on the field of play rather than awarding it to a team that refused to fulfill its obligations.

Which team is this?

[Rupert Prince]

2 hours ago, Davo5 said:

Hopefully a Wigan win  to enable the league leaders shield to be won on the field of play rather than awarding it to a team that refused to fulfill its obligations.

I genuinely find that a strange comment.  Both Saints and "Warriors" have cancelled Catalan games.  Admitedly Saints in the end did not formally have to cancel it.  

A number of clubs have been caught up by Force Majeure.   

It will be interesting to see how the "warriors" turn up after last weeks game.  They do have an incentive.

[Hela Wigmen]

8 hours ago, yipyee said:

Which team is this?

Probably another weird dig at Saints. Don’t y’know we own the judiciary and drown bags of puppies in Davo’s head too?

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Wigan by 10.

[Chris22]

14 hours ago, yipyee said:

Which team is this?

Well...Saints have denied that we 'cancelled' or refused to travel, so it must be another club!

[andyscoot]

16 hours ago, Rupert Prince said:

I genuinely find that a strange comment.  Both Saints and "Warriors" have cancelled Catalan games.  Admitedly Saints in the end did not formally have to cancel it.  

A number of clubs have been caught up by Force Majeure.   

It will be interesting to see how the "warriors" turn up after last weeks game.  They do have an incentive.

No idea on what the Saints situation is so I won't comment but Wigan didn't cancel the game, the RFL did because they required tests/isolation for Wigan so they couldn't play, hence Catalan weren't awarded a 24-0 win in the same way that Warrington were when Salford cancelled their game.

[Rupert Prince]

5 minutes ago, andyscoot said:

No idea on what the Saints situation is so I won't comment but Wigan didn't cancel the game, the RFL did because they required tests/isolation for Wigan so they couldn't play, hence Catalan weren't awarded a 24-0 win in the same way that Warrington were when Salford cancelled their game.

A number of clubs had players with covid and testing but still played.  Wigan had players out before a Warrington game, but still played.  But they cancelled the Catalan fixture for the same reason.

So i am not sure I follow what your saying.  To be clear, are you saying that Wigan could not play because their players were not available because they had to be tested? FWIW, it was a 'home' fixture.

[Exiled Wiganer]

Guasch said that Saints refused to travel. He is likely to have even better knowledge than the poster formally known as Oliver (was that poster banned, or is it a schizophrenic issue?). They had been moaning for weeks about ending the season at a point that suited them, so it would be no surprise if they went “nah, soz, lolz”. However, we would have taken the scenario in which we find ourself at the start of the season, and certainly after the first lockdown. Plus, we have played a game fewer than others.

[andyscoot]

11 minutes ago, Rupert Prince said:

A number of clubs had players with covid and testing but still played.  Wigan had players out before a Warrington game, but still played.  But they cancelled the Catalan fixture for the same reason.

So i am not sure I follow what your saying.  To be clear, are you saying that Wigan could not play because their players were not available because they had to be tested? FWIW, it was a 'home' fixture.

 

That's exactly what I'm saying, yes.

At those other teams those Covid cases came from outside, so only those affected players had to be put into isolation and way from the team.

Wigans came from a medical staff member who all the players had been in close contact so the entire team had to stay away from each other until tests could be done; the timing of this meant the game couldn't be played and I'm fairly sure that decision wasn't made by Wigan but by the RFL, hence why Catalans weren't awarded a win; that's in line with what happened in other games. 

Salford were specific that their cancelling of the Warrington game wasn't because of Covid but because of injury so, in line with a rule that's much older than this year, if a team concedes a game by not being able to field a team, they lose 24-0. Anyway, that's all I'll say on the matter, don't want it turning into a Covid post more than it already has.

I think Wigan will be well up for this and confident after last week. Looks to be fairly dry so should suit the likes of Bevan French but Huddersfield are more than capable of beating Wigan.

[Loiner]

20 hours ago, Davo5 said:

Hopefully a Wigan win  to enable the league leaders shield to be won on the field of play rather than awarding it to a team that refused to fulfill its obligations.

Meow.

[Rupert Prince]

9 minutes ago, andyscoot said:

 

That's exactly what I'm saying, yes.

At those other teams those Covid cases came from outside, so only those affected players had to be put into isolation and way from the team.

Wigans came from a medical staff member who all the players had been in close contact so the entire team had to stay away from each other until tests could be done; the timing of this meant the game couldn't be played and I'm fairly sure that decision wasn't made by Wigan but by the RFL, hence why Catalans weren't awarded a win; that's in line with what happened in other games. 

Salford were specific that their cancelling of the Warrington game wasn't because of Covid but because of injury so, in line with a rule that's much older than this year, if a team concedes a game by not being able to field a team, they lose 24-0. Anyway, that's all I'll say on the matter, don't want it turning into a Covid post more than it already has.

I think Wigan will be well up for this and confident after last week. Looks to be fairly dry so should suit the likes of Bevan French but Huddersfield are more than capable of beating Wigan.

You may be right.  But coukd not the game be played the next day?  My thought at the time was that medical staff were not available.

But to me if players are not available for any reason to do with health and injury, it ought to be postponed.

[Clogiron]

Not a fan of Shuddersfield but hope they can overcome the pies and wipe the self satisfied smile off Lenagans face.

[Barca Mum]

Chris Kendall in the middle game set match to the pie men 

[doc]

Hoping for an end of season score like 48-44.

[Just Browny]

People call it a 'hubcap', but this has been a tremendous race for the shield and I hope the game is befitting of such an exciting title race.

[Futtocks]

2 hours ago, Barca Mum said:

Chris Kendall in the middle game set match to the pie men 

Ken Arthurson and Bobby Fulton would be proud of you.

[andyscoot]

Not sure about that one...

[Padge]

Just now, andyscoot said:

Not sure about that one...

Why?

[Futtocks]

Looked held up to me. Only just, but held up.

[andyscoot]

Just now, Padge said:

Why?

Didn't look like he grounded it, both at full speed or slowed down.

[Rupert Prince]

Just now, andyscoot said:

Not sure about that one...

Normal time, no. But in slo mo it got down.