Wigan Warriors • Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE

Saints will be absolutely fine this season. They look like a team full of John Bateman’s at the moment, as in they’re struggling for motivation when it comes to the weekly rounds, after completing the challenge of taking on the NRL’s best (obviously it was just a one off game for Saints). They’ll comfortably get enough wins to make the top 4 and it’ll be business as usual in the play offs and it will be up to all the other teams to see if they can finally get to and past their level. If we think anything else about them, I think we’re being naive.

Longer term there will be a drop off. That is only natural. I think it’ll be gradual but dependant on the ability to keep Welsby and Dodd (although I do feel Dodd has been given a billing he’s not yet really earned), it could be pretty swift. Nobody knows how everything will play out but Roby will retire, Percival looks shot to bits, Lomax, Makinson, Walmsley etc are no spring chickens and the overseas second rowers look like leaving. If you added in exits for Welsby/Dodd, it could go up in smoke pretty quickly. I don’t expect it to happen though.

Statistics: Posted by NickyKiss — Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:17 pm — Replies 655 — Views 62271

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