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Brace yourselves everyone for the also-rans coming again

By the way congrats Wigan your game plan was spot on tonight, keep taking it to us in the middle then when the time is right strike out wide. Spot on tactics for me.

I just think when it comes to the last 2 months of the season, we are going to be the team to beat.

1st place has to win 2 games to get to old trafford.

8th place has to win 3. So theres not really as much advantage as there was before.

Last years 8th place catalan dragons, went away to wakefield in their first game, a place you'd feel confident of winning with a full team in a playoff situation.

We're in a bad patch at the moment, but we'll work our way up the table, slowly but surely. I honestly think we could take out the title from anywhere in the playoffs. If we hadn't had the injuries and WCC we'd be top 2.

Wigan were on their own middin with nobody missing from their 1st choice 17 (and I include Phelps as a nobody). Wigan are the form team and our form is terrible.

Project forward three months with our 8 players back, that game at Headingley and us in a run of form.

Should be interesting. Great result for4 Wigan tonight (and a deserved result) but they are far from being crowned champions yet.,

Wigan are also stacking up the home games at the moment.

Phelps has been one of our best players both last season and the start of this, we also have Harrison Hansen out. Not sure if you realized, but Sam Tomkins (arguably our key player) only played 40 mins as did Andy Coley.

You also had Fielden out there and two hookers far from fully fit.

Most Leeds fans will be reasonably satisfied with a gutsy effort and avoiding a shallacking but Wigan had some issues as well.

The underlined isn't like you Gareth! Time of the month or something? For the record we had Hansen missing too and Phelps has been a standout player when fit this season.

The rest, I agree with though.

last night I had the same feeling as I did coming out of kr last season been jeered by the saints fans! they were all laughing and waving!

I thought then as I do now with the pies! We will get you when it hurts the most!

he who laughs last laughs longest!

I'm far from worried so far from what I've seen, and not really interested in the league table.

Leeds will make the play offs, and I'm also confident it will be a top 4 place.

This is the problem with your posts. You state an opinion and then go on to post as if it's fact. The only thing we know for certain is that either team is capable of winning any game between us this season. Given that, even at full strength and against a considerably less potent Wigan side, you have struggled to beat us at our place in recent seasons and you are now 8 points off the pace, and also given that are there is a strong possiblilty that, should you meet us in the playoffs, it will be at the DW, are you really so confident that you will "laugh last" given that scenario?

Be happy that a seriously depleted team did you proud last night and also gave good indication that you may be returning to some form, but also acknowledge that there are more teams in this league than Leeds. I can only conclude that you have only been watching Leeds during the good times as anyone who has seen both sides of the coin is far more realistic than to give away so much sig material this early in the season. I get embarrassed when fans from our club come out with statements like the above. I'm assuming your fellow Leeds fans feel much the same about your posts. Do yourself a favour and learn some humility. If you do "laugh last" it's because you will have deserved it. No more, no less! It most certainly isn't a given.

Fuelled by lager.

DIdn't mean to dis-credit Wigan. Was more trying to focus on the positives for us and highlight the differences right now between us in terms of form and players available. Thus giving even more credence to our display.

Take it as a compliment. You beat us easy and we're pleased with how we went. If you keep this up and go on to be crowned champions you'll get even more attention like this. Several teams this year have celebrated like they have won a cup final after beating us in the league rounds. That's what happens when you're successful.