In all fairness Saints never played too badly, just did not get enough of the ball. Yes I am a wigan fan but not one to boast, I still think saints will be fighting for the grand final come end of season, it could be worse you could have to do back handers to go over the salary cap like a certain team have to haha

holding the player upright longer means you are at risk of an offload, down to the opposition to exploit this rather than moaning.

end of the day, outclassed in every area, thats why Wigan won, or was it because Ganson wasnt playing?

I wasn't moaning.

sorry, re-read your post and you were actually complimenting Wigan on exploiting a weakness in the oppositon.

Everyone's pretty much hit the nail on the head in regards to what makes our defense so good. From getting as many bodies into the tackle as possible, to holding the player still before usually placing them on their back, and if possible facing their own try line. That coupled with the fact that we peel away from the tackle one at a time, all contributes greatly to slowing down the opposition's PTB.

A consequence of those tactics though are the extreme amount of energy it saps from are players. It's near impossible to keep that tactic up for eighty minutes week in week out. That's why IMO we do on occasions suffer from losing large leads.

That's why you're always vulnerable in the second half. It's why, had we remembered how to catch a ball, we could have done a Cas on you on Friday night. Fortunately for you, we couldn't catch a bleedin cold on Friday night.