Re: Well done Wigan : Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:10 pm  

LovesToSpooge wrote:

I thought we pummeled you in the forwards particularly in the first half

The forward battle was pretty even. Both sides had spells in the ascendancy. The difference was organisation in the halves, pace in the backs and genuine attacking flair from Tomkins.

Re: Well done Wigan : Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:16 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

The forward battle was pretty even. Both sides had spells in the ascendancy. The difference was organisation in the halves, pace in the backs and genuine attacking flair from Tomkins.

I think their pack was better than ours, they run harder, tackled harder and wanted it more.

They was better all over the park than us.

Re: Well done Wigan : Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:21 pm  

The Truth is Wigan were better all over, there are some good players still at Saints but the play is so average and nothing like it used to be, they just seemed to be just cruising along no fire at all. Brown needs to bring in some players with Passion.

Re: Well done Wigan : Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:27 pm  

St pete wrote:

I think their pack was better than ours, they run harder, tackled harder and wanted it more.

If our pack was inferior it was only marginally and not because of any deficiency in talent. Their pack was well-marshalled. It had a plan and a purpose.

We tried just as hard and had periods in the ascendancy. Unfortunately we had nothing MORE THAN the pack.

Re: Well done Wigan : Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:42 pm  

What disappointed me most is that Wigan wanted to win more than us.

We looked clueless at times especially in the backs,Lance and Shenny in particular where poor we also need some pace big time.

Re: Well done Wigan : Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:59 pm  

So... the forwards were pretty evenly matched and it was all the ref's fault.

Re: Well done Wigan : Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:19 pm  

Deano G wrote:

So... the forwards were pretty evenly matched and it was all the ref's fault.

I think that is a fair summary.

[DaveO]

Re: Well done Wigan : Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:15 am  

Agent Mulder wrote:

For most of the game Wigan played from a platform laid down by Bentham.

Good grief.

Re: Well done Wigan : Sat Apr 07, 2012 3:00 pm  

Credit to Major Tom on the Wigan board for putting these stats together. Team - Wigan - St Helens Total points - 28 - 10 Tries - 5 - 2 Goals - 4 - 1 Drop Goals - 0 - 0 Meters - 1484 - 1253 Carries - 224 - 232 Tackles - 331 - 345 Offloads - 7 - 14 Attacking Kicks - 10 - 11 Runs from dummy half - 20 - 48 Tackle Busts - 36 - 13 Marker tackles - 55 - 40 Clean Breaks - 11 - 1 Forty twenty - 0 - 0 Kicks in general play - 17 - 24 Missed goals - 1 - 1 Missed tackles - 13 - 36 Errors - 13 - 9 Penalties - 9 - 10 Red cards - 0 - 0 Yellow cards - 0 - 1 I'm particularly pleased by the clean breaks made stat. After all we've only one player who can make clean breaks whereas Saints have a veritable arsenal of weapons. Also the fact that we made over 200 meters more than the Saints side from 8 less carries, perhaps tells of Wigan's forward control. For those interested the individual Wigan player stats. viewtopic.php?f=28&t=524545

Credit to Major Tom on the Wigan board for putting these stats together. Team - Wigan - St Helens Total points - 28 - 10 Tries - 5 - 2 Goals - 4 - 1 Drop Goals - 0 - 0 Meters - 1484 - 1253 Carries - 224 - 232 Tackles - 331 - 345 Offloads - 7 - 14 Attacking Kicks - 10 - 11 Runs from dummy half - 20 - 48 Tackle Busts - 36 - 13 Marker tackles - 55 - 40 Clean Breaks - 11 - 1 Forty twenty - 0 - 0 Kicks in general play - 17 - 24 Missed goals - 1 - 1 Missed tackles - 13 - 36 Errors - 13 - 9 Penalties - 9 - 10 Red cards - 0 - 0 Yellow cards - 0 - 1 I'm particularly pleased by the clean breaks made stat. After all we've only one player who can make clean breaks whereas Saints have a veritable arsenal of weapons. Also the fact that we made over 200 meters more than the Saints side from 8 less carries, perhaps tells of Wigan's forward control. For those interested the individual Wigan player stats. viewtopic.php?f=28&t=524545

Re: Well done Wigan : Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:52 pm  

Not interested in the slightest!