Crusaders away would become a very awkward game to collect our first win of the season if we lose at home to a very good Wigan side. I know I sound pessimistic but this is the challenge we will probably face and the longer it takes to collect that first victory the more memories of last year will come to the fore.

I sincerely hope im wrong but we need to win soon as id hate to see any hangover this season from the last.

Well Im not sure that's the case. Last season, there was a question over the commitment of certain players in loses. As long as we can step up on Sunday as we did in Cardiff then I'm not too concerned as that first win will come sooner rather than later.

If Langley is fit to play along with Herbert I think we have every chance of putting on an upset.

Before the season started, and looking at the fixtures, I didn't really expect much from the first two games. So now that I've calmed down from yesterday, I'm taking the positives from what was actually a very good and competitive performance

More of the same on Sunday will do me, and if we do get the win it will be a bonus. But so long as we match Wigan and play like we did yesterday, then I won't be too worried if we slip to a loss.

It's a long season, and I am sure we will win more than we lose, and I expect us to comfortably make the 8

Lets hope it is different to last season when Langley was 'certain to play in the next match' and no-one saw him for about 12 rounds!!

That was nowt too do with injury apparently.

So what was it down to, Red?

If that's not a tease, I don't know what is.........

Current weather forecast is fair with a temp of around 11C after some light rain in the morning. Hopefully it stays dry and the weather doesn't get chance to put some people off. I've finally put the Leeds game to rest and started to think about this weeks game.

Our kicking game is crucial I feel this week, given that Wigan's defensive line is very quick out of the blocks and any doubt we can place on that will be key to us gaining some territory.

Hopefully our props have a better game, overall I thought that they didn't seem to make enough inroads into the Rhinos as I personally expected them to. I do feel that we are possibly missing an impact back rower / prop ala Paul Anderson who can give us a lift and make some big yards and tire defenders. Most teams seem to have someone like that, yet we don't. Scruton is more of a defensive "impact" rather than a large yards and a spectacular offload type player. He can do it, but he seems to concentrate on his big hits more. Lynch and Hargreaves will run and tackle all day which is great, but we do need that little variation. Never been a big fan of Koppy, I think he's ok and has improved, but he'll always be a 4th choice prop at best for me.

Thinking of Koppy, I think just saying he improved is playing it down a tad for mine. I thought he came on leaps and bounds in the second half of last season (possibly due to the extra game time he got due to the injuries?) and given a decent crack of the whip I hope he continues the improvement this year. Maybe he should just go for it, he's a big lad and it would be a shame to die wondering.

I agree. Its harder to call games early in the season as we dont really know how a teams form is going, but, if last season is anything to go by, the times when Wigan virtually gave games away, they bounced back with really good form the week after