Re: Squad v Salford (h) : Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:04 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

I thought we looked tired more than anything. Saints probably did the right thing on Friday - I wonder if Peet will rest a few next week.

Can’t see that v Warrington and for us can we afford to rest on bulk like Saints did? I’m not sure. A few days off might do us the world of good. It’s not ideal going into another huge game but I don’t think resting players is a viable option to be honest

Re: Squad v Salford (h) : Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:18 pm  

Very good for neutral's and channel four viewers. Wigan had chances to wrap the game up earlier but full credit to Salford who looked a good side on this display.

Re: Squad v Salford (h) : Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:24 pm  

There’s long been talk that the game that can do you is the one the week after Easter and it looked to very nearly be the case. We’ve got points in us and try’s from anywhere on the field are possible with French and Field. We’re a work in progress for sure but at least we’re that. I can see things working and some things to really work on but at least we’ve progressed from last season.

Re: Squad v Salford (h) : Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:45 pm  

To me it looked liked two tired teams who could score but weren't all that keen on defending, probably a great game for neutrals and the right result for us, all about recovery now for next week against Wire who look like they're finding a bit of form at last.

Re: Squad v Salford (h) : Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:48 pm  

It was a fatigued performance. Not sure if it came across on TV but very clear at the game that the players were running on empty. It's beginning to look like a masterstroke from Woolf.

Re: Squad v Salford (h) : Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:49 pm  

Well at least it's not boring! An entertaining game, but we need to be a lot better than that. I thought French should have taken that pass from Field, although it was a bit behind him. But then he deserved s try for that wonderful run in the second half. Salford were a threat going forward, but their defence was terrible, worse than ours. Couple of those first-half tries looked ridiculously soft. I thought Shorrocks did OK at dummy-half, and it's fair enough not to expect O'Neill to do the full 80. Ellis looked good again.

Re: Squad v Salford (h) : Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:01 pm  

I posted earlier on in the week that we've not earned the right to rest half a team. I think today proved that and whilst we have depth, I don't think it's as great as some say.

There's plenty of positives for this side, but there's lots of hard choices that need to be made before we'll be properly challenging for stuff.

Re: Squad v Salford (h) : Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:20 pm  

After the last few dour years the one thing I wanted at the start of the season was to be entertained and show some attacking flair.

I was certainly entertained and we showed attacking flair. It would be easy to concentrate on the negatives but sod ‘em. I thoroughly enjoyed that. Both teams were obviously tired after the hectic Easter schedule and understandably shipped some soft tries.

I thought Field owed the team that one at the end after two poor passes saw blown match winning tries. Marshall was MOM for me.

Can’t help but think, unless we rest most of the team next week our chances in the semi have gone from not great to very slim indeed.

Re: Squad v Salford (h) : Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:26 pm  

Trainman wrote:

After the last few dour years the one thing I wanted at the start of the season was to be entertained and show some attacking flair.

I was certainly entertained and we showed attacking flair. It would be easy to concentrate on the negatives but sod ‘em. I thoroughly enjoyed that. Both teams were obviously tired after the hectic Easter schedule and understandably shipped some soft tries.

I thought Field owed the team that one at the end after two poor passes saw blown match winning tries. Marshall was MOM for me.

Can’t help but think, unless we rest most of the team next week our chances in the semi have gone from not great to very slim indeed.

Reckon we could rest and rotate some for next week but doubt we could do a "Saints".
On the plus side it's a full week after the Wire game to the semi

Re: Squad v Salford (h) : Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:32 pm  

Not sure if I'm buying into this rest thing.

Ellis, French, Marshall, Thornley, Smith, O'Neill, Singleton, Havard (8 out of 18) have all missed plenty of games this year.