Re: Wigan v Hull : Sun Aug 25, 2024 4:29 pm  

Won the game in 1st gear, there’s been some real flat games this year, the standard of SL has been poor IMO.

There were some decent signs in the forwards. Harvard and Thompson are playing well currently, Nsemba also.

You’d have to think we’ll ramp it up next week and really target the game. It was the same exact weekend last year that the 34-0 came out of nowhere over there. Something similar would be nice. We’re cruising along and getting enough wins to stay up there, but we can’t go into the playoffs playing like we currently are. A big performance or two over the next fortnight would help massively.

Re: Wigan v Hull : Sun Aug 25, 2024 4:45 pm  

Missing an organiser, hopefully the enforced rest will see Smith back refreshed and raring to go

Re: Wigan v Hull : Sun Aug 25, 2024 4:46 pm  

Quick look back on the highlights and Dupree getting flattened off the ball could’ve seen us playing against 12 and we could’ve made some inroads on the scoreboard. Certain ban for whoever it was who did it. The ruck speed in all of our game recently seems to be killing us too. It’s taking an age to get the ball played and to be fair we’ve no momentum off the back of many play the balls in the game.

Re: Wigan v Hull : Sun Aug 25, 2024 4:51 pm  

Another wins a win day. We're nowhere near our best and there will need to be vast improvements across the board but I'm confident it will come. Some of the younger players did themselves no harm but it won't be a game to rush out and watch the replay of.

Re: Wigan v Hull : Sun Aug 25, 2024 4:56 pm  

I'm not too fussed about the result. Barely out of first gear and got the win. I know the commentators were making a big deal about Wigan needing points but I think Wigan made the right choice in doing the basics and getting the win. With Smith & Bevan out, I'm not surprised about the poor cohesion of the attack. Thankfully, Keighran seems to be a natural halfback who is covering well and Farrimond is back to playing well after his break. Nsemba is phenomenal, he has the potential to be a truly elite player in the future and it'll be a joy to watch. Thompson is a monster.

My big concern is Wigan look knackered. I hope they can recover but I'm worried we'll crumble before the playoffs. If that happens, I can see either Warrington or Hull KR winning the LLS and/or Grand Final this year. Hopefully, when Smith and French return, we'll return to the dominant Wigan we saw at the start of the year.

The decision to sin-bin Mago was ridiculous. How can the officials expect a 20-stone forward at full speed to kill his momentum in less than a foot? By breaking the laws of physics or disappearing in thin air? Playing the video back at full speed, there's no way Mago can pull out of that tackle. Vella also got it dreadfully wrong claiming Mago didn't wrap, which he did. The lack of consistency is a killer, not sure if it was Dupree or Havard who got crunched off the ball but if you're going to apply awful rules at least do so consistently. I just hope Mago doesn't catch a ban.

Re: Wigan v Hull : Sun Aug 25, 2024 5:31 pm  

jonh wrote:

Poor game not helped by the ref who allowed all kinds of nonsense at the play the ball.

Obviously still struggling in the halves but given how slow the PTB was they had very little opportunity to get on the front foot despite the fact we were consistently winning contact but not getting any reward for doing so.

Nice cameo from Forber. Gave us a bit more direction which I think at times we lacked under Leeming.

Job done but will need to improve next week if we want to pick up the win.

100%, thought that Forber would have come on at half time, I guess Peet wanted the game won first but we looked more purposful once he was on. As it worked out the game opened up in the last 10 and Forber didn't have the same dummy half role, the game at that point would have suited Leeming better.

Re: Wigan v Hull : Sun Aug 25, 2024 5:39 pm  

Watched on TV and was bored stiff. Was a potential game we would have bought tickets for but glad we didnt bother

We can only get better

Re: Wigan v Hull : Sun Aug 25, 2024 5:39 pm  

Simba16 wrote:

100%, thought that Forber would have come on at half time, I guess Peet wanted the game won first but we looked more purposful once he was on. As it worked out the game opened up in the last 10 and Forber didn't have the same dummy half role, the game at that point would have suited Leeming better.

Leeming was very lateral which worked at times but others it didn’t.

Forber was much more direct and benefited from us getting our nose through the line, leaving bodies on the floor and actually being able to play the ball at a decent speed without any messing about.

Re: Wigan v Hull : Sun Aug 25, 2024 5:48 pm  

Can only echo what others have said; the Mago yellow card was ridiculous, and we did look ponderous. What the hell is wrong with Hill? Couldn't believe his first spell, and again, he was given the hook in next to no time. Douglas looked fine on the wing.

Re: Wigan v Hull : Sun Aug 25, 2024 5:53 pm  

When’s cooper back? Really think we could do with him in that forward pack