Phuzzy wrote:
Well apparently our main playmaker being more concerned with the opposition is ok with you so I'm assuming you must be ok with us "parking the bus".
A serious question: Do you believe that attitude and mental strength are important at this level?
I've since hundreds of players in all sports do a similar thing, all of them are playing the game at an infinitely higher level than the likes of you and me ever will.
Now I'm going to be quite specific here so instead of of throwing headline grabbing statements out because your upset we lost and looking for someone to blame, try and answer them.
In what way did Hastings reaction after scoring affect anything about our performance when after 58mins or so we were still 14-2 up and should have been further.
When Powell scores hes 3rd man in celebrating
How did he alone specifically "Park the Bus"?
Is that not a team thing, a coaching thing?
Did every other Wigan player at 58mins turn round and say you know what, hastings not celebrating 40 minutes ago really peed me off so I'm going to miss one on tackles (harry smith) and basically lose all cohesion/shape etc.
Yes I do believe mental strength as a massive part to play, but just saying it and the aiming it at one thing and making it a direct correlation without any FACTS to support it doesnt make it correct.
Your braised off, trust me so am I, but hastings showing respect (I think that's how an earlier poster put it) and at the end of the game, when nothing else can be done etc showing respect to the Salford fans etc who he clearly has time for and understandably, had no bearing on his desire to win that game.