Re: Wigan away - a long way away : Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:24 am  

Very disappointing but understandable with injuries and limited interchange options. Did well to keep score down. I thought the forwards were OK but obviously tired. Manu, Hadley & Mini deserve particular praise. Half backs very poor Sneyd went missing for most of the game and if that was Kelly playing to impress the Aussie clubs I think we will be keeping him next year. Griffin showed up well in attack and defense and seems to have turned a corner.

Re: Wigan away - a long way away : Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:24 am  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

Disappointed with the loss, but perspective needed.
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Correct.
Losing an away game to one of SL's main protagonists and favourites for this year's comp is far from disastrous.

Re: Wigan away - a long way away : Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:25 am  

Chris71 wrote:

Can't understand some of the doom & gloom to be honest. Whilst I'm disappointed we lost you can't fault the effort and in those conditions with two players off early doors and two or three having knocks and playing on.
Watts looked like a player taking part in his first game which you expect. Unfortunately the injuries early and conditions cost us but we didn't get blown away. Some good individual performances and a couple of players who should have done better.
On to Cas and put things right.

I agree. After 12 minutes I was expecting a complete blow out. In the conditions and with the reduced interchanges it was one of our best defensive displays in recent years

Re: Wigan away - a long way away : Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:35 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I agree. After 12 minutes I was expecting a complete blow out. In the conditions and with the reduced interchanges it was one of our best defensive displays in recent years

It wasnt really was it - Wigan were guilty of making a few daft decisions which saved a whitewash. They could of scored another five if theyed made the right decisions or had a bit more luck. We on the other hand wouldnt of scored again if the match was twice as long

Re: Wigan away - a long way away : Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:48 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I thought the talanoa try was one of the best worked moves we've put on in a long time but agree overall that the ball movement was ponderous but I think that was more a result of fatigue and houghton going off. We looked pretty good early on and were making metres for fun until he went off. 2 interchanges down in that heat was always going to tell and wigan had the lions share of possession so we had a lot of defending to do.

I personally think radford got things wrong after faraimo went off and we'd have been better moving griffin to the right wing and leaving connor in the centre. It would still have given us plenty of go forward on kick returns and would have been a better defensive fit plus griffin is quicker

Sums it up for me. Defence was outstanding.

Re: Wigan away - a long way away : Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:51 am  

Sebasteeno wrote:

Ive got a mate messaging me who's there saying the fans turned up but the players couldnt be arsed

So your friend's assessment was that the team put no effort in? Crikey.

Re: Wigan away - a long way away : Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:53 am  

Houghton calf, Watts hamstring, Connor PCL.

Re: Wigan away - a long way away : Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:06 pm  

Radford gives update on injury quintet:

Re: Wigan away - a long way away : Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:06 pm  

Radford gives update on injury quintet: https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... fc-1195893

Radford gives update on injury quintet: https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... fc-1195893

Re: Wigan away - a long way away : Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:19 pm  

HDM wrote:

But the positive aspect from the contest is clearly the fact that the attendance of 12,416 shows the concept of taking a Super League game to Wollongong was a success. That crowd was better than any figure for games between the two clubs in the 2017 regular season.

If that's a benchmark for success then count me out.