We were shocking full stop. Only one player stood up to the mark and that was JJB.
Burrows is not a starting hooker. He should be on the bench to replace the starting hooker, which is another problem as IMO McShane does not look like the answer. Hooker is most important position on the pitch. I believe Sinfield should start there and give Stevie Ward a chance at stand off. I'd even think about chucking him next week against Manly next week. Manly will know very little about him(if anything).

While I can agree with you that Mr Alibert is probably the worst ref in the league, I don't think we can have any complaints re the way the game was reffed last night. Wigan played with a LOT more intensity than us, as a result won more of the 'rucks' and therefore earned more penalties. We were taking the ball up in 1's, leaving Wigan the chance to gang tackle us 3 and even 4 on one and slowing down the ptb. As a contrast they were going up harder and in 2's allowing them to take defenders away and win the ground battle.

Sure, Alibert made some strange decisions (Hall forward pass ) and his lack of knowledge of the basic rules of the game worries me, but I don't think he was much of a factor last night.

I will just say though that Wigan look a less scary prospect then they did last season, but then again without Buderus so do we!

Don't forget we used one debutant, and one player who had one game in 2008. Apart from the "Knee-jerkers" on the board, most people like the way we are moving forward.

The 2nd week we have had a bad ref. Last week did not affect the result at all, but was inconsistant, and missed loads.

All the refs are inconsistent.....and sadly can all adversely affect results. The winning team has to be good enough to overcome this major handicap. Fortunately in most cases it is. Yesterday was no exception. The best team won.