Re: Leeds (A) : Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:33 pm  

NSW wrote:

Leeds were superb!

I said in the car on the way over that if Leeds can a couple of quick tries and the crowd get behind them we could be in trouble.

Very soft underbelly from us, such passive defence on our own goal line.

Newman is some player and has won his England place in my eyes tonight.

The Cooper knock on was a bit of a game changer (felt we were on top and rolling them).

It’s deffo brought everyone down to earth and we’re probably not as good as we think we are.

Going forward,

IMO Cust needs a few weeks on the bench. Defensively very poor, leaves most of the kicking game to Harry Smith and has yet to throw any killer try assists.

We should go French 1, Field 6. We can’t afford for Bevan not to be around the ball. Leeds knew on shift plays they could just target Field. Miski was in decent form post Spurs so give him a go.

Centres also obviously an issue. Think Halsall deserves a go and KPP (first bad game tonight) should go there when Bateman is back.

Disappointing but that’s sport for you. We’re still a good shot at the GF if we play well.

Five home games out of the last seven, we should be nailed on for a home semi-final. We just need to get back to basics. If we treat games like a seven aside competition then we will continue to come unstuck. The forwards need to make the hard yards and put us in field position where our backs can work some magic. I am confident we will be going to OT.

Re: Leeds (A) : Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:12 am  

Far, far too many errors. Very poor tonight.

And that try between the legs, how on earth was that allowed ?

Your penalised for obstruction, but THAT was allowed ? Even Leeds fans are querying that decision .

Re: Leeds (A) : Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:20 am  

Poor performance all round. Isa and Bibby proved once again how much we desperately need 2 centres, surely Halsall should be recalled now?

French/Field tried but were ultimately anonymous - I don’t lay the blame at their feet BTW, it’s just indicative of how poor our offense was on the whole.

Just like beating Hull 60-0 didn’t define our season, losing 42-12 to Leeds doesn’t either. What’s key here is that the players and coaching staff learn the hard lessons taught and improve. Wilkin was spot on in his comment after the game in that “no one outworks St Helens”. We got outworked and outenthused, if we realistically want to win SL that cannot happen again.

Bad loss, bad performance. Learn from it, move on and improve.

Re: Leeds (A) : Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:38 am  

Just watched the tries back on Sky this morning . How a team that prides itself on its defence become collectively so poor at tackling is mind boggling .

There was a young blonde schoolgirl in the kids games in front of the Wigan fans a half time that tackled everything .and tackled everything well . The Wigan players could learn a few lessons there . Lol

Re: Leeds (A) : Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:43 am  

We lost to a better team on the night,it does not define our great season so far,Leeds deserved it without question.

Done and dusted now,lets move on.

Re: Leeds (A) : Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:52 am  

TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:

Can we all pray for Jason65 tonight please. He must be devasted that the greatest SL team ever in his eyes lost to a lower table team

Why would you say that Leeds beat us fair and square,I dont disappear when we lose,bad day at the office and move on.

I never said we are the best team ever so no need to patronise me you prick.

Re: Leeds (A) : Fri Jul 22, 2022 7:33 am  

Any news on Cust he get taken off because he had a bad game or was he not 100%?

Re: Leeds (A) : Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:22 am  

Last night it was 17 individuals waiting for someone else to do the hard work and just doing enough to get through the game in the shadows.

They say there's nowhere to hide on a rugby pitch but quite a few players tried to last night - Cust, KPP, Isa, Bibby, Marshall. Byrne was a liabilty in defence last night shirt grabbing, throwing lazy arms out and woeful on his own line.

The Leeds crowd really got to some of our players and put them off their game.

There was only Field, French, Farrell and Powell who tried.

We need Miski and Halsall in the side asap. Saints and now Leeds have mastered how to snuff Field out of the game by rushing up out of the line, so we need to start kicking behind their centre for our winger to peg them back.

Re: Leeds (A) : Fri Jul 22, 2022 9:31 am  

WWste wrote:

Any news on Cust he get taken off because he had a bad game or was he not 100%?

Just taken off to change things up Peet said

Re: Leeds (A) : Fri Jul 22, 2022 9:53 am  

post wrote:

Last night it was 17 individuals waiting for someone else to do the hard work and just doing enough to get through the game in the shadows.

They say there's nowhere to hide on a rugby pitch but quite a few players tried to last night - Cust, KPP, Isa, Bibby, Marshall. Byrne was a liabilty in defence last night shirt grabbing, throwing lazy arms out and woeful on his own line.

The Leeds crowd really got to some of our players and put them off their game.

There was only Field, French, Farrell and Powell who tried.

We need Miski and Halsall in the side asap. Saints and now Leeds have mastered how to snuff Field out of the game by rushing up out of the line, so we need to start kicking behind their centre for our winger to peg them back.

Agree with this.

Isa has been a great servant to Wigan however he is unable to consistently perform to a good standard, age and the brutality with which he has played over the years is catching up with him.

I personally have been a big advocate of him getting games over Halsall however I now think it’s time to give youth a chance.

I have absolutely no inside information on this it’s just a total hunch but given Huddersfield have just signed Naiqama I wouldn’t be surprised to see us making a move to potentially pair up Leutele and Wardle at Wigan which may see Isa retire/move on despite having another year on his contract.