jonh wrote:
I’m very nervous about this fixture.
I hope we are not investing all our efforts into a response to last week.
If we win fantastic but it will take a huge effort to turn them over and with a 5 day turn around to what is a season defining game the following week I’m hoping we can keep all the key players fresh and fit for the Magic round.
Don't agree, maybe for Saints or Wigan but not for us. We have to attempt to play every game to win, as much in the hope of catching a team off guard as anything else. Daft as it sounds we've nothing to lose against Wigan, so no nerves. Likewise professional though Wigan are at present they are not the team of the early 90's, and even they had lapses. Best will in the world when you play a team that's just been royally stuffed there is a tendency to be complacent.
Toulouse on the other hand will be totally geared up, if we don't win against Wigan we will be as nervy as hell and could easily blow it. Especially as the crowd will undoubtedly back Toulouse. To me winning against Wigan is every bit as valuable as beating Toulouse as IMO one leads to the other.
I don't believe you can coast a RL game, nor do I believe taking it easy stops injuries or fatigue. I'd rather our key players go to Magic with a rousing effort against Wigan, win or lose in their minds than spend this weekend skulking on the side lines.
