I said to the father in law who is a Saints fan before the game 2 weeks ago they only way you will win if you stop us getting a roll on in the first 20 and tbh a under 9's side could have we was nothing short of shocking

Like you have said we wont be as bad on Saturday and i will stick with what i thought 2 weeks ago early on in the season when we played you at your ground you could stop that roll on we got and the scoreline said it i still think that was our best performance this year and hope we can get back to that form

Saints are hitting some form now we shall see on Saturday if the week off hurt you or helped is it right you played Leigh academy at the weekend?

It will be a good game and i will be supporting the winner next week cause i cant stand either wire or the whinoes

We went for 2 at the start cause we knew it would be a massive arm wrestle and we won it after 20-25 mins does that not say we still have the energy there?

I agree Saints will be fresher they have had a week off but sometimes it can hurt teams we shall see on Saturday but it wont be the Wigan team that played Saints 2 weeks ago

If that's an insight into Wigan's energy levels then the team must have been tired at the start of dozens and dozens of matches over the last few seasons. They go for the 2 at pretty much any opportunity. I think it says more about how they expected the game to be tight rather than being tired. Not that the forwards didn't look tired in the opening 20 minutes but once Prescott came on the Wigan forwards then gained the upper hand and never looked back.

Not heard about the game against Leigh academy but it wouldn't surprise me. Although we were excellent first 20 2 weeks ago, I'd say we carried that on until at least the 35th minute and other than the 5 mins either side of half time, things were fairly comfortable. The first 20 mins will be huge this week, but I don't think we'll definitely lose if we're behind at that point.

Sorry Saintsfan but Wigan were poor. Just look at the missed tackles, incomplete sets, stupid penalties, unforced errors etc. Lightening wont strike twice though and Saturday will show who is the better team.

Nothing to do with Saints dominating and Wigan chasing the game, no siree bob.

As we all know - Wigan's mistakes are all unforced, while everybody else's are forced by the unstoppable Wigan machine.

We'll see Saturday.

Well if you forced that first knock on from Deacon you must have been offside. Bent ref again.

Sadly for us that set the tone of the first half hour.

I don't think we played Leigh Acadamy but we played a team made up of our under 18's and the under 20's. Or at least that's what it said on the TV.

Thanks i can tell the mrs i was right then

She said you played Leigh Academy but i said it would be logical if you played your own Academy

Silly you for not knowing that earlier

I see a little more spirit amongst the Saints faithful this time. Not read the whole thread could not be d but nice to see more confidence in our abilities than two weeks ago.

Last time I said it would be 20-24. I was a little out this week I expect a clear 10 points if not more in Saints favour.

The biggest challenge for Saints is the concentration levels. With a week off we may not be as quick into the game. But I think Royce knows this. I think Wigan will struggle to score in the first half and with no Wigan crowd to give several repeat sets. The penalty advantage will be with us this time.

I saw nothing against Catalan to make me think Wigan had improved massively over the week. Catalan gave up the ga.e for me after the second disallowed try.
Wigan are there for the taking our forwards are better and no doubt after thirty minutes of no scoring from Wigan it will be a matter of lets hope Sam can pull us out of this one.

32 - 20. Wigan to get a few last minute tries once the game is dead.

I'm right cause I'm a Saint.

Its safe to say i will be supporting the winners of this game in the final.