Saints will beat them, two one dimensional to out score Saints, add the Cunningham factor and I see a bit of a stroll.

Next year however Wigan will be a very different animal, the signings they have made significantly improve that side.

Completely disagree 1st of all they've got to win it yet then IF they do that they will have to face the pressure of carrying the Champions tag everywhere they go which has finally caught up with us.
Time will tell but i don't see them dominating at all and the Saints pack next year is better than Wigans imo.

They will.

Saints will beat them.

Sadly, I agree with you.

Really??

Wigans recruitment for 2011 has been exceptional.

Saints are like Leeds in transition, unfortunately nobody told Hetherington that Leeds were in need of a transitional phase so they signed everyone back on!!

I think the additions of Perry and LMS to an already decent Saints pack makes their pack better than Wigans imo.
I agree the signings of Hoffman and Lima are good but i'd back the Saints ones overall.

on another day the 1st 4 tries of the game could have been disallowed
sinfields looked a strip, goulding looked to have crossed behind gleeson,donald was caught in the air[ just look how he twists just before the ball reaches him],carmonts tryu could have been a knock on

wigan probably deserve the win overall and theres no doubt they have been the form team of the competityion but in terms of injuries they have been one of the luckiest too, i dont recall many injuries apart from robers broken leg while nearly every member of the leeds team this season has missed games at some point
lets hope leeds have better luck next season and we can try and reclaim the crown

I'll take your knowledgeable view on that.

Time will tell and if we are discussing things like grown ups leave the sarcasm at the door!

This annoys me. They've made strong signings, we've resigned players who've spent a large part of the last two years injured/sliding in form.

Leeds have certainly been unlucky with injuries this year, particularly in the early part of the season. I guess you wouldn't really notice our injuries this year unless you'd been following the team. Cameron Phelps, Amos Roberts, Martin Gleeson, George Carmont, Thomas Leuluai, Stuart Fielden, Mark Riddell, Harrison Hansen, Sean O'Loughlin, Paul Prescott, Mike McIlorum, Phil Bailey, Paul Deacon, Eamon O'Carroll, Lee Mossop, and Darrell Goulding have all been out for significant periods this year.

I think outside of Graham, Perry and Puletua then Saints back still looks fairly ordinary to me. Obviously those 3 make it probably the best back in the league, but I think Wigans second row is the best in the league already and the addition of Hoffman will only make that better. Fielden and Coley have been in the tier or props just below Graham and Morley this year and in Lima we should have a more effective Feka.

The one area for me where Saints gain the most ground is hooker, Roby is quality, and how we deal with the loss of Riddell is going to make or break our season imo.

Overall, fairly even i'd say. Our 2nd row more than compensates for their front row.

With the addition of LMS also that allows Puletua to revert back to his natural Back-row position and he's as good as anyone in this league in the back-row.

That's probably true. It depends on which LMS turns up - sometimes he can be fantastic but other times goes missing. It also depends if Fielden and Coley can keep up their form from this year, rather than repeating 2009's mediocre form. And also if Jeff Lima will be Palea'aesina but with twice the on-field time!