WATCH: Terry O'Connor on Warrington's woes
Wednesday 8 March 2017 18:39, UK
Terry O'Connor looks ahead to this week's Betfred Super League fixtures, which includes a repeat of last October's Grand Final clash between Warrington and Wigan.
It has not been the best of starts for Warrington who have yet to win a game in this year's Super League campaign. They showed they can perform when they beat Brisbane Broncos in the World Club series, but terry O'Connor says they have to improve.
"I think you could forgive Warrington for losing the week before and possibly the week after that World Club challenge win," explained O'Connor on Sky Sports News HQ.
"They have players that are missing but then lots of teams have players missing. Tony Smith knows that the performances need to improve - he has enough players despite missing the likes of Chris Hill, Stefan Ratchford and Ben Currie - there is still enough quality in the Warrington side to put games to bed.
"They are not looking like the same Warrington side that we saw last year - you don't win any trophies at the start of the year, but Warrington really need to start picking up some points."
Wigan also won their World Club Challenge game against Cronulla, as well as all their Super League games, however O'Connor believes the Warrington have a chance against a decimated Warriors side.
"Wigan are missing nine key players - they lost three last week in Joe Burgess, Ryan Sutton and Lewis Tierney who won't feature in this game.
"If there is one thing that Wigan have got, it is that they start the game really strong and are very physical."
Friday's live game sees Hull FC take on St Helens. Hull had a big win over Huddersfield while Saints will be looking to bounce back from their defeats to Leigh and Wakefield.
"Against Wakefield, Saints were very disciplined, their completion rate was high but they are just not taking their chances when they get close to the opposition try line - I think tat has been their problem this year."
Click on the video above to hear more from Terry, including his key men.