Wow... Look Patten isn't a world beater by any means but he easily outplayed Austin today... His passing was miles sharper he was a direct assist for a superb try. Austin once ran up his own and then asked patten to take a hit up.... Austin was pure e again today... Of all days today is not one to single out Patten as being woeful.

I think the reason Austin was quiet today was partly tactical. A few times it looked like we were about to pass to him and instead made a cut out ball. I think Price wanted Wigan to play into our hands by assuming Austin was to be the heart of everything. It worked for the Atkins try anyway didn’t it?

Patton was good today, 8/10. He gave one poor pass when we just needed to control the ball and quite rightly got a bollocking off Clark. But he gave a lovely pass for Atkins' try and put his kicks in the right areas all afternoon.

Patton had a good game today even you and the rest of the boo boys would admit that...come on a bit of praise when its due

As a non Patton fan I thought he had a good game today.

Austin was quiet because he was almost cut in two but Tommy Leuluai. He never recovered from that hit....shoulder barge.
Carbon copy of Kylie Leuluai on Brett Hodgson in CC final.

A lot of players made mistakes today. Austin made a lot more than Patton. Patton was good, we won,

I expressed an opinion, and invited people to examine a passage of play which sums him up. You counter with an insult.

We were saved today due to the creatively and speed of thought of Ratchford and Clark.

Not an ounce the insults you give Patton.

If you find that an insult then your a touchy so and so...the point being swallow your pride and give praise not harping on about what he did or didn't do for one moment in a game...hopefully Pattonplays well against hull...

No offence, but what a stupid argument. Picking one passage of play to highlight someone’s overall ineptness? If we’re doing that I could say Charnley is garbage because he dropped that kick giving Wigan prime position in our half at a crucial point in the game. But it doesn’t work like that pal and you know it. Now please pack your anti-Patton soapbox away for a change would you? I’m indifferent to him but will say that in a game where Austin was evidently both well-marked and also quiet by his own standards because he’d taken a knock, Dec did what he had to and had a decent game.

There aren’t many players in the entire league that would’ve outshined both Ratch and Clark yesterday, and rightly, he didn’t, but he didn’t do much wrong either.