F off you ffing f.

Not really. Warrington completely dominated the game from start to finish but certainly, what limited mistakes Ailibert did make were in our favour, the strip on the (excellent) Hoffman in particular.

Kudos to the Wigan fans on this thread.

One of Wigan's strengths in attack is the way they create the overlaps out wide but Smith had Wire well drilled in defence and they slid out wide very effectively. Wigan just didn't have the space out wide that they usually create. It was good counter tactics from Wire rather than Wigan playing poorly. Wigan need to develop some alternative attacking strategies. Having won the league last year, other teams are now wisening up to their tactics and preparing well. Hull also did their homework on Wigan and should have won that game.

I think there is no doubt that Wire will be in the mix for both comps this year and Wigan will have to up their game to win anything. I won't be surprised to see these two teams in the GF though. Wigan will learn and improve from last night's performance. This is the first instalment of what will be 3 or possibly 4 interesting contests between the teams this year.