i hope they give you a game but i cant see anythink but a big win for you

Noticed McGuire looked a tad over,,,,As far as Eastwood goes he always looks the same,even when playing for Brisbane you could park your bike in him....But will be a good one for the Rhinos....

This is an obvious statement but for Wigan to be successful is we have to make the DW a fortress again like we did in the early naughties those where the times we got to the Finals and Crusaders is the perfect start for us to try and make the DW a fortress again not an easy team to play but i'd say the best team to play its better than starting against Wakefield last season and Warrington the season before a 20-30 gap win hopefully will see us really push on confidence wise. P.S excuse the grammar

But we all know these are the sort of game that Wigan do "tend" to cockup big style,,,HKR (twice) & Cas spring to mind in previous seasons,but not saying it*s a cert to happen this time,1 thing is for sure Nobby will have them fired up for this one...

As a fan I think it's fair 2 demand that we tonk them
next week. After all if we expect a top 4 finish then the Crusaders are the type of team we need 2 be heavily beating! They have all sorts of off the field problems and it's time we took advantage. It's also time we laid down an early marker 2 say we are serious challengers. It may sound cocky but we as fans must start 2 demand results as we do have 'the team' to achieve this type of result. At the end of the day ask yourself if there is a crusaders player you'd take over a Wigan one??

Let's hope Madge and Wayne are true 2 their words and the lazy attitude shown in seasons gone by has been banished!

I truly believe in the talent we have and I know if we play a smart game and don't underestimate them we will come out as victors.

It's all about attitude isn't it. If the lads turn up and put as much effort into the game as they did the Wire 'Friendly' we'll be fine.

There was some great signs in that game in terms of attitude for the season. The lads looked fired up and hunted in packs in defence which is something we've not done outside of proper league games against big sides for a while.

They beat us last year, and they were robbed over the two tries by Lenny Henry tonight.

Even though we are traditionally poor early doors, we ought to put 20 on them.

20? I hope we put more than that on them.

We did that far too often over the last three seasons with various teams and if we do it again v Crusaders all the pre season optimism will evaporate in the space of 80 minutes.

I think MM will put what he feels is his strongest side out and will want the professional performance. If he gets the pro performance we will get the right result.

Dave