: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:54 pm  

I thought we were much better tonight. best we've been in all the circumstances. Still a way off our best and that can only be good.

I thought Gibson was solid in the right centre. One particular piece of clever centre play should have had a better Finish from Donald as Gibson drew the centre and Ainscough and put Donald away with a peach of a pass. Donald let Ainscough turn and tackle him into touch.

Couple of sloppy handling errors from Watkins but over-all none of our threequarters were outmatched by the threequarters Wigan have signed from the NRL.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:01 am  

G1 wrote:

Couple of sloppy handling errors from Watkins but over-all none of our threequarters were outmatched by the threequarters Wigan have signed from the NRL.

Possibly because they play for a semi competent Wigan team on that showing.

Perhaps it's time for Noble to add a ball to some of their training sessions.

Don't get me wrong I love it when Leeds smash Wigan but I also like Wigan to show up, where were they tonight.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:27 am  

tvoc wrote:

Quality wise it was a very, very poor Wigan outfit tonight.

I agree mate. You give me faith in Leeds fans.

We had a team choc full of forwards, JJB did not play hooker, and they were soft cock down the middle. They hardly graced our half let alone our red zone for most of the 1st half. We did play a very composed game with killer instinct without the need for recognised 9.

We were good up the middle they were poor. Our tries came from Sinny to Kylie, Burrow kick to Hall, Ali offloaded to someone well too. Hardly say it was Gibson and Watkins who unlocked them and won us the game. Watkins still looks a prospect and Gibson still seems short of fitness, I was watching him between play.

Not trying to be harsh but the way they played up the middle and the way we did I think we would have won with Allan and ratu in the centre tbh.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:18 am  

LeedsPokerGuru wrote:

We were good up the middle they were poor. Our tries came from Sinny to Kylie, Burrow kick to Hall, Ali offloaded to someone well too. Hardly say it was Gibson and Watkins who unlocked them and won us the game.

That is a good point, not every try finished by a winger is necessarily the result of good centre play. All four winger's tries tonight owed nothing to their centre's service out wide.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:24 am  

You really don't like Gaz Hock you blokes do you ?

Cos he stood up to JP perchance ?

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:36 am  

Well done on the win tonight you guys deserved it. Your tactics were spot on, you took Gareth Hock out of the game, kept Sam Tomkins quiet and stopped us playing like we did against Bradford.

Also good luck next week

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:48 am  

'Coventry warrior' stop being so patronising to them.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:50 am  

moonlight flit wrote:

'Coventry warrior' stop being so patronising to them.

Credit where its due

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:36 am  

Au contraire !

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:50 am  

That's the best I've seen us play all season. We were unstoppable for the first 20 minutes. Even when we were in our own 20 I got the feeling we could score off that set.

For me, Ablett was immense. Mcguire, Burrow and Smith pushed him close but he really stood out for me. He broke the line several times and showed Hock (brilliant last week, poor last night) what it's all about. Top performance.

Gibson looks a bit small but was very busy in defence. He threw himself around quite a bit actually, but I think he needs to get a bit bigger. Carmont didn't show up either.

Ainscough was by far Wigan's most dangerous player. Every time he cut back in he looked pretty useful. He looks very strong - did you see him swat Donald?

Good too see Webby back. I'm a bit concerned about Kirke (another standout before he went off) and Ali.