Agreed. Perspective is needed in the fact that Wigan are 3 years into it with Peet. Burgess has been here one season and we were a penalty kick away from beating Wigan at the HJ which would have resulted in us finishing 1st and winning the LLS. We made the CC final and we were a couple of missed conversions and a dodgy decision over reaching the Grand Final. Lets see where we are after 3 years as the improvements have already been mightily impressive.

Had we finished top or second ,would we have lost the final due to having a week off like at Wembley ?
Perhaps an idea to beat the likes of Wigan ,with a perceived better set of forwards than us, would be to abandon trying to go through them every time & start spreading the ball early in the sets maybe tiring their forwards in the bargain.
As for our new signings , hopefully, the powers that be have found a gem among them. Didn't we sign a bandaged up winger from Oz in the forties who couldn't get a game anywhere....?

One for Cherry Warrior. Was Misky still carrying that injury against Leigh when he was chased down ?I thought he was faster than that or is he a short range specialist ?

The main thing Wire need to do is to keep backing those academy lads and opening up that pathway. Hayes, Lindop, Holroyd, Taylor-Wray etc have been excellent this season and I'm sure there will be more lads behind them good enough for a chance. They will push players within the first 17 to be better and if they themselves are good enough, they'll take a starting shirt.

You can make signings on top of that and try to close any gap but there is only one way of having sustained success and the teams who've had it prove exactly what the formula is. Warrington are far closer to following that formula than HKR for example. I honestly don't see HKR being in this sort of position much longer because there is too much riding on external signings. They're signing 36/37 year olds and it's all being set up for instant success but that rarely works because you need to keep replacing them. If Wire back the kids and make one or two good signings, I think you'll be the team to push Wigan over these next few seasons.

The switch to trusting the youngsters, and the comparative quality compared to a few years back is one of the highlights for me.

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