The Wigan forum is going into meltdown with their poor seasons start which was compounded when the Mighty Tigers gave them a right royal roasting on friday.


They are wondering whether or not they will finish in the top 4 this season?
Now that is a rather pessimistic view to take after being only 4 games in to the season

I'd be cautious about saying we'll be in contention for the top 4 etc we've only played 4 games and we were on a much stronger run for whole first half of last year yet look what happened?

It's probably a bit early in the season to weigh up form. On the plus side I have not seen any thing from our main rivals that concerns me.
Confirmed by the Catalans salford match yesterday , defensive not the order of the day.
Without doubt we have the best centres and wingers in the super league. When the weather improves with pitches firming up I am expecting some big games from these players.
On the minus side I have concerns about the ages of some of our senior players, when the warm weather arrives it will be challenging for some of these players.

Well that's why I went with "we'll be in contention" instead of "we'll make the top 4"

Obviously injuries are still the huge X Factor on any sides season and others have already been effected whilst we've been ok. Speaking of which, apparently Todd Carney broke some ribs yesterday and will be out of action for a while.....only 3 weeks until we play them so doubt he'll be fit for that game.

I am still puzzled as to why we didn't find our early season form after Wigan ' spiked' our guns at the Magic weekend

I think ever since we beat Saints in the cup last season we were utterly focussed on that and I think we were, often unconsciously, not focussed on the SL games.
I also think the injuries we sustained had a bigger effect than many people realise. I think the constant disruption and never quite having all our big guns fully ready were big factors in some of the performances. We probably lost a bit of confidence too. You don't have to be off by much for an attack to falter.

I also wouldn't underestimate the value of another year under the belts of the likes of Ward, Singleton, Watkins, Sutcliffe etc both in terms of playing and simply being another year older, another year in the first team environment.

I understand the points being made about not getting carried away but in my opinion, we look far sharper, far more fresh, and far more energetic than even during our good run early last season.