Looking forward to this, should be a cracker....

I think Wigan will win by 20 points. Wigan always turn it on in big games and get up for it.

Think we are only going to win one of the cas games, hopefully the one that matters...

Wane has accused Cas of being disrespectful on the SSN app. He mentions comments they made when the draw was made but there aren't any direct quotes to them.

I can't really recall anything. He does like to use this sort of thing to get his side focussed though.

I think wane is referring to whoever runs the castleford tigers twitter app

What was said?

It might be that old boy that does the commentary! Ha ha.

Wasn't anybody linked to the playing squad that's for sure.

For an ex prop forward he gets a little over sensitive sometimes, can't imagine how he'd get on if he got to be coach of the National team and the Aussie press got stuck into him



See you Saturday!

It's a shame really that sean wane sees fit to adopt the Alex ferguson philosophy, pity he can't conduct himself as well as the Wigan and Cas fans !
For me it's a mark of respect that he's genuinely concerned about the possibility of losing to Cas and he's trying to stoke up the fire in his own team and at the same time try to rattle ours
In short - mind games.
Anyway I'm really looking forward to it, hope its a belting game and the best team wins on the day.

What I think hes referring to is a tweet from the official Cas twitter account to the Wigan one which said "Make sure you bring your 'A' game", Wigan replied with "Wel do our talking on the pitch". Cas then replied saying "Wel do our singing at the end".

Abit of banter between the marketing/commercial bodies of both clubs and it does seem to be taken out of context from your coach.

FWIW I think the mood that has been coming out of Cas all year is about not being over confident as we could get burnt.

Got my tickets for Sat, just hope its a high quality game. Fingers crossed for a Cas win.

There's nothing wrong with having confidence in your own team my score prediction is based on the fact Wigan never fail to turn up for a big game. A lot of Cas fans are spouting about them being the form team, this is true but my opinion that we will run away with this game is also based on the fact that St Helens were the form team up until April when they faced Wigan. We ran them into the ground and we have some of our regular star names back in the frame for this game so i stand by my judgement and if im wrong im big enough to eat my humble pie but i wont be rushing out to buy any ingredients that for sure

Lol what the hell is that fat ape Wane on about??

Can I mention the scoreline of the Regal Trophy Final 1994?



I for one have you as favourites for Saturday, and as for some of our fans being over confident...well please forgive us as just over a year ago we were watching a Ian Millward coached team...can't really blame some for getting giddy!

In the dug out after the Cas win this year he was using all types of industrial language, mainly about us being a little town and a little team.
This bloke really does have a genuine dislike to Cas or just smaller teams. It's not something I'm used to hearing from a Wigan coach they Usually have a bit of class . Bit of a arragant thug for me.

Yes I had heard about this, yet we haven't reported "disrespect" in the press.

Beginning to think this is a P.R ploy to bump up the ticket sales.

That's strange. Wane was sat just behind Bilko who does the Wish FM commentary in the stand, he wasn't in the dugout.

You've finally twigged

Also remember Cas player James Clare tweeting, he was happy with the draw immediately afterwards. He then stated Wigan are beatable, and an all Yorkshire final?

Should be fun and games come Saturday!

Wigan by plenty, we turn up when it matters (usually)

Being oversensitive is a requirement for being a prop along with taking offense at the oppositions hair and not liking the way somebody looked at your pint.

I would guess that fat ape as you call him is on about some very naughty little Yorkshire monkeys!

Our biggest defeat in Powell's tenure is 16 points, our biggest defeat this year is 8 points. James Clare is right, Wigan are beatable. I genuinely think the next 2 games will end 1-1. I have no idea who will win which but this game I hope is a better because the draw overall is pretty poor and this is the only game which could light up the challenge cup.

That's true, they turned up to the world club challaenge. Shame they forgot how to play

To be fair, Railway they actually put in a creditable display in the WCC. They were playing against OZ's finest, and believe me the Roosters are top notch, full of world class players. Furthermore it was for once in Roosters own back yard and also with a team suffering from injuries, with some untried youngsters and having to be rebuilt. Yes I know they looked like getting blown away in the first half, but the way they then dug in, refused to buckle and actually came back at the Roosters was actually very creditable. In fact the Roosters were rocking in the second stanza at one stage and it was only two latish tries, (one which was lucky) that finally saw them home. To be honest I was impressed with Wigans resolve and although I cannot remember the final score (I think it was 36-1icon_cool.gif it certainly was not too bad, given the circumstances.