Did we have Herbert last week?

No.

Did Briggs do sod all for the last 50 minutes of the game?

Yes.

And guess what? Bar one or two questionable decisions we would have beaten Leeds comfortably. A Leeds team that ripped Hull apart last night despite losing a star man after about 15 minutes.

The pitch is likely to be sodden and it won't even be a day for the silkier side of the game anyway.

No chance? Get a grip!

It's not stopping where I am, which is a similar elevation to Odsal. Hope it clears.

Welcome back from the dark side. I am eternally the optimist and it is odd how pessimistic some have become on here.

I fear it will be a passing visit squire. It is not in some peoples plans to let me be optimistic apparently.

As I said, I aint belittling the kid but folk are carrying on as if losing Briggs is the ultimate disaster!!

Spot on!

If this snow was forecast I think the grounds team would have put the covers on the pitch so I don't think it will affect the state of the pitch

I wish I'd followed the Beaver to Perpignan now

do we have covers? seem to remember something about us lending them to city a few years back and then never getting them back.

Keep us updated on the local situation guys please, we already got our tickets

We had them on when we played cas last year when it was snowy and icy so I don't see no reason we shouldn't have them on now

We did lend them to some club but I don't think it was City (IIRC they have large wooden covers and ours is canvas sheeting) but a local RL club. Halifax??

It's not all about the state of the pitch though - it's also about fans, players and officials being able to make it to the game and in a safe manner.

10:50 Sat morning. Snowing quite heavily and the sky looks full of the stuff. The temperature is slowly rising though, but still only just above 1 degree. This is within three miles of the ground and slightly lower.

If temperatures rise to 9 or 10 degrees like they're supposed to then I think it will all melt in time so I dont think the game is in doubt.

knew I'd heard something along those lines.

Nobody wants the game called off, players/supporters etc. Although it would appear that most Bulls fans are saying they would take a cancelled game so we don't have to worry about playing without our first choice 6 & 7.

In Wigans case you could say this gives them a clean slate for their World Club Challenge game next week. They'll come through this weekends round without any fresh injuries and without having to blow and energy.

I'm not saying it's right but if the game was called I think both clubs would be slightly relieved.

From a Wigan pov we don't want the game called off. That'll be two games to catch up on if it does happen.

the problem with that is if it is postponed and played when briggs and herbert are fit then undoubtedly we'd be stronger. But wigan would have finch,roberts and lima back so they'd be be stronger too so it cancels out. I'd much rather we just played the game nowand took our chances. If we play like we did last weekend then we've got a decent chance. We're certainly not favourites and it will be a very tough game but were stilll in with a shout of taking something out of game.

Neither team wants the game off.

Who's to say we might not have half a team injured when the game's rescheduled.

It's the big kick off at Odsal. It should be a massive crowd. Bring it on.

It's getting warmer. The snow is very slushy and wet. The pitch will be very heavy. Not really a day for fancy back play. I think we'll go well.

As you can see from this picture (the last time we had snow - three days before the Halifax game)



and this one



If the snow doesn't melt off the terracing then the club face a race against time to get the snow and stadium access clear otherwise the game won't go ahead.

Still snowing here so I rate the game going ahead at 50/50.

I heard we were down for quite a rainfall on Sunday.

I really hope it isn't called off, for many reasons already mentioned.

I'm 50/50 in that if the game is called off it'll be played later on in the season when we have players back, but then so will Wigan so the best thing to do IMO is to play Wigan in the awful underfoot and freezing conditions tomorrow.

It'll be a great leveller

Positive vibes coming in now. Let's make sure the game is on then.

I agree if we play like we did last week we should put up a decent challenge and should score some points.

Could be high scoring but I think 50/50 is over the top.

Slightly better odds than a Bulls win then eh Mick?