Re: Catalans match thread : Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:05 pm  

P-J wrote:

Cats player threw a headbutt at McIlorum. Why is he still on the field?

And the chicken wing on Dudson?
Didnt someone drop a knee in on Huges when he scored?
One rule for Wigan another set of rules for the rest of super league. Pathetic.
Gareth Hock should change his name to Ryan Bailey and then he can headbutt anybody he likes.

Re: Catalans match thread : Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:19 pm  

Pemps wrote:

Nothing in it

Sorry, but when you headbutt someone there's something in it.

Re: Catalans match thread : Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:25 pm  

2 from 6 today for Josh, only blip on our recent performances. Don't want to be too harsh on the lad because he's playing excellently apart from his goalkicking, but his success rate is unacceptable and could easily have cost us, thankfully it hasn't. I make it just over 50% success rate which when you think Pat is usually around the 80% mark is a massive hit on points for us.

Re: Catalans match thread : Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:35 pm  

WARRIORCRAIG wrote:

2 from 6 today for Josh, only blip on our recent performances. Don't want to be too harsh on the lad because he's playing excellently apart from his goalkicking, but his success rate is unacceptable and could easily have cost us, thankfully it hasn't. I make it just over 50% success rate which when you think Pat is usually around the 80% mark is a massive hit on points for us.

He can kick but to say he lacks consistency would be a very big understatement.

Do the club have a kicking coach? Maybe it's time we brought one in and tap into his obvious potential.

Re: Catalans match thread : Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:18 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

He can kick but to say he lacks consistency would be a very big understatement.

Do the club have a kicking coach? Maybe it's time we brought one in and tap into his obvious potential.

I fail to see this potential. He doesn't look like a natural goal kicker.

Re: Catalans match thread : Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:44 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

He can kick but to say he lacks consistency would be a very big understatement.

Do the club have a kicking coach? Maybe it's time we brought one in and tap into his obvious potential.

We have Paul Deacon. Surely he has something to offer.

Re: Catalans match thread : Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:02 pm  

P-J wrote:

I fail to see this potential. He doesn't look like a natural goal kicker.

He does nail some tricky kicks which to me shows he can do it.

Re: Catalans match thread : Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:08 pm  

TheElectricGlidingWarrior wrote:

We have Paul Deacon. Surely he has something to offer.

I think there is a huge difference between being a great kicker yourself and being able to coach a player to be one.

He's probably got something to offer in showing how he practised or cut the crowd out but can he break the skill down into its individual parts, analyze a kicking style and make little but fundamental tweaks to it?

[DaveO]

Re: Catalans match thread : Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:17 pm  

P-J wrote:

I fail to see this potential. He doesn't look like a natural goal kicker.

I'd still get him in front of a kicking coach to try and improve the average. Not addressing the issue is uncharacteristically unprofessional for Wigan.

Re: Catalans match thread : Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:37 pm  

Some time he seems to strike them very well and some times he seems to get his technique all wrong and he seems to slice across it. Could well be a mental issue and he just doesn't like the extra pressure. I think Sam should kick against Widnes though.

As much as it hasn't cost us so far, it's an issue that definitely needs addressing. If Pat ends up out longer than anticipated we'd be going in to the back end of the season with clashes for top spot, CC semi and potential final and SL play-offs with a ~50% goalkicker, it will cost us eventually.