Very true, but cant see it today. The Wire pack have made Wigan look terrible and I think I can already hear the rumble of Wigan footsteps...

That and respecting possession much better might give them an outside chance. They can't live with Wire's forwards so they're going to have to figure out a way to go around them.

Thing is that Smith has put together an excellent game plan and his players have executed it perfectly. You have to feel that unless they start making some mistakes they'll close this game out comfortably.

Not as close a first half as I'd expected but it's still entertaining to see a high quality performance and stong game plan from Wire (because they're beating Wigan

). Completely removed that lump of lard from the game, and Morley's hit on Fielden was a beauty. Some very good tried from Wire, King's second created by Monaghan was a beauty.

Can you blow the whistle an then decide to play on because something else happened?

That's what I was thinking. I'm sure Ganson blew for the knock on well before he went over - everyone else had stopped.

The BBC commentators are awful.

"Who has he obstructed".

Well, Flanagan took Bridge out you idiot.

Only in a Gansons mind.

Also if they played on from the knock on then he was pushed into touch, once going over the advantage line how is it a scrum attack?

Wire trying to self destruct?

He did blow up, that's why the Wire players were surrounding him. Seemed very strange to me, it's just as well they didn't get the ball down properly.

Not when Wigan keep throwing those flat passes that continually go to ground or get intercepted.

King has come up with a beauty.

They were trying but Wigan didn't let them succeed - game over now.