Wire are clearly the team to beat.

We'll have a far better chance with a full team of doing that. Last night was always going to be about damage limitation as soon as the squads were announced.

The superleague needs games between these sides at full strength. The RFL really messed up planning that for just after Easter.

Three weeks ago, Widnes were the team to beat, the vagaries of the season... Be interesting to compare attendees of the Easter period with past years. That could also be a deciding factor as well as the obvious, and more important, wear and tear on players.

I wouldn't worry about one poster. S/he is not representative of the vast majority of Wigan fans. To be honest with some of the stuff this poster comes out with I'm not sure they are a Wigan fan at all.

As for last night you started brilliantly and we were not at the races. I dread to think what would have happened if Sandow hadn't pulled his hamstring. Taking nothing away from Warrington in the first half we were I'll diciplined and defensively poor. The second half was much improved for us and possibly the best we've attacked all year. I think we are struggling more with the players we have missing being in key positions.

At last, some common sense. Well said Nicky Kiss (as usual) and Wigan Peer.
2 points (and a bit of bragging), but that's it.
Nowt won in April.

As for the Easter schedule....I don't mind it, Good Friday and Easter Monday. I just think the RFL should tell Sky to take a running jump, about having a game on the telly, on the following Friday (or even Saturday).
Let the players catch their breath, and play all that round's games on the Sunday. If they insist on 2 TV games that weekend, and no clashes with non TV games, simply have 1 kicking off at 12:30, then 4 non TV games kick off @3 pm, then have your next one kick off at 5:30. Simple. Players get extra recovery time, and Sky still get their 2 games.

Wow. This is one deluded post. Others having already picked the necessary holes in the post but Wire at full strength? Missing players who would be in the 17:

Dwyer
Dodds
Harrison
Laithwaite
Sandow (after 25 mins)
Evans (after 20 mins)

We don't have as many injuries as you but don't kid yourself that we were full strength!

As for a Moral victory by any wigan team coached by Wane!!!

How many points do you get for a moral victory Pacific?

Just shows how far Wigan have fallen from grace when a loss pleases their coach so much.

Full squad
Dodds for King
Dwyer rotating with Clarke
Ratch on the bench .

Finally a fair enough summary.

Struggling to see how Dwyer and Ratchford fit on your bench unless you're dropping a back rower but it's the closest I've seen.

Our strongest team would be-

Tomkins
Manfredi Gelling Gildart Charnley
Williams Smith
Flower McIlorum Clubb
Tomkins Bateman Lockers

Tautai Farrell Powell plus one of Crosby/Mossop/Sutton.

A definite 6 missing last night and a potential 7 if Crosby were to be selected.

I thought that the plan was to move Lockers to prop this year and Bateman to loose? If so, you are wrong about our strongest team.

May well be.

We'd still be missing 6 or 7 from our strongest side either way.

Because Ratch plays every position except 8 and 10, sometimes Currie is shifted to centre to accommodate more forwards on the pitch then switches into the pack during the game.

But the story it doesn't tell is although we have on paper our strongest side, they're playing week in week out because they can't be rotated, so on paper they look strong but they are going into games with knocks and niggles.

You're playing out your skin if that there is no doubt. We were lucky last night that Sandow went off or else it could have got out of hand. It was a strange game because both sides have come away pretty happy with it which is unusual in such a big game when one side has won reasonably comfortably.

The next Wigan and Wire game should be a belter.