I am not certain of that, our pack playing at their best is not as good as warringtons.

for me it will come down to experience and nerves , not many of your players as been in a semi final before ,, the likes of mossop tomkins brothers flanagan havent been in a semi or a final so they will be under pressure , but players like morley carvell briers clarke westwood have if u compare both teams u would find that wire has more experience of being in a big game

not too sure really, been to the semi of the cup a couple of years ago, got to the final eliminator last 2 years running. Fieldens been there done it, Gleeson's been there with saints, quite a few others have been in pressure games with wigan or otherwise and quite a few played in the world cup as well.

If we can avoid doing our usual self destruct trick and gifting you points, I can't see you beating us.

On our day we can beat nearly everyone in the league, you included. Same goes for you, if Morley and Carvell completely overpower our front row we'll seriously struggle. However if we can at least compete with you in the forwards then I think our backline has the ability to take yours apart.



Gonna be a great game though i reckon.

Leuluai- world cup final



Fielden- Many semi finals and finals and world club challenge, are there any wire players currently who have played in as many as him?



Richards- NRL grand final



Bailey- SOO



Lockers- Our captain and has played in a semi before



Gleeson- Played in many big games



Hanson, McIlorum, Richards, Goulding all played in the 2007 semi.



Also many of our players played in last years world cup or have represented their country at some point.



Not to mention for the last 2 years Wigan have been just one step away from old trafford and most of our players on saturday will of played in the play-offs in high pressure games at Leeds.



We are far more experienced than wire in this area.



I cannot believe you actually said that.

Like you did at Leeds? What was the score when we played em the week before. You are right - we have absolutely no chance unless you gift us points. And some of your fans call us deluded.

I think what he was trying to say is that you have more young players in your squad you wouldn't have felt the pressure of a semi final

As most have called it, our weakness and wire strength, is their front row.



So it's going to need rather a lot of tough tackling.



I was very surprised to hear that IL won't be signing any new players for next season. A bad mistake for me, as we are weak in one or two key areas, especially front row.



Oh for a Brian McTigue !

if Bailey and Lockers come back as expected then there will only be Mossop and Tomkins who haven't played in a final eliminator or semi i believe.



Sam's not one for lacking in confidence or nerves and i think Mossop will be part of a reasonably experienced pack with Lockers and Bailey around him.

I tell you now Sam and Joel will not feel any pressure for this game, Sam certainly won't anyway.



He did actually say though that not many of our players have been in a semi final before and indicated that wire had more experience and my argument is the just don't. Alot of wire players have not played in big games. Matty Blythe, Chris Bridge, Mike Cooper, Ben Harrison, Lee Mitchell, Chris Riley, and Ben Westwood all have big experience of big games do they? I would even say some of your more experienced guys like Briers and Carvell still do not have as much experience as some of our players.

If we dont gift you field position i cant see you beating us. mistakes and stupid pens is the only reason i can see for you beating us.