If we play like we did on Friday - we'll come pretty close.

Leeds won't play anywhere near as terribly as Hull though.

Were Hull bad or were we good?

I think that we never get any credit were it's due, even from our own fans. Before the game I thought this was 50/50 and afterwards was really proud of the way our lads played.

SW said it was the best performance of the season - and I agree.

Maybe Leeds won't be as bad as Hull, but they lost to Saints second string, so why couldn't we beat them?

Hopefully Bowen, Farrell, Flower, Pettybourne and, most importantly, Lockers are all back for Saturday. Charnley would be a bonus but it's probably more of a risk to throw him straight back in against Leeds. We need to match them in the forwards, and with Clubb and Sutton now missing I think we're going to need at least 3 of the forwards mentioned above back to have any chance of that.

Going off the 15 min highlights on Wigan TV it was a combination of both. We were good, especially considering the players we had out but Hull were also awful. Some of their defending was inexcusable. I think we have enough to give them a game but I don't think we'll win.

It's been said there are a few on the brink of returning. I hope we aren't bringing anyone back too early and risking further injury. At this stage of the season I'd rather play the kids and ensure we have as many fit as possible for the cup.

We do need as many forwards back as we can get.
A couple of things may help our cause though.
We can avoid kicking to Ryan Hall on the 6th tackle. He's one of the best kick returners in SL, so why on earth kick in his direction?
At Headingly we got the one penalty awarded to us in the whole game, as Leeds are away from home the refs won't be under the same pressure not to penalise their infringements.
The press conf tomorrow I presume, so SW may give some indication of who's playing and who isn't.

Two good points there about-

a) why were we so insistent on going to Hall? You can say if not Hall then who I suppose as their backline is threatening all over but Hall is error free. Get it to Briscoe who comes up with a few errors and can be physically dominated more easily. The main thing to remember though regardless of who we kick to is to kick well! The bombs we put up at Headingley were terrible! No height or direction to them.

And

b) The chances of getting penalties at the Etihad in comparison to Headingley are much improved. It's embarrassing how much Leeds get away with at home with the South Stand along with Peacock and Sir Kev reffing most games. We need to keep our discipline and pressure their defence with quicker play the balls.

That's really funny NK
Of course the southstand dominate the refs and they are too scared to give away teams any penalties.
Unlike your own players who take their opponents heads off and get hefty bans, oh wait a minute!!
Come off it I do believe you have got your fair share of dodgy decisions from referee's over the years be it on your own ground or in cup games.

It's testament to our side and squad depth that with all of the injuries we could possibly line up like:
1. Sarginson 2. Manfredi 3. Goulding 4. Gelling 5. Burgess 6. Green 7. Smith 8. Taylor 9. Williams 10. Dudson 11. Hughes 12. Bateman 13. McIlorum Subs 14. James 15. Crosby 16. C. Farrell 17. Powell. We may not win the game but we will be very competitive which is all we can ask for at the minute

Second part is absolutely laughable given some of the decisions you've got over the last few years

We are really down to the bare bones. From the sky sports app

Liam Farrell, Matty Bowen, Josh Charnley, Iain Thornley, Ben Flower, Eddie Pettybourne and Ryan Hampshire, who all missed last Friday's 44-16 win at Hull, are unlikely to return and they have been joined on the injury list by Tony Club, who will be out for four to five weeks with a knee injury, and Ryan Sutton, who was concussed at the KC Stadium.

This is from an interview where SOL is expressing his frustration that he won't be fit either.

I wonder if we would've recalled Logan Tomkins by now if his loan hadn't been extended?

Still nowhere to really fit him in though. I'd be more inclined to try and get Greenwood back from the Broncos.

Lockers is out according to Sky Sports