KURT Gidley has urged the Wolves fans to stick with the team but admits they need to “get their act together” against Wigan tonight, Thursday.

Having reached both major finals in 2016, The Wire have started the new Super League season with three defeats out of three and sit bottom of the table.

By contrast, Wigan have won all three of their games so far and only points difference keeps them behind leaders Castleford.

Gidley admits the players have not met the fans’ expectations yet but says the supporters have a role to play in helping them do so.

The 34-year-old has also called on his teammates to “dig their heels in” in order to get back on track.

“We had a really positive season last year and I imagine people’s expectations were very high, ours were as well as players,” he said.

“We need to deliver what our fans expect of us and we haven’t done yet. That’s our responsibility as players.

“I’d ask the fans to stick with us. Their support goes a long way with helping us on the field.

“We played Wigan a number of times last year, they were all tough games and we’re expecting another one this time around.

“Wigan have had a great start to the year but we need to get our act together.

“We’ve not had the greatest start and we’re all disappointed that we’ve not won any of our three league games.

“It’s not where we wanted to be, that’s for sure but it’s about digging our heels in and rolling our sleeves up.

“There’s hard work ahead, we know that if we want to get our season back on track.”

The Wire’s World Club Series victory over Brisbane last month remains their only victory so far this season and Tony Smith’s side have yet to reach the level of performance they displayed that night in Super League.

Gidley, who has represented New South Wales and Australia in his storied career, has urged his team to remember what made them so successful last year.

“We had the best defence in the competition last year and that got us to the big games and put us in positions to challenge for trophies,” he said.

“We need to get back to working hard defensively and being a bit smarter.

“Any time you’re completing as well as we did against Brisbane and making as few errors as we did, you’re going to be in with a fair shot of winning.

“We haven’t done that in Super League for whatever reason. It’s all well and good doing it in one-off games but we need to focus on getting these things right regularly.

“I think we completed at 59 per cent against Salford, which tells you we made way too many errors.

“We kicked balls out on the full, there were tries against us that were so cheap and easy.”

Former Newcastle Knights man Gidley has earned praise for his two performances at full-back this season having spent the vast majority of 2016 in the halves.

He says he’s enjoying playing a position his spent most of his NRL career in but stresses he is happy to play wherever he is told.

“I switched between full-back and the halves even as a junior so it’s something I’m used to,” he said.

“I’ve enjoyed it in the last couple of games, we’ll see how things pan out going forward.

“Stef will be back soon, when he is back I’ll play my role wherever Tony puts me and do the best I can.”