Re: Wigan Away - Thursday : Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:43 am  

charlie63wildcat wrote:

I actually thought we looked well up for it from the start but kept shooting ourselves in the foot in the first 20. Every time we kept our cool we looked better than them. Does it bode well? It bodes well for more of the same because they never learn from making the same errors over and over again. I take no joy in saying this. I admire their effort and am genuinely proud we haven't taken an early break like Hull and Catalans to a lesser extent, but it has to be said. Our performances are like a record with the needle stuck

Your right Charlie that we keep coming up with the same errors and as a fan it’s very frustrating, but when on the occasions they get it right we are a match for anyone .
I think this is were the coaching needs to be focused on , so we turn the screw on teams and build pressure instead of letting teams off the hook like last night we’re we had ample chance to pin them down on their line but blew it .

Re: Wigan Away - Thursday : Fri Sep 07, 2018 7:18 am  

Have said it before but we need to be patient in the opposition's 25.

Wigan played it better than us in this area which resulted in their tries.

We are often slow with the ball in this area and can look short of ideas therefore a more patient game with a good kick over the line to force one or two drop outs should be a priority.

Has to be a good side to defend 12 or 18 tackles on their own line.

Small margins as many have already said but patience and the ability to learn from our mistakes will pay dividends.

On the plus side we are experimenting with a variety of kick offs now which almost ended with a superb TJ score last night.

Looking forward to the Catalans game.

Re: Wigan Away - Thursday : Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:02 am  

Wigan had few chances but took them well, whereas we arguably spent more time in their 20 but lacked composure.
However, the killer for Trinity at the moment is discipline (we seem to get a sin binning every week and 2 last night) and the number of penalties we are giving away.
If we tighten that up, we will be ok.

Another good game from Crowther and Batch also looked great, less sure about Anakin. Gave some penalties away and it looked like someone had got under his skin.

Re: Wigan Away - Thursday : Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:12 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Another good game from Crowther and Batch also looked great, less sure about Anakin. Gave some penalties away and it looked like someone had got under his skin.

Annakin for me is very much a squad filler. He's never going to be first choice but will come in and do a job in the short term. Good value for his contract but unlikely to develop or offer anything further.

Re: Wigan Away - Thursday : Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:24 pm  

Thought annakin did a good job last night and rattled a few cages as well .
You need that bit of niggle in a side to unsettle the opposing team .
One thing I did notice last night was the amount of yardage Wigan made after the tackle ,we need to get back to basics and get someone round the legs .

Re: Wigan Away - Thursday : Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:33 pm  

We've all said this since the start of the seaon about the discipline & now it's coming to an end we're worse at it than we were then. I
sn't Chester saying anything about he's the boss he should sort it out we'd be a lot better team without the penalties

Re: Wigan Away - Thursday : Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:40 pm  

wakey warrior wrote:

We've all said this since the start of the seaon about the discipline & now it's coming to an end we're worse at it than we were then. I
sn't Chester saying anything about he's the boss he should sort it out we'd be a lot better team without the penalties

I don’t agree and I don’t think we’ve ALL said any such thing. It’s been a hobby horse of a few but why you think you talk for us all baffles me because you don’t.

We did what all teams do and tried to slow the game - sometimes it works sometimes it doeasnt but to suggest we do it any more than anyone else or have a problem with it is imo unrealistic and a touch absurd unless you want us to play with one hand behind our back?

Re: Wigan Away - Thursday : Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:51 pm  

Slip of the tongue with all. But we give a lot of silly penalties every week what I was saying is you'd think they would have learned by now but it seems we haven't

Re: Wigan Away - Thursday : Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:04 pm  

wakey warrior wrote:

Slip of the tongue with all. But we give a lot of silly penalties every week what I was saying is you'd think they would have learned by now but it seems we haven't

I don’t know the stats but is it more than anyone else? Maybe we just need to get better at it rather than stop it.

Re: Wigan Away - Thursday : Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:16 pm  

vastman wrote:

I don’t know the stats but is it more than anyone else? Maybe we just need to get better at it rather than stop it.

We certainly seem able to give away pens at the worst possible moment. And so often utterly unforced and needless, daft things. At least 3 pens last night I can recall, when we had them on the back foot, in the Wigan half and had won the challenge