That's one depressed guy!

Can anybody please remind how Wigan's victorious 2010 play off campaign actually unfolded from week 1 through to the final at Old Trafford??....

Oh do get a grip. We lost a game against the team that have made the grand final the past 6 consecutive years. We had a terrible night last night but it isn't the end of the world.

I am willing to bet that we will beat Hudds/Hull next week, quote me on that. We will then probably end up at Langtree Park where we will play infinitely better than yesterday. If we travel to Leeds then we face a team that we spanked in the CC final a mere few weeks ago.

We can't play Leeds before OT. It's Hull/Hudds and if we win, Saints/Wigan depending who Wigan pick out of us/Hull/Hudds or Catalans/Leeds.

Good god I thought I was gutted last night but the OP has me looking for the nearest cliff to jump off..!
Around this time last year we'd won the LLS went into the playoff's in great form and smashed Huddersfield in the first round..! We all know what happened after that..

Now we're faced with a different senario Wire were beaten by a better team last night but we have another chance this could be what we needed and we hopefully have the 2 Benny's to come back, our pack is considerably weaker without them...The players now have to respond and i think they will...

Get a grip mate, surrender monkey! your not Italian are you ?

Well enjoy the fairy story that we are on, it's like Sheffield Eagles in 1998 but we have done it three times, has there ever been an underdog club be able to punch above its weight like us in the history of rugby league?

I think in the modern world of sport where it is just dominated by big clubs and money it is such a great inspiration for a small backwater team with nothing other than spirit and courage to take on the best and be in the mix.

Big clubs like Bradford might look down on us but I reckon secretly their fans would love to be where we are.

Underdog club? Comparing yourself to Sheffield? WTF? That's like Man City fans comparing their recent trophies to Wimbledon's FA Cup... Remind me how much money you've spent on signing players compared to the rest of the league over the last few years?

And as for the OP - get a bleedin' grip mate. It's largely because of the likes of you and your wild mood and expectation swings that your team always struggles so much come the playoffs. You will start rightly as favourites to beat us in 2 weeks' time and then you get to stomp all over a limited team who you always beat on a pitch at O/T that suits your style down to the ground to do the double. Maybe if your fans showed a bit more moderation in their support and got behind their team come what may then you could actually lift the trophy that you should be lifting in 3 weeks.

Yes of course how silly of me. All our fans need to do is think we will win and hey presto..the title is ours.

.....and Sally hooks another one nice and clean....

This is getting too easy Sally... like carp to sweetcorn...

What a doom and gloom thread this is,Only for the fact sally hooked another one i would of been slitting my wrists before now!!


Last week we was the only team that could go on and claim the double,you know what nothing has changed this week we still can a few more positives are all thats needed..

is this a wind up

I don't know what's more surprising:-

1 - That of all the people to start a thread like this, it's DM (one of my favourite posters) who, to me, comes across as level headed, composed and with a good grip on the nature of watching sport and the way it "works". That he should post what he has, well, I wonder if someone's hacked his account or whether the entire account is a wind up. If it is, it makes me sad.
2 - There are still people who fall for Sally Cinnamon.
3 - People think that what supporters believe, be it cocky or whatever, has any part to play whatsoever in the outcome of sporting contests.

Probably 1, 3 and 2 in that order.

We got beat by a team who've contested the last 7 Grand Finals. On any definition, they are experts at winning these games. We've won 2 of our last 10. On any definition, we are not. I suspect we'll get another go at Saints in a few weeks. If they beat us, it won't be because of some mythical pre-ordained order, or some hoodoo, or because we're cocky. It'll be because they played better than we did. As for returning to our proper place - this is professional sport. Success or otherwise is dictated, to a large extent, by finances. We have that. As long as that remains (and it isn't dependent on Moran) and we keep the right people running the club (the other primary factor) we'll be there or there abouts.