Re: Another 'not a Wigan performance' Shaun : Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:23 pm  

http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... 645&type=1 Shaun Wane said he wished his side could play Leeds tomorrow after admitting he was privately fuming following his side's 24-10 defeat to Widnes. An error strewn Warriors made a rod for their own back as they went down in torrential rain at The Select Security Stadium. Wane said: "I didn't need to explain much, the players knew the answers. 19 errors, I think 17 penalties, you're never going to beat anybody with stats like those. "We were really poor with the ball and lacked decent contact. They handled the conditions really well, much better than we did and they were worthy winners." The game came after a week off for the Warriors due to the Challenge Cup. Wane said: "It's no excuse, we had a great week, they were just the better team." On the upcoming home games with Leeds and Warrington, Wane said: "We've got to remain positive, I've got seven days to make sure we perform against Leeds. I know the players really well and they know me and my standards, we've dipped way below them tonight and I'm fuming. I wish we could play Leeds tomorrow." Wane refused to be drawn on the 4G pitch at Widnes saying: "They do it every week and we come here once a season so it's nothing to do with that." Michael McIlorum played his first game since the Widnes home fixture and Wane said he felt he'd "gone well" as did the returning Iain Thornley. Wane expects several players to return next week for the Big One 5. Read more at http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... PTPcwUE.99 Pick the bones out of that one.

http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... 645&type=1 Shaun Wane said he wished his side could play Leeds tomorrow after admitting he was privately fuming following his side's 24-10 defeat to Widnes. An error strewn Warriors made a rod for their own back as they went down in torrential rain at The Select Security Stadium. Wane said: "I didn't need to explain much, the players knew the answers. 19 errors, I think 17 penalties, you're never going to beat anybody with stats like those. "We were really poor with the ball and lacked decent contact. They handled the conditions really well, much better than we did and they were worthy winners." The game came after a week off for the Warriors due to the Challenge Cup. Wane said: "It's no excuse, we had a great week, they were just the better team." On the upcoming home games with Leeds and Warrington, Wane said: "We've got to remain positive, I've got seven days to make sure we perform against Leeds. I know the players really well and they know me and my standards, we've dipped way below them tonight and I'm fuming. I wish we could play Leeds tomorrow." Wane refused to be drawn on the 4G pitch at Widnes saying: "They do it every week and we come here once a season so it's nothing to do with that." Michael McIlorum played his first game since the Widnes home fixture and Wane said he felt he'd "gone well" as did the returning Iain Thornley. Wane expects several players to return next week for the Big One 5. Read more at http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... PTPcwUE.99 Pick the bones out of that one.

Re: Another 'not a Wigan performance' Shaun : Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:24 pm  

Yet again 'we had a good week' though!

Re: Another 'not a Wigan performance' Shaun : Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:29 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Yet again 'we had a good week' though!

Next thing will be 'Don't throw the baby out the bathwater'

Did the reporter copy and paste that interview from every loss we've had..?

Re: Another 'not a Wigan performance' Shaun : Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:44 pm  

How does he always seem to conclude we had a great week of training when we go into games often looking like the whole squad only just met on that day? Baffling.

A great week of training would ensure we're not "poor with the ball" and "lack decent contact" when it comes to the game, otherwise the week of training is a complete waste of time.

Re: Another 'not a Wigan performance' Shaun : Fri Aug 29, 2014 11:28 pm  

I might well be alone in saying this but I for one am livid that we are being taken for mugs by Wane his team selection tonight and Vs KR has shown zero respect to those that have played bloody well recently namely Williams & Powell, Don't get me wrong I'm all for picking your best side ready for the play offs but it's not like Wane has even done that we've had three players missing for 8 weeks plus and those that have filled in have stood up and done well yet as soon as those injured players are fit again they waltz straight back into the starting line up (unless your name is Joe Burgess one of this years stand out youngsters in the competition he gets shoved into the reserves in favour of a far inferior player in Thornley IMO). not from the bench like you might expect after lengthy absences. I'm sorry but it's not right, As the saying goes if it ain't broke don't fix it. We beat Salford comfortably at home, Green is declared fit again so he dumps Williams to the bench then tonight McIllorum & Thornley are fit and Williams & Powell are removed althogether it's disgusting how he's treated them he's shown more respect to a player who won't even be at Wigan next season, I'd like Shaun Wane to take a page out of the Catalans book and show Green the same amount of respect as Leon Pryce I'd rather concentrate on working on a new 6 & 7 partnership ready for next season that way it takes less games to gel and use Green either sparingly or from the bench, and if that results in us missing out on the Grand Final then I'd be gutted but at least we'd have done what's right by those that are actually going to be at the club next season. It's the same with the Tomkins situation with Salford he was more interested in being respectful to Salford than doing the right thing for Wigan when McIllorum got injured.

Re: Another 'not a Wigan performance' Shaun : Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:08 am  

i am born and bred in wigan now living in the lake district.for a home game its 180 miles round trip plus an overnight stay in a hotel .all i ask of the wigan team is the same commitment from them.i did not see that tonight and several times over the last few weeks.i am not going to slag them off all i am going to say is come on step it up the grand final beckons.

Re: Another 'not a Wigan performance' Shaun : Sat Aug 30, 2014 1:12 am  

Maybe next week should be re-named 'The irrelevant one'.

Re: Another 'not a Wigan performance' Shaun : Sat Aug 30, 2014 7:09 am  

I didn't go last night but It is obvious it was a poor performance. We've not been playing well for quite a while now. We did a similar thing last year and that didn't turn out too badly so I'm not too concerned yet.

I don't know what people expect Wane to say publicly. He has to remain positive and be careful of being too critical. Confidence is such a massive factor on performance, that's what he needs to restore.

1 win out of Leeds and Wire will put us in the top 4, anything can happen from there, IMO it is winnable from anywhere in the 8 anyway. I'm not saying we'll win it again as we seem to be well off the pace at the moment but we are not out of it yet either.

Re: Another 'not a Wigan performance' Shaun : Sat Aug 30, 2014 7:50 am  

Looks like training with bath was not the lift we needed. Was that a Bath rugby union performance?

Re: Another 'not a Wigan performance' Shaun : Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:36 am  

Hanging around for jollies with the union boys in very expensive surroundings for the sort layoff doesn’t seem to have been such a great idea now I would say. A chair and a whip would have been a better and less costly way to have spent their time. A bit of training in the rain wouldn’t go amiss either.