Warrington win for me. It’s been seen many times in the past where a lower ranked team beats a ‘big’ team in the league & the result has been reversed in the cup the following week.

But Warrington lost last week.....

wakey it is then ....

year of the wolf

Fair play to Wakey, they were superb in the second half (only saw that) and it’s going to be a tough game. It should be a good atmosphere there.

Looking forward to it.

No surprise really. I'd be happy with a trip to Wakey too, a bit more fun than Warrington. Haven't seen the game, but I'll be recording the free repeat tomorrow.


Powell OUT!!

Did he not bring a couple of lads from Cas with him tho?

Wires problem & I've said this for a while - they are a bunch of mercenaries. For all the BS guys like Williams give i.e "I want to win the league with them", they are there for the money and that's it. Who's the local lads who they turn to drive the standards?

The whole clubs needs a change of ethos for me. The two try scorers today are the future but need to start being the present as well. Every hole is filled with an external signing first and foremost and it’s rare they’ll ever trust a player to step up. They’ve also got so much money tied up on the two halves it’s unbelievable. They might not cost a lot on the cap but there still must be a budget they work to and you can have two of the best halfbacks off all time paired up but if there’s a lack of punch in the middle, it becomes pointless.

Yeah that's pretty much how I see it too. Not sure if the two young lads are elite players, but it won't matter as we'll never know. Wire love to go for the next big thing/hype job that's knocking around SL instead. They then overpay for said player and it just all starts again. I'd love to know how much they paid Lineham before he left & likewise, how much Charnley is on now. I bet it's is/was well over what it should be for a winger.

Looks like a walk over then for you guys @ Wakey ????
Your forwards are much better than the wires !!!!
We have the backs but we start slow in all games !

He did but it’s clear he’s got players he can’t trust and unless the board backs him totally they’ll limp along as they are,he does bring youth through so that’s not the issue but buying players such as Williams,Widdop etc without looking at the bigger picture seems to be Warrington issue.

Time for the board to back Powell it seems to me he’s got a job on his hands for sure

I think Wigan have a hard game on their hands against wakey,not a walkover by any means at all

None of us are falling for this. I hope.

Wakefield have looked a good side over the last few weeks. They should be challenging for the playoffs on paper IMO - tough, sizeable forward pack, dangerous outside backs and with Lino really starting to come good they have a lot of potential.

Will be a hard close game in a fortnight.

On the crowd - tough times for the Challenge Cup. Let's hope 'Rugby League Commercial' and IMG can come up with some solutions.