Without doubt we will see the real Wigan at Newcastle, wane will be feeding them raw meat this week,they will definitely be up for this game. First ten minutes will be interesting to say the least. No doubt messers Bateman and our old friend Micky will be in the thick of it,and why not ,it's all part of the game.
Reference wigans catalan venture, whilst Wigan did not perform I thought Catalan were superb . So the Wigan defeat may not be as bad as some on the Wigan board make out. It looked to me that once Catalan got a substantial lead some of the Wigan lads folded.
It definitely won't happen this weekend.

Catalans have set out the game plan for how to beat Wigan's blitz defence in the middle, but it requires speed of thought and speed of hands from your ball-players to make it work.

IMO Leeds allowed themselves to get pulled into a battle down the middle of the park last year and lost as a result. Need to be a bit less macho and a bit smarter this year.

Handsome Leeds win for me.

I don't doubt that wigan will be up for it. Whether they have the confidence and concentration to use the ball well is another matter.

www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... ic-weekend gonna be a bit tasty. hope we can get the two points but it won't be easy. I think we will see a better performance from wigan

www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... ic-weekend gonna be a bit tasty. hope we can get the two points but it won't be easy. I think we will see a better performance from wigan

I hope they get this printed in massive letters and placed around the training ground between now and when the team travel up to Newcastle

"To beat them you've just got to get in their faces, be confrontational for 80 minutes and they get a bit angry, and you get under their skin a bit and they kind of lose their heads.” :- Anthony Gelling

I am sure they know it themselves, considering they always struggle against that kind of defence. Wigan especially done it numerous times to us, even with kids.

What I take from that is an admission that if Leeds play with composure then they're a better side than Wigan...

It's exactly what they did in the Magic game last year. Worked like a charm. We'll see whether we handle it better this year.

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but Bentham is the referee...

Will he be able to manage to last the full match this week.

Agreed. But what ever we think, I hope the team are P'd off that any opposing team feel they have a sure fire way of unsettling our game. I hope that Gelling's glib comments inspire a clinical response. Forewarned is forearmed and all that.

But as others have said it's exactly what they did to us last year and the team will know that with out the mind games banter from Gelling. I hope their response is appropriate