Re: Squad for Wire : Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:21 pm  

Another shocker there…we’re still our own worst enemies though. We should be out of sight and it shouldn’t matter.

Re: Squad for Wire : Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:22 pm  

Cbr1000rr wrote:

Our passing is shocking always behind the man or too slow.
Do we even train basic skills and passing

I think we’ve looked good today

Re: Squad for Wire : Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:22 pm  

Harry Smith and sadly at the moment Powell costing us games.

Powell has reverted to just bring a tackling machine who offers nothing in attack, Smith is just poor. I don’t see anything in him to be a player capable of being a 7 in a top team.

I’d love to see his stats for putting the ball out on the full.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen 1 player kick it out on the full in their entire career never mind in his short career to date.

Re: Squad for Wire : Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:23 pm  

And now we’re stopping for cramp…you couldn’t make it up.

Re: Squad for Wire : Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:24 pm  

Unfortunately this second half has been a return to the Wigan we know and bemoan. No idea what to do with the ball. Tommy is wondering around like a lost child and Hastings had been anonymous (FWIW I don’t think it’s his fault, he’s being played in the complete wrong position).

My only good points so far are KPP and Singo who for me have been outstanding.

Re: Squad for Wire : Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:24 pm  

Cbr1000rr wrote:

Our passing is shocking always behind the man or too slow.
Do we even train basic skills and passing

Agree.

It’s the 1%’s where we let ourselves down. Players having to stop to catch the pass as it goes behind them is just very basic but it takes all the momentum out of the play.

Re: Squad for Wire : Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:26 pm  

jonh wrote:

Harry Smith and sadly at the moment Powell costing us games.

Powell has reverted to just bring a tackling machine who offers nothing in attack, Smith is just poor. I don’t see anything in him to be a player capable of being a 7 in a top team.

I’d love to see his stats for putting the ball out on the full.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen 1 player kick it out on the full in their entire career never mind in his short career to date.

Surely it’s time to get Smith out for a break, and get JH back in the halves. We’re at least 2 trees better off IMO with that.

Reffing is ridiculous still.

Re: Squad for Wire : Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:30 pm  

Meanwhile we have a lad sat on the bench who hasn’t played a single minute in the game. Why did we not pick someone we could use? May as well have named three subs.

Re: Squad for Wire : Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:31 pm  

Loads of effort, no end product. This season just needs to finish, waiting to play teams worse than us, hoping for a boring win by 2 points isn't the most entertaining thing ever.

Re: Squad for Wire : Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:32 pm  

We must be top of the league for conceding s**t soft tries. I could take it if we were being blitzed by good rugby, but it’s the scruffy head scratchers every week that kill me.