Re: so how did we play tonight : Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:53 am  

I was very pleased with the Wire's handling tonight & considering the poor conditions both teams should be praised for giving us a very entertaining match. The pitch looked very good as well.

Re: so how did we play tonight : Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:57 am  

Kevin Turvey wrote:

Hill and Carvell were immense tonight. Interesting that Morley was subbed when we needed to up the tempo in the pack in the second half. Those two look lke our lead props at the moment.

IMO Morley is a shadow of his former self and needs to be released at the end of this year.

Carvell, Hill and even Cooper are easily ahead of Morley these days.

Thanks for the service Adrian but there is no room for sentiment in proffessional sport.

Re: so how did we play tonight : Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:01 am  

tino wrote:

i agree, but i think that even if morley isn't going to churn out consistent performances at his top level like he's done over the past few years, he's still got one-off massive games in him

allow hill and carvell to take the lead roles but wheel adrian out to put the fear of god into the likes of crabtree and anyone wearing cherry and white hoops

Adrians days of putting the fear of god into anyone have long gone.

When was the last time he put a big hit on anyone?

Most of his attempts in recent times have either been high or off target all together. Im afraid that he looks a little off the pace these days.

Wonder if James Graham fancues a return to SL next year?

Re: so how did we play tonight : Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:03 am  

Check out these pearlers from Wigans' most myopic/one eyed (delete as applicable) poster

Deano G wrote:

Westwood is capable of putting in some big hits but I'm not sure I'd swap him for Hansen, let alone Hock and for me the jury is still out on Waterhouse.

It's impossible to be unbiased but on current form which Wire forwards would get into the Wigan side if we had everyone available?

Deano G wrote:

The strength that Wigan have in the forwards is rivalled in the SL era only by the Bradford pack of the early noughties

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So there you have it Hansen is a beast and playing in possibly the best if not at least the 2nd best pack in SL era?

Re: so how did we play tonight : Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:08 am  

Horatio Yed wrote:

Check out these pearlers from Wigans' most myopic/one eyed (delete as applicable) poster

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So there you have it Hansen is a beast and playing in possibly the best if not at least the 2nd best pack in SL era?

Yup. Deano G being his usual stupid one eyed self. No doubt he'll see this and come out with one of his usual 'comedy gold' comments.

Re: so how did we play tonight : Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:21 am  

I love how the Wigan posters have this week declared that Leeds are an awful side...
Funny thing is last week it was Wigan who were magnificent..?

Re: so how did we play tonight : Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:30 am  

MikeyWire wrote:

I love how the Wigan posters have this week declared that Leeds are an awful side...
Funny thing is last week it was Wigan who were magnificent..?

And don't forget how the Challenge Cup became the silverware to win last August !

Re: so how did we play tonight : Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:30 pm  

morleys_deckchair wrote:

I couldn't go the game or watch it on TV...

the score suggests we took our foot off gas again in the second half after a dominant first half.

easy win?

If we had stopped loving about with constantly kicking on the third tackle when just ten metres from Leeds' line and gone through hands we would have scored another two or three tries easily.

We were good last night but nothing more. We weren't perfect in the first half like Sky suggested and we weren't poor in the second half like Sky suggested.

We need to iron out a hell of a lot before the play-offs but it was pouring down(!) last night and the Leeds backs played well (they're forwards we're embarrassed by our power up front) so it wasn't an easy game to score 37 points in by any means... but had we gone through hands more in the second half we could have scored two or three more.

Not a big deal though. We won, two points, next...

Re: so how did we play tonight : Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:13 pm  

Tony Smith blamed himself in the interview after the game saying that 'the coach' making constant changes meant the team could not do as well as it might. Bit bizarre.

Re: so how did we play tonight : Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:08 pm  

Hightlight for me was Carvell running the ball in straight at Peacock and smashing him backwards.Think it was in the first few minutes of the game.Bailey up to his tricks again,trying to pick on Higham most of the game.Higham i thought did a good job again.