Re: Wigan game : Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:26 pm  

Another Cunningham legacy is some dire signings. Ryan Morgan needs a ticket home now.

Re: Wigan game : Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:46 pm  

And there's the game. Good effort by Makinson, butvour right side defence looks completely useless whenever Wigan run at it.

Re: Wigan game : Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:49 pm  

This may well blow out now. Hope not but looks ominous.

Re: Wigan game : Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:01 pm  

I can see why Cunningham never picked Grace. The lad is a genuine Winger who beats people with pace and footwork.

Cant have that when you have honest toilers who will do the HARD yards like a prop.

Morgan going off completely destroyed our right edge organisation.

Hopefully Fleming will get a run on Monday as i think he is another good prospect who has played well when given the chance, but appears to have been forgotten in favour of a journeyman aussie centre

Re: Wigan game : Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:01 pm  

Good try Tommy. Taia has had a good game.

Re: Wigan game : Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:10 pm  

Could have been worse. But you can see the big gaps in the squad and in our skill set which we have after 3 years of KC's one-dimensional rugby.

New coach has got a huge rebuilding job.

Re: Wigan game : Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:14 pm  

Morgan wasn't brilliant, but him going off injured completely disrupted the right edge in defence and Wigan continued to target it with much more success. They went that way most of the game and why wouldn't they? Swift was on the right for the first time in a long time, maybe ever. It also meant they'd target Smith as he defended that side. As soon as Morgan went off that side fell to pieces.

If he's ruled out on Monday then I hope Fleming or Wellington come in. If Lomax is back then maybe we could see Tommy go to centre.

Re: Wigan game : Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:26 pm  

There's a question over whether Lomax is still a plus for us. I watched the Huddersfield highlights, and I reckon I could beat JL in a foot race now.

Re: Wigan game : Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:17 pm  

Roy Haggerty wrote:

There's a question over whether Lomax is still a plus for us. I watched the Huddersfield highlights, and I reckon I could beat JL in a foot race now.

While I didn't see the Huddersfield game, I think today showed Makinson is only a stand in at fullback. Pacey and a good catcher but can't provide the killer pass like Lomax can, and his positioning needs a lot of work. If you could combine the two players you'd have a brilliant fullback!

Re: Wigan game : Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:36 pm  

Saint #1 wrote:

While I didn't see the Huddersfield game, I think today showed Makinson is only a stand in at fullback. Pacey and a good catcher but can't provide the killer pass like Lomax can, and his positioning needs a lot of work. If you could combine the two players you'd have a brilliant fullback!

I would like to see Makinson at centre if Morgan is injured and Lomax is fit. Makinson was a natural centre before he was shifted out on the wing.