Re: Wigan v Saints (h) (match talk not general chat) : Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:49 pm  

Thought Faz, Cooper, Bateman, Smith, Smithies, French and Field were outstanding tonight.

Not taking anything away from anyone in the team though who were all superb in key effort areas.

Something very special happening at this club and Matty Peet is at the core of it.

Re: Wigan v Saints (h) (match talk not general chat) : Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:52 pm  

jonh wrote:

Thought Faz, Cooper, Bateman, Smith, Smithies, French and Field were outstanding tonight.

Not taking anything away from anyone in the team though who were all superb in key effort areas.

Something very special happening at this club and Matty Peet is at the core of it.

Couldn't agree more re Peet, clearly a happy group. Thought Marshall deserved plaudits as well.

Re: Wigan v Saints (h) (match talk not general chat) : Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:59 pm  

endoman wrote:

Couldn't agree more re Peet, clearly a happy group. Thought Marshall deserved plaudits as well.

I thought Marshall came up with a few dumb plays that put us under pressure at times hence not mentioning him.

His effort is outstanding but I sometimes question his thought process.

Can’t deny though he came up with some key plays at significant times during the game.

Re: Wigan v Saints (h) (match talk not general chat) : Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:59 pm  

We’re 2 from 4 against them and we can be pretty happy with that. We’re surely due a game against them were we stop making silly errors with the ball. We’ve given them a leg up in each game but luckily enough tonight they matched us. Outside of those errors we were very good and there were one really impressive performances. The centre position is a huge worry and one Peet needs to give serious thought to.

One last point to warm the cockles before bed was the sight of Welsby being harassed throughout the game and coming up with a string of errors. The Wigan players looked like they hadn’t forget his antics at Magic and seemed determined to get in to him.

Re: Wigan v Saints (h) (match talk not general chat) : Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:36 pm  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

Outstanding in defence, outstanding in attack. Way, way too many errors from both centres though and highlights the need for specialist positional players. I'm not going to knock anyone though. We were much, much the better side. O'Neil has to be in the squad going forward. He is dynamic and offers something different.

Thank you St Helens for having your worst match ever (again) and us having our best............... Oh no... It's all the ref's fault, Iv'e just read pages of it. Want a laugh? You know where to go

Refs fault? He absolutely blitzed us for ten minutes that 2nd half.

Re: Wigan v Saints (h) (match talk not general chat) : Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:45 pm  

They may be strong, they may fast in defence, they may throw a few offloads around but my god Saints can be bloody boring to watch. Would love to know how many tries they have scored in opposition twenty, bet its 70%+. They rarely do full lengthers anymore. They used to be referred to as 'The Entertainers' but you can't say that about them anymore.

Same again tonight, our tries absolute peed all over anything they could bring tonight. Same as the semi and also at Magic (apart from one good move at the death).

Re: Wigan v Saints (h) (match talk not general chat) : Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:49 pm  

Harry Smith's defensive effort absolutely outstanding with the Saints pack targeting him all night, add on 5/5, 3 from the touchline and he's becoming essential, no way does Tommy replace him at 7 when he's back

Re: Wigan v Saints (h) (match talk not general chat) : Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:52 pm  

apollosghost wrote:

Harry Smith's defensive effort absolutely outstanding with the Saints pack targeting him all night, add on 5/5, 3 from the touchline and he's becoming essential, no way does Tommy replace him at 7 when he's back

Agreed, his defence was outstanding tonight.

Re: Wigan v Saints (h) (match talk not general chat) : Fri Aug 26, 2022 11:06 pm  

Cust needs to look at Smith for inspiration in terms of defensive improvement. He was like George Williams in defence tonight was Harry Smith and he controlled Sironen extremely well. Cust on the other hand continues to fall off too many tackles for me and has work to do on that front.

Re: Wigan v Saints (h) (match talk not general chat) : Fri Aug 26, 2022 11:12 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Cust needs to look at Smith for inspiration in terms of defensive improvement. He was like George Williams in defence tonight was Harry Smith and he controlled Sironen extremely well. Cust on the other hand continues to fall off too many tackles for me and has work to do on that front.

The Saints fans want Cust banned for the rest of the season for tackling Simm and hurting him. How dare he tackle the opposition. He should have asked him to fall over so he could lay on him. All the Saints young lads look just that. Boys in a mans world. And all crap.