Stats from Saturday : Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:49 am  

Saints total metres: 1511
Wigan total metres: 1188

Top Metre makers:

Roby (Saints) 197
Puletua (Saints) 195
Charnley (Wigan) 154
Tomkins (Wigan) 149
Graham (Saints) 144
McCarthy Scarsbrook (Saints) 120
Lomax (Saints) 110

Top Tacklers (Misses)

Wilkin 50 (0)
Roby 43 (1)
O' Loughlin 41 (0)
Mossop, Leuluai, Puletua, Hoffman 31

Another interesting stat was that Scott Moore made more metres than any Wigan forward. Stats obviously don't prove to be the be all and end all but I think it shows that we maybe lacked a little composure to take advantage of our field position. The completed sets and missed tackles didn't show too much difference between the sides.

EDIT - Sorry, forgot to mention Wigan's outstanding defence, which of course was probably the biggest contributing factor to their win.

Re: Stats from Saturday : Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:57 am  

Backs up what I thought. We dominated in the pack, made the hard yards and controlled them very well.

Our defense was also excellent and James Roby is a machine. 197 metres, top and and second in tackling. Man of Steel this season as he's been that good every week.

Jammer's 144 metres despite a broken back was impressive too.

It's a game we should have won given how well we played. Plenty to work on in attack however.

Re: Stats from Saturday : Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:14 pm  

Great meters there from Saints. Although fully expected, you completely dominated territory in the first half at least. But like previously said, you did bugger all with it in terms of converting it into points.

What I found interesting watching the match again. Was the lack of speed from Wigan's defensive line. Even though we slowed you down around the ruck for the majority of the match. We didn't rush up in defense like we have done so often in games this season. Whether it was a tactic from Madge that's beyond my comprehension to understand then maybe. But that for me was a big factor in why Saints made such great meters and in turn dominated field position.

Re: Stats from Saturday : Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:18 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Backs up what I thought. We dominated in the pack, made the hard yards and controlled them very well.

Our defense was also excellent and James Roby is a machine. 197 metres, top and and second in tackling. Man of Steel this season as he's been that good every week.

Jammer's 144 metres despite a broken back was impressive too.

It's a game we should have won given how well we played. Plenty to work on in attack however.

I think it's one of those games that came down to just a couple of incidents, them mainly being the break from Charnley and Tomkins wonder finish. If you'd told me before the game we'd ahve kept Wigan to 18 points though, I'd have fancied us to get the win. We've half sorted one aspect out in our defence but seem to have lost our direction in attack. Hopefully Pryce and JLo playing together for the next few games should see better cohesion come play off time. I don't think our season is quite over yet.

Re: Stats from Saturday : Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:29 pm  

Outstanding stats from Roby and Wilkin.

Re: Stats from Saturday : Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:34 pm  

MickeyMo wrote:

Outstanding stats from Roby and Wilkin.

And TP.

Re: Stats from Saturday : Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:35 pm  

MickeyMo wrote:

Outstanding stats from Roby and Wilkin.

Matches their consistently outstanding performances. These two alone deserve to get something good from our season and I hope that other players, senior and junior, pull their fingers out for the remainder of it so that they do get something good from the season.

Re: Stats from Saturday : Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:56 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Backs up what I thought. We dominated in the pack, made the hard yards and controlled them very well.

Our defense was also excellent and James Roby is a machine. 197 metres, top and and second in tackling. Man of Steel this season as he's been that good every week.

Jammer's 144 metres despite a broken back was impressive too.

It's a game we should have won given how well we played. Plenty to work on in attack however.

This IMO proves even more that our backs just ain't good enough. The forwards are doing the hard yard but nothing to show for it.

That much dominatio, possesion and field postion should result in points on the board.

I actually felt sorry for our pack Saturday as they deserved to be on the winning side.

Re: Stats from Saturday : Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:55 pm  

St pete wrote:

This IMO proves even more that our backs just ain't good enough. The forwards are doing the hard yard but nothing to show for it.

That much dominatio, possesion and field postion should result in points on the board.

I actually felt sorry for our pack Saturday as they deserved to be on the winning side.

Meli had a great game to be fair.

Wellens though is so far past it he cant remember what it looks like anymore

Re: Stats from Saturday : Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:59 pm  

Wilkins tackling stats are unreal. 50 tackles and none missed. Great stuff that.