Re: Matty Smith : Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:59 am  

its Wigan vs Saints. form goes out of the window in these encounters.
smith makes us tick, so i hope he has a good game, because when he doesnt we dont.
we should win, as we have the momentum, but this one should be close.

Re: Matty Smith : Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:19 am  

sergeant pepper wrote:

Imo, Roby aside, all of the players you mentioned are bettered by their Wigan equivalent. Guys like Percival & Makinson have been bettered at every level in the big games vs Wigan. I don't think it's setting ourselves up for a fail having extreme confidence in the talent that we have. Our young players are better than theirs, they've proved this in the past & our senior guys like Lockers are also better.

FWIW i don't think it's going to be a white wash. I do however think that if we nullify Roby then we stop Saints. I'm praying that we tap into that old Madge mentality of pure aggression in defence. I really want to see Micky Mac, Lockers, Joel, Bateman etc really get into Roby and LMS early doors.

If we bring our nastiest defence & 100% intensity then we will win this game.

Fully agree we're better across the field and I'm confident we'll get the job done. I just wouldn't put all our eggs in the smashing Roby basket.

Let's smash the lot of them!!

Re: Matty Smith : Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:28 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Fully agree we're better across the field and I'm confident we'll get the job done. I just wouldn't put all our eggs in the smashing Roby basket.

Let's smash the lot of them!!

worked when MM smashed Cunningham out of the game in the last GF between the 2

Re: Matty Smith : Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:34 am  

Pieman wrote:

worked when MM smashed Cunningham out of the game in the last GF between the 2

We hammered them from 1-17. We need to do the same again.

Re: Matty Smith : Sun Oct 05, 2014 2:27 pm  

Why do we not have a chant for Matty Smith????????????? Given his claim about been lucky to have signed a four year deal with us then winning the Wigan lotto followed by a Tax rebate I would like to suggest:-
First my apologies to KYLIE MINOGUE

Matty Smith is lucky--- Lucky--- lucky--- lucky. Matty Smith's our lucky 7

Re: Matty Smith : Sun Oct 05, 2014 2:35 pm  

He's been very good this. I think having Blake Green out for a long period helped Matty mature and grow as a player.

Surprised he's not nominated for man of Steel tbh

Re: Matty Smith : Sun Oct 05, 2014 5:48 pm  

Jimofwigan wrote:

Why do we not have a chant for Matty Smith????????????? Given his claim about been lucky to have signed a four year deal with us then winning the Wigan lotto followed by a Tax rebate I would like to suggest:-
First my apologies to KYLIE MINOGUE

Matty Smith is lucky--- Lucky--- lucky--- lucky. Matty Smith's our lucky 7

That's awful.

Re: Matty Smith : Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:27 pm  

I hate Wigan (the team, I like the place) so much. That old arrogance is back that I had to grow up with in the late 80's.

You're rightfully favourites because of our injuries, but you don't win games on paper. And yes, I've seen Wigan teams that have been injury ravaged and full of youngsters, rip full strength Saints teams to bits. We turned you over in your own backyard without Walsh not long back. To write off our team and say Roby is our only threat is foolish.

It's a derby game & anything can happen. One thing is for sure though, there will be some good banter and no trouble and we'll put the football lot to shame.

Re: Matty Smith : Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:37 pm  

Twentyman wrote:

I hate Wigan (the team, I like the place) so much. That old arrogance is back that I had to grow up with in the late 80's.

You're rightfully favourites because of our injuries, but you don't win games on paper. And yes, I've seen Wigan teams that have been injury ravaged and full of youngsters, rip full strength Saints teams to bits. We turned you over in your own backyard without Walsh not long back. To write off our team and say Roby is our only threat is foolish.

It's a derby game & anything can happen. One thing is for sure though, there will be some good banter and no trouble and we'll put the football lot to shame.

One person has said that so I wouldn't use it as the general feeling throughout the Wigan fan base. There certainly isn't an arrogance issue or even an over confidence issue looking at the vast majority of comments.

If I was to sum up how the game looks I'd say we're rightfully favourites against a weakened Saints side but favourites don't always win. Saints are still a real threat with some real form men and I expect them to attack the game like they've nothing to lose. Saints will need to play very well to beat Wigan but they're capable.

I think we're in for a top game.

Re: Matty Smith : Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:37 pm  

Twentyman wrote:

I hate Wigan (the team, I like the place) so much. That old arrogance is back that I had to grow up with in the late 80's.

You're rightfully favourites because of our injuries, but you don't win games on paper. And yes, I've seen Wigan teams that have been injury ravaged and full of youngsters, rip full strength Saints teams to bits. We turned you over in your own backyard without Walsh not long back. To write off our team and say Roby is our only threat is foolish.

It's a derby game & anything can happen. One thing is for sure though, there will be some good banter and no trouble and we'll put the football lot to shame.

Wigan fans in general are playing a very dangerous game this week. The way they are disrespectfully and arrogantly writing Saints off could come back to make them look very very silly indeed.