Bulls skipper Robbie Paul's big concern ahead of tonight's clash is that Wigan lost their last match at home.

The Warriors were beaten 28-22 by Leeds Rhinos, and Paul said: "Teams of their stature are probably a little more dangerous when they have lost because they have something to prove to themselves, the coach, the club and the fans.

"And teams that are used to winning normally bounce back well - and we are that type of team as well. We haven't lost two games in a row in a long time.

"But we are at home and we haven't lost at home in Super League.

"The only way we can lose it is by us having a bad night. We are seldom beaten, but we do sometimes lose a game ourselves.

"Mind you, if there is any team that can beat us then Wigan are that team, but they will have to beat us at Valley Parade and we want to stay on top.

"And that is a tall order for Wigan or any team, although we know we will have to play for the full 80 minutes.

"They can do anything right across the pitch, and the times we have lost we haven't played well for the 80 minutes."

Paul confessed: "I don't think we have played as a team for the full 80 minutes this season.

"We had a good night at Wigan in this season's opening league game, when we won

18-4, but there were a lot of places where we could have improved.

"We always aim to keep the ball for 80 per cent of the match, and we know if we do that we will win."

The stand-off added: "It is hard for me to separate Wigan, St Helens and Leeds as opponents, but competition-wise Wigan have probably been our greatest foes under the first- past-the-post system.

"We had to travel to Wigan twice last year so it is nice to have them twice at home this season as the JJB Stadium is always a tough place to play at.

"Andrew Farrell and Wigan have been under a lot of pressure this season - they have been under a lot of media speculation.

"But Andrew is one of the old school from an era of Wigan success, and he expects that of himself and his players. He expects to raise his game, but we have handled him easily in the past and we will hopefully handle him well tonight." Mindful of the Bulls pacing themselves over the long haul, Paul said: "We want to do the same as we did last season - we simmered and then we exploded, and our coaching staff have that all in mind.

"We must make sure that we don't blow our load too early - we did that in 2000 when we invested so much energy into the Challenge Cup and fizzled out towards the end of the

season."