[quote="Carlos Alberto"]What we're seeing here is the fruits of a well drilled coaching set up. Wigan got it right with Maguire and his backroom team, and it is continuing now. Also benefits their youngsters greatly, who look leagues ahead of ours.
Got to agree.
Wigan are well coached and playing at the top of their game. They are far from the best ever Wigan side but they seem to be performing at 100% in attack and defence. Moreover, to give them credit they have a passion based on the recruitment of local players.
Lessons for us - build a 'team' as well as going for 'names'. We have a small nucleus of a team who could win trophies in the long term - Lomax, Roby. It is clear that we need two other elements for the spine ie full back and stand off and two big hard nuts in the pack to induce fear.
I cannot go along with others on the board in any abject criticism of Wello. He has been our best ever full back and soon he will join the queue of former greats Joynt, Long, Scully who were surrounded by class players when we were perennial trophy winners.
We were great just six days ago but the opposition today were on another level. We cannot panic mid-season and I feel we will still be too good for most of the other teams in SL.
Thought I would comment before all the killer negative bandwagons roll back into town.
