You can only play as good as the other team lets you. Wigan stopped Leeds playing anything half decent and Leeds didnt do anything to stop Wigan playing the way they want to.

I woud say Wigan are a very good side, who are confident and on a rich vein of form. We was playing like this last season and got a shield for our efforst. So you cant compare them to a trophy winning side as they havent played this well at the business end of the season, like them past teams did.

IMO it will take a big effort from one of the other teams to prevent our teams contesting both finals this year. I'd be amazed if we aren't at least facing off at Wembley.

Wigan are breathtaking at the moment. I get the feeling though that if they ever lost Tomkins for a significant length of time they'd really struggle. Everything in their attack is about him. Unbelievable player. Hopefully one day he will return to his favourite club.

I think thats a very accurate assessment.

The Best Wigan Side ever.......Simply because every year Eddie Hemmings rants about this being the best superleague ever, and anyone from 6 clubs are in with a realistic chance of winning it, any club can beat any club on their day etc etc...

He's stuck two fingers up to his bosses and is no longer bigging up the sky Superleague.

Instead its quite simply a "One horse Race".........

Do you not think that may be because Wigan dominated them and didn't let them play to their potential rather then us just getting lucky for 3 weeks on the spin?

FWIW my opinion is this- We're a good side, infact a very good one but we're doing nothing Wire weren't doing last year in ripping teams to shreds and ultimately it achieved very little (the league leaders shield is better then nowt but it's not the prize anybody really strives for). I don't buy in to peaking too soon but when winning the big trophies come down to playing knock out ties anything can happen as teams can raise their games to a level they can't get to on a consistent basis.

There's nothing between the Wigan and Warrington teams IMO. We're in better form but Wire are just ticking along nicely and will have a very fresh set of players come the business end.

I honestly can't see another side other then Wigan or Wire winning a trophy tbh.

spot on as ever NK

Wrong. Leeds went full time before Wigan
By the time Wigan went full time pro in 1991, we'd already won 2 World Club Championships, 3 league titles and 5 Challenge Cups between 1985 and 1991. Don't let that spoil your 'level playing field' argument though

watch out..its one of those bandits..I mean 'Always Ultras'..or somefink like that..they are mean honchos make no mistake.

I agree this 'only full time team' argument to demean the achievements of the Wigan team in that era is a load of rubbish.

If you go back in time and make every team full time Wigan would still have had head and shoulders the best team.

Wigan had a group of all time greats in their line up back then which meant they were always going to dominate, to try and imply that Hanley, Edwards, Bell and co were only as successful as they were was because they were against amateurs is ridiculous.

Well worded. I don't like Wiganers. But that 0.01% of Wiganers who are worth a conversation, you are that sir! The rest are still, and I stand by it, like ArcticGorilla etc, are s.