Good shout, his kicking game was shocking, kicking for teritory when you are facing 12 men is a strange tactic. Although we lost last night I think I would be more worried if I was a saints fan than a wiganer, two or three years ago if we had a man sent off early in the 1st half saints would have put 40 on us no question and there would have been no contest, at one stage in the 2nd half last night it looked like wigan could win!

No chance of that!
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Wigan coach Shaun Wane:
"I don't think the referee got it right. It looked like Micky Mac was committed. He's an important player and I want him playing for me next week. We'll go there and fight it if we have to. We feel we have a strong case.[/i

Disgraceful, but not surprising TBH!

Yeah Wane is trying his best to get McIlorum a sending off sufficient decision. IIRC he said something along the lines of "he was sent off early in the game so that's a suspension in itself"

He wasn't committed, he had no need to make contact with the Saints player the ball had clearly already gone before McIlorum makes a movement toward making a tackle. It was high, dirty and from behind, similar to the Leon Pryce one on Sinfield a few years ago which IIRC he got 4 games for.

The thread is called Wigan v Saints, we're hardly going to discuss another team. You're paranoid.

Im a big fan of how Wigan have played over the last 3 years, very entertaining to watch, however i do think they are suffering from "big time charlie" syndrome. They have no right whatsoever to get the decisions from referees yet they are like Man Utd when decisions go against them and try to intimidate the official. I actually think James Child handed the game really well last night and you wont hear me saying that very often. Its not just One or two of them at it, it appears there is 5-6 of them who want to be in charge. Warrington are clear favs for the GF now in my opinion cos when the going gets tough they tough it out and tough it out legally not going in for all the messing around at the PTB trying to milk a pen ( Morning Mr Tomkins) or cheap shots.

Wane is not a good coach, he has inherited a very good squad from a previous coach, lets see how he goes next year when he loses some very good players. i expect Wigan to drop quite considerably next year and he will get found out. If im proved wrong so be it.

im all for defending your own players if as a quote has suggested he is trying to defend McIlorum but come on how can you defend the Indefendable, Sorry Shaun but McIlorum is a dirty little thug who got his just deserts last night

Wane is the epitome of arrogance, his after match comments came across as a command to the RFL. I want Micky Mac playing next week and I want to play Leeds.

Fortunately not everthing is cherry and white and we don,t live in this distorted point of view of Wanes World.

Did he say he wanted to play Leeds I'm the interview with Eddie?

It,s on the BBC after match comments, nice to play Leeds after his loss to them in the Semi Final.

It's the playoffs - the disciplinary are always more lenient the week before big knockout games.

One match, £300 fine and a warning about his future conduct.

If so it would be a disgrace. This was no less than a premeditated assault. There was no attempt at a tackle and for Wane to try and defend it is beyond belief. I hope he gets a long ban.

I think Wane should get a 2 match ban as well, showing no respect to the victim, and a total disregard for foul play.
At times he shows as much intelligence respect as a pie crust.

Wane's World = late 80s/early 90s