Totally agree W71 with your Wigan assessment and also your thoughts on the Latter Day Saints, spot on not a lot of class to be had win or lose.

The passage of time and the vagaries of form tends to temper ones view, or it does mine as Widnes were that team for me, whilst Saints weren't really on my rivalry radar. Obviously, it's easier now to feel some compassion for the Chemics

I've no recollection exactly when Saints became the bores that they are currently, but I hope a win for us on Saturday is the start of a Widnesian softening...well I can dream

Being from Newton, Wigan were always the main enemy for me (although I loved going to Central Park). Widnes only entered my consciousness at Wembley! I didn’t know where Widnes was until I was well into my 20’s.
The dislike of Saints is really down to the total arrogance of their fans and their utter belief in their right to win (and ALL their players being world class).

Saints had a winning streak against us which lasted about 10 years. I wonder if they used to get nervous when they played us thinking "we can't beat them [inineteen[/i times in a row surely..."

Also didn't Saints have the name "the bottlers" on this forum for a while?

Nope, that would have been immature.

We called them the ‘Bocklers’.

I'm not nervous. Incidentally I've had two probably unrelated moments of panic this morning:

- First when I couldn't find my second P&B sock
- Second, when I took my kid swimming and I thought the instructor was going to give him a red float instead of a blue one.

No way wire lose this one , if I was forced to take stains, I would want 10 start .

So I was right to be nervous then!

Are you going to be nervous for next Friday

Last night was a tough game & will have taken a lot out of us for this Friday`s game, but we are now battle hardened after 3 relatively easy games where we didn`t concede a try.

Hull KR have had a week off, but the week`s rest didn`t seem to help Salford on Friday, from what I saw,

You guys can beat HKR.
Mikey Lewis is their star player but Minchella is the one who makes the whole team work and he's missing. He's a massive miss.
You will also have Vaughan better than v Saints. After 3 weeks off he wasn't at his best. Next Friday he will be back to his best. A Wire win is on the cards, we shall see.

Not as!!!!!!!!

Oh no, now you’ve done it! Rubber Duckie will be along shortly to tell you Vaughan only puts in a performance against the bottom clubs.

He better had, otherwise I'll expose his Aunt Fanny as the seductive lady from the Cadbury flake advert!

There’s a joke in there which would offend a young liberal in a progressive society. Staying well clear!