I said in a thread last week that a good win against Cas wouldn't surprise me because it was the kind of game we are used to winning. Of course it was an important win, but I still don't think it really tells us anything about where we're up to in terms of challenging for the title. The derby, when we're outside of our comfort zone and facing a doubtless very physical challenge, is the benchmark. If we go out and stamp some authority on that match then I might start believing. A bit. But as it stands I expect us to get manhandled again.

The way people talk you would think that we haven't beaten Wigan for 25 years.....but in reality they have a winning streak against us of 1 game! We beat them less than 12 months ago, and we should beat them this week.

I think you're being a bit naive if you can't/won't acknowledge that we have been well and truly bullied and battered in the recent derbies that matter. In the game last year at LP they rested their side as they had the cup semi the week after.