Quote Mrs Barista="Mrs Barista"I said at the start of the season I hoped for 5th but didn't "expect" anything. Well, maybe I'd expect to win at Bradford, Cas, Widnes and London. In my view we've a negligible chance of winning the Grand Final. But we're 80 minutes from lifting a trophy in the other competition. We have few strike players. We've just potentially lost our best one. I'd rather have a stronger squad for Wembley than mither about whether we end up 7th or 8th. The former is more important. IMO.'"
Lose today and I think 9th was more likely, after winning 6th (even an outside stab at 5th) is still on. We're still 2nd favourites for the cup with or without Lineham. League position identifies a good side, a cup run identifies a good draw or a few good results.
Do you think Wigan are consoling themselves about Friday with the fact that Charnley came through unscathed?