Got to say I'm not overly confident, but it is derby day so who knows?



Wigan 16

Saints 20

Mom - J-Lo

First try Liam Farrell

Attendance - full house, 24k

Wigan 28

Saints 12



MoM - Matty Smith (Just to rub it in)

First Try - Richards

Attendance - Full House



As you can tell I'm not in the least bit confident - if Lomax doesn't play for some reason I think we'll struggle to score 12.

Wigan 16

Saints 18

MoM - Lomax

First Try - Farrell

I'm not really that confident, Wigan's overawing enthusiasm for the derby makes me think it'll be too much for us.

That said, I seem to be totally forgetting about performaces like the one against Wire t'other week.

Our forwards [ishould[/i be able to out muscle those whippersnappers that are currently lining up for Wigan, but I have a nagging feeling.



28-10 to Wigan. My negetivity over this makes me a little ashamed of myself.

As it should!



COYS!!!!

O'Loughlin might be out too, cracked ribs against Widnes, but Wigan always seem to be more up for it.

On paper we should win the forwards battle which would set the platform for a win but sadly we have forwards like Perry and games arnt played out on paper.

It's the demolition of Widnes that's throwing me, we're Wigan amazing or Widnes dire? I didn't see the game

I don't like to go down this road, but Widnes were really poor.

Wigan worked hard and ran their moves - which are very slick, but Widnes seemed to do their best to make the holes big enough to run through. Worst performance i've seen in a while.

Wigan could only beat what's infront of them,though, and they did it with aplomb.

Widnes were bad, defence outwide was horrendous

Widnes may as well have taken their wingers and centres off when defending as they continually went missing. Either they were coached wrongly or they lacked effort or something because especially on Ah Van's wing there were yawning gaps every time Wigan went to the edges, which they did on every play (presumably because they knew there would be yawning gaps there!).



If you look at the Sky stats there wasn't a huge amount of difference between the two teams, certainly not that scoreline difference. It was all in the defence, which just wasn't there in Widnes's case.



If we don't put up a better fight in defence than Widnes then I will be ashamed of our players.

I think you can take just as much out of their game as you can out of ours vs Salford.



Widnes were dreadful, the worst SL performance I've seen this season. Wigan put them to the cleaners and played well, but Widnes were just not at it. Similarly, our game vs Salford was played in appalling conditions and we just played for the 2 points, regardless of how we got it.



I think it'll be a close game, but a lot rides on whether or not Lomax plays. I can't see us scoring at all without him AND Roby.

No T.P.Lomax and Roby is too much of a handicap.

Wigan called have Mossop. Lauaki, Prescott, McIlorum, Hansen, O'Loughlin which is near enough there first chioce pack!!! Im confident