Got to beat good teams if your going to win it.

in the CC you can play poop and still reach the final, or play great and get knocked out. Its all about the luck of the draw IMO

2/8 teams in the quarter finals will be NL1 teams for example, so thoretically we can reach the semis by only playing ameteur teams. Im sure widnes will go all out against us and shouldnt be taken lightly, but i know id rather be playing widnes than hudds.

All joking aside it is possible that with the right draw we could progress to the semi finals or even final doing just that. 2 (at least) of the last 8 will be from outside SL, if we draw one of them and the other pulls off a shock win in round 6 we could have Coop league teams all the way to Wembley.

Then again we could also go into round 5 half cooked and get embarrassed.

Im happy with the draw and looking forward to you visiting the stobart stadium really hope it isn;t on the tv as want a good crowd and a great atmosphere.

You are correct, the crowd was a little over 6k and would be probably be pretty similar this time round. Widnes are in no condition to give Wigan any semblance of a game right now (to be honest they may well struggle to beat the French anyway). I'm afraid people claiming "almost full house" and "competitive game" that should be on TV are well wide of the mark.

Crusaders v Catalans Dragons or Harlequins v St Helens
Huddersfield v Warrington

Would imagine they'll be the two television games.

I hope so

True you could be really lucky and avoid the likes of Leeds and Saints.

An easy draw would of been better don't get me wrong but we won it last year having to beat Hull KR away Wigan and then Hudds its a very hard draw but if we want to keep hold of the Cup we need to be able to beat anyone.

You do conveniently forget to remind us that your first two games were v York and Featherstone.

And whats your point?

and your point is

this will be the second time to widnes IN ONE SEASON- the joys :')
i went watching Widnes vs St.Judes in the 3rd round. i think they best they had were the on or two strong runners coming off the short balls so i can definetley see us in th'hat for the next round. i just wished it was at DW

Forgive me if I am being thick, but have Widnes and this French side played yet? Or do we not know who we are defo playing yet?

Given the numbers that normally attend cup matches in recent years I think the crowd and the atmosphere will probably be better with the tie at Widnes rather than at the DW. (Should Widnes beat Lezignan that is)

TBH - Widnes should get the boot for making no effort to get to the game against St Judes played.

Every other team, travelling in either direction, got themselves sorted.

St Judes should *not* be penalised for the Chesire team's inability to get their act together.

I really hope we get past Lezignan now, would love to see a decent croud at Widnes to prove we can attract large attendances!

We've still got time to recall all our dual reg/loan players, and loan them to Lezignan for a week or two...

What? In a one off cup game against Wigan, i'm sure all the other clubs going for a Franchise yourselves, Leigh, Fax, Barrow etc could prove that they can attract large attendances against Wigan! Proving you can attract large attendances is being able to do it week in week out, in fairness to Widnes your crowds are good.

As for the cup tie, I reckon Wigan will batter whichever team they play in the next round.

Well it seems that all the wigan fans on here are saying we are a given in the next round and rightly so; i think but we can always dream.On the other hand if there match against us is a given wouldent it be fair to say we should beat Lezignan fairly easy.I will state we should beat them by about 30 points.And then hopefully give u some sort of game i cant wait for it

Tv games are:

Huddersfield Vs Warrington 2.30pm Saturday on BBC1

Crusaders Vs Catalans 3.30pm Sunday on BBC2

Really glad they've chosen to show the Crusaders game, the more publicity they get the better.

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Crusaders vs Catalans? Id rather watch Halifax vs Batley

hopefully if it's widnes away the game will be played on sunday as i don't have to work sundays

Houghton’s been getting better with every game he plays. It’s a pity he’s broke his hand. Hopefully he’ll be OK for the CC game against you- if we make it.

Due to our injuries, 11 and counting, he’s still been playing despite his injury. He’s obviously a tough lad. I wouldn’t like to play RL with broken bones in my hand.

If its widnes away just hope price the game rightly to try and get a decent crowd, like at leeds v blackpool game thet are charging 10 pound adults standing and 12 a seat.