That's the style, same old usual arrogant drivel, get your excuses in early

Or more likely, "if Huddersfield play better than Wigan, Huddersfield will win, Wigan will also be trying their hardest to win too, but as we now realise Huddersfield are becoming a threat to the 'big teams' we need to make up excuses which will make out our team lost on purpose to defend losing to them"

No one is bitter about losing to Wigan in the play-offs, that's Rugby League - the best team on the day wins and that's what happened, just like that's what will happen on Friday regardless of the spin any Wigan fans wish to place on it !.

Grix
Murph
Wardle
Leroy
Jerry
Brough
Robbo
Big Eorl
Lunt
Koppy
Ferres
Lawrence
Bailey

Wood/Leeming?
Kaufusi
Larne
Ta'ai/Chan

COYG!!!

reilly
ohare
de vere
jamma
gardner
thorman
brough
shirley
russel
whittenberg
YOUNG MICH
2 bob
wild


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i agree but now we have bailey so it means you have to leave a strike 2nd rower out like chan...who seems to be injured so prob not a problem for this game. Taai off the bench.

need to beat wigan in the forwards to have a chance, which can be done, we lost it in the forwards in the play offs.

still think we will be very rusty...afterall its all about the play offs now

think we would struggle with whittenberg and gardner

Wigan 19 announced - no charnley

25 John Bateman, 1 Matty Bowen, 32 Joe Burgess, 24 Tony Clubb, 17 Dom Crosby, 12 Liam Farrell, 10 Ben Flower, 5 Anthony Gelling, 3 Darrell Goulding, 6 Blake Green, 14 Jack Hughes, 9 Michael McIlorum, 13 Sean O'Loughlin, 22 Eddy Pettybourne, 19 Sam Powell, 23 Dan Sarginson, 7 Matty Smith, 8 Scott Taylor, 4 Iain Thornley.

Yes no Charnley Friday but we have 2 fantastic new recruits so nothing to worry about in the scoring department. I hope to see your supporters turning up in flocks like we did when we filled your away stand last season. Good luck Friday should be a belter

Hudds are never a real threat. We know they're no real challenge when it comes down to it, like last season, we happily went to your own ground and gave you a good beating which allowed us to go on and win the GF, which was our second trophy of the year after winning the CC.

Everyone in RL knows the league is a joke, if it wasn't Hudds would have never have won it, last season the best 3 teams were Wigan, Leeds and Wire, one of them would have won the league if it mattered. You're kidding yourself if you think you can compete when it matters, just take a look at the games when they count, i.e the playoffs, you were beaten by both Wigan and Wire.

What would Wigan rather do? Risk injuring players in a nothing game against Hudds or go to Sydney with a full strength side to play for the WCC, a game worth winning? That's a no brainer.
Hudds may win on Fri, but only cos Wigan have bigger fish to fry. And please, lets not compare playing in the WCC to a nothing game v Hudds.

For you thou beating the champs (of both trophies) is a big deal, for us playing for the WCC is much more important.

Just facts pal, as hard as they are for you to take.

Didn't need any excuses when we turned you over in the playoffs did we? Or the CC final, or the GF for that...

What an arrogant post.

Give Giants some credit for winning 21 of their 27 rounds - Wigan won just 17.

Give over! If the league doesn't matter then I really don't see the point in there being a league each year if nobody competes until the play offs, I'm pretty sure we were getting slated bradford away last game of last season for putting a weak squad out... Arrogant Wigan fans