Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:16 pm  

asmadasa wrote:

Missed Fifita, Johnstone and Miller big time in the Challenge Cup Quarter final….. never mind they’ll be fresh to play next Thursday in a league match…

Fifita would have helped counter act Wigans dominant pack.

Johnstone would have scored that disallowed try for Murphy in first half and been a constant threat like French and Field for Wigan.

Miller would have been more of a threat with ball in hand than Gaskell and defensively stronger.

Opportunity missed to create some excitement and greater interest in Trinity in my opinion going all out to progress in the cup with your best 17….

The league is more important.

[PopTart]

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:17 pm  

To be honest I thought we were the better side for long stretches of the game.
Ultimately Wigan's defense beat us as we could get scores from all the pressure early on.

Better team won. Scoreline doesn't matter now.
Let's move on to beating Cas.

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:19 pm  

Really disappointed today. Wigan gave us a lesson without the ball i.e. they slowed the game right down, in possession their speed getting the ball out was far superior. Ourselves couldn't get any speed from the play of the ball and slow line speed.

That said I thought for the first 30 we played well other than struggling to break their line and the kicking early in the tackle count. We had a couple 50-20s and dropouts sadly we couldn't turn that into more points.

Thought the ref could have looked at Gaskells ruled out try it looked harsh. Murphy went well shame he didn't pouch that pass he could have had a hatrick with some more luck. Onwards and upwards Cas next bring it on.

Thought the crowd looked more than announced

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:22 pm  

alegend wrote:

So why did we signed him not a patch on Miller . Miller brings farmore in attack and ,takes the line on and he tackles big time .Gaskell was like a open gate

To be fair to Gaskell he was always bound to be ring rusty with one game under his belt ,obviously I prefer Miller in the half’s ,but going forwards I’d put Lee at loose against Cas , just because he still has a decent pair of hands on him and gives another dimension in our attack and to counter the threat from Westerman.

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:35 pm  

REDWHITEANDBLUE wrote:

Really disappointed today. Wigan gave us a lesson without the ball i.e. they slowed the game right down, in possession their speed getting the ball out was far superior. Ourselves couldn't get any speed from the play of the ball and slow line speed.

That said I thought for the first 30 we played well other than struggling to break their line and the kicking early in the tackle count. We had a couple 50-20s and dropouts sadly we couldn't turn that into more points.

Thought the ref could have looked at Gaskells ruled out try it looked harsh. Murphy went well shame he didn't pouch that pass he could have had a hatrick with some more luck. Onwards and upwards Cas next bring it on.

Thought the crowd looked more than announced

Thought it was a good crowd, a lot more than announced but we only have to pay half of what was announced.

Up the Trin

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:38 pm  

Thought it should have been 12 all at half time. Gaskell's try was ruled out far too quickly. Should have at least been sent to the video ref.

That said, when Wigan scored first, in the second half, we looked beaten.

[Wildthing]

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:42 pm  

What was the attendance? I didn't hear it?

Re: Squad for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:44 pm  

Spookisback wrote:

Assumptions… TJ not fit as Murphy is in the Squad… Fifita is fit as Aydin isn’t in squad

TJ was fit until he pulled out of the game this morning

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:45 pm  

Wildthing wrote:

What was the attendance? I didn't hear it?

I think that it was announced as 3700 plus, thought it would have been more.

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:50 pm  

Wildthing wrote:

What was the attendance? I didn't hear it?

3,700 and odd…

Disappointing result in the end but we gave it our best shot and will learn a lot going forward.

Wigan just too good defensively…we threw a lot at them first half but couldn’t break them other than a worldie finish from Murphy! Also thought the Gaskell try was a harsh call but you win some ya lose some…

Just a real shame the three absentees because seeing the team announced pre game was a touch deflating…lads gave it their all but if those three had made it we might just have given Wigan a bit more to think about!