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Wigan getting a free 2 points after another weakened Salford side. We don’t play them until July 4th? no doubt they’ll have gotten their house in order by then and there will be no advantage for us.
The "free 2 points" is one thing but when you think about what that really means it's deeper than the 'just' two points when it comes to a league programme based on merit.
In the fairest sense, Wigan and Salford's previous opponents didn't have to fight for those points, they didn't earn a massive points difference, there was no jeopardy in the game. Wigan could pick and choose their line up (they have every right BTW) based on what they up against, they could rest those with knocks, blood a youngster, rotate the bench to keep their strike players fresh for tougher weeks ahead.
It totally skews the league standings across the
whole season, it's an opposed training session.
It shouldn't have come to this
