Re: Time for Saints to enjoy a night off. : Sat Mar 21, 2015 2:49 pm  

I think Wigan's problems are far more fundamental. I just can't understand this season's obsession with neglecting your front row in favour of strengthening your back division. Both Wigan & Leeds (to a lesser extent) seemed utterly fixated with touch rugby - pushing all of their attacking thrust down the channels (with maybe one or two half-hearted "forward" drives to reset the playbook).

It's ironic that precisely at the time when England boasts its finest collection of front rowers (in decades) - the English game seems to be giving up on the position of prop.

I mean, look at the utterly pathetic stats "Honest" Tony Clubb and Mossop turned in last night. I'd seriously consider quitting the sport if those figures were mine. And it's not as though Leeds' defence was a brick wall.

Re: Time for Saints to enjoy a night off. : Sat Mar 21, 2015 3:18 pm  

Twentyman wrote:

Beating Wigan is everything. Dominate Wigan through a season and chances are you'll be there or there abouts for trophy success. The lift the team gets from turning them over is huge. Likewise, Wigan beating us can turn their season around.

Not for me, beating Wigan to silverware is what really hurts them. At the end of the day history will judge teams , players and coaches by how may titles and trophies they've won not by how many times they got one over the local rivals. I cant argue beating the goons in a major final is the most satisfying feeling but I'd settle for beating Wakefield or Salford in the grand final tbh ... as long as we win I'n not that bothered

Wane suffers from this obsession with beating Saints and it will imo eventually form part of his undoing. As the coach he should be primarily focused on whats in front of him and his team and he should be making sure his players only think about who the are playing next .. instead he does a weird interview and starts prattling on about us when he should have been worried about Leeds.

Re: Time for Saints to enjoy a night off. : Sat Mar 21, 2015 3:26 pm  

At this rate the next Saints game he obsesses over might be his last ...

Re: Time for Saints to enjoy a night off. : Sat Mar 21, 2015 3:50 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

At this rate the next Saints game he obsesses over might be his last ...

You think they'd give him the boot? or wait till the end of the year to make a transition. Who would they put in charge in the short term ? Ginger?

Re: Time for Saints to enjoy a night off. : Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:54 pm  

Someone has already started to name a replacement over on the Wigan forum.

Re: Time for Saints to enjoy a night off. : Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:08 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

Someone has already started to name a replacement over on the Wigan forum.

Noticed that

Re: Time for Saints to enjoy a night off. : Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:29 pm  

St pete wrote:

Noticed that

Yep, think they're jumping the gun a bit. I'd stick with Wane. They'll be much better with Flower and O'Loughlin back. Do think he needs to change his tactics though. Can't rely on back rowers and backline for go forward all the time.

Can see Good Friday being a blockbuster as well. Perfect opportunity for Wigan to turn their season around. Alternatively, perfect chance for Saints to really put them to bed.

Re: Time for Saints to enjoy a night off. : Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:32 pm  

I think some fans at lots of clubs are missing that 2 points covers the teams from 12 to 4. By tomorrow that could be only 1 point covering 75% of the league. This is the close run league that people bemoan SL not having were bottom can beat top.

(Widnes have already beaten Saints this year all be it in a friendly).

But it seems that without the certainty of run away success, most fans jump to the extreme of we are aweful and we will get relegated.

Easy for us to say but some fans need to get a grip.

Re: Time for Saints to enjoy a night off. : Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:02 pm  

Where would wane go if he gets sacked? He's invested so much energy into talking down other clubs and how Wigan is everything, how could he coach elsewhere?

And Who'd have him in oz after that embarrassing down under video?

Worrying times for the ape.

Re: Time for Saints to enjoy a night off. : Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:13 pm  

Wigan should not sack Wane.. in fact I think they should give him a new contract. 4 years might do!