Plenty of Tomkins threads elsewhere...

Still feel that there was a couple of errors on Saturday that cost us (despite people's personal favouritsm and dislike of Wellens, Wilkin, LMS, Shenton blah, blah, blah); one in that we continued to do the same thing despite good position & ball and one in that we didn't fully rotate our subs.

If the coach believed that we were doing well offensively (with our one move) and it was only a matter of time before we scored, I can understand Gaskell's late introduction. Even so think he would have provided other options to keep Wigan under pressure. Even if Gaskell was brought on for a few minutes to allow Meli into the pack and Pryce at Centre just to rest Wilkin or Flannery or LMS, it would have been worth it. Same with Clough, surely he could have managed a couple of fifteen minute spells which I think would have made all the difference. If he wasn't fit (understand he wouldn't be match fit, I mean over his injury) then we should have had anyone who was.

Already mentioned that Wilkin made fifty tackles but offered limited attack....so would anyone having to play the full game in a tough game against the best team in the league.

Wilkin was our only attack in the first half. His grubber kicks produced at least four goal line dropouts and they could have been tries had the rest of the team been awake. Two of our attacking 'weapons' - Wello and Pryce, made hugely important errors in keeping the ball when they should have passed, especially Wello since the receiver ran over the line anyway. It's like our attack was of the nerves rather than rugby league. Only when we were kicked up the backside by the deficit did we play according to the game plan. And it worked. We scored two tries. Too little too late.

Everyone has conveniently forgotten the DW. Same game plan, different players; more awake and fitter players.