For me Peet got it bang on no point resting players go for the silverware and let the cards land where they may good performance against a poor Salford side can't ask for anymore

An easy game and then a 2 week break worries me slightly but the side look ready for a big tilt at a Grand Slam (has anyone in the media acknowledged that possibility yet? ). Opportunities like this don't come around very often and I think they'll know that.



I didn't notice any major injury worries. Dupree looked about ginger but nothing major. In terms of discipline,you never know what they may find but fingers crossed. Keighran was a bit daft in putting the shoulder in to Ormonroyd at one point but it was to the body and not the head, so it should be ok. Ellis seemed to put some contact on Cust, that he wasn't happy about in the 2nd half but I didn't really see what it was.

Can't imagine there'd be anything to worry about. Didn't seem to be a difficult game to referee, apart from the one flare-up. Very few pens and six-agains, I thought.

And yeah; Dupree. I said to my neighbour, he's been better the last few games, but he's still not really pulling up any trees, is he? What do you think?

I think he is doing fine.

professional performance and job done



hopefully no injuries or suspensions picked up



some nicely worked tries, and left some out there too, with what seemed like an obsession to kick to score at one point





Little flare up in the 2nd half was needed as it got the lads focussed again

Sidlow gave me the biggest laugh of the night when he blew everything up and then as everyone was expecting him to take in the next Salford carry and keep the drama going, proceeded to literally hide directly behind the dummy half, so he couldn't get the ball





Jamie Peacock like it was not!

2 wins away from immortality.



We had every excuse going not to win that Shield. World Club, Wembley, Mid week games, spine players missing most of summer.



Absolutely brilliant.

to be honest at the time i thought Byrne was stupid for getting involved, when the game was won, and all we needed to do was see it out. But it did get the crowd going and refocus us



Re Sidlow, completely agree, he didnt want go anywhere near the ball

Found it funny last night when one fella shouted 'you manc b*stard' at Sidlow, I had to shout back 'he's from Whelley'

Hard to say if there is much talk of it on the Sky coverage as I've been at the games but there seems so little talk across the game about a potential Grand Slam. I think the desperation to see a new name on the Grand Final trophy is just knocking it in to the long grass. I know a couple of Leeds legends were bowing out in 2015 but we heard nothing else all season apart from them going for a treble and this would be a bigger achievement, with it including a win over an Australian side many say are one of, if not the best NRL team of all time.



Make no mistake, these Wigan players need to win 2 games to put themselves right up there with some of the best achievements the game has seen. Opportunities like that do not come around very often, if ever.

It would be an outstanding achievement particularly as you say the distraction of the WCC and the injuries to French and Field. If you do go on and do it then I won't have any hesitation in saying its up there with anything else



However here comes the but... Its a bit naughty to expect rival fans to laud your achievement when Wigan fans (not saying you necessarily) have put our 4 in a row achievement down to a) Covid and b) a poor quality SL.



You can't have it both ways.