Gazwire wrote:
Wigan were absolutely superb tonight and did SL proud, like Saints did last year.
Give credit where credit's due and that includes saints last year. Wigan were superb tonight and from a Wire perspective, we're knowwhere near that level.
My hat has been taken off to Wigan tonight.
Only 2012 have our first team been close to that level, and still fell short.
Saints and Wigan have thrown no more money than us, and we’re still miles away.
It really arrows down to on thing. The investment in the academy and pre academy.
When the kids start consistently winning all their competitions, is when we the club looses the monkey.
It’s quite stark when you look at how many of our pack players are Wigan ex-academy.
Currie Wood Nicholson Powell Bullock not sure on Dwyer but certainly pre academy.
In all our 20 years at the HJ, I reckon we have more ex-Wigan academy forwards playing in 2024, than Warrington academy have produced.
Possibly only Cooper and Philbin have broken into the frame, and on best form and fitness, Philbin is still behind all the Wiganers.
The likes of Laithwaite tossed aside for more Wiganers.
