It was the only thing he did of any note in the whole game. Pretty much anonymous for 80 minutes. He's a shadow of his former self since coming from the NRL & injury. The goons can't be happy having one of there marquee spots being used up by a passenger.

Don't worry, a lot of Wigan fans are bored with it and we do notice it - hence why the attendances are appalling. I've stopped getting excited for big games for a year or 2 now because you know you won't see entertaining rugby.

As for wetting the ball, I don't see the issue and wouldn't have any issue if any other team had done it. It's not like he coated it in something you wouldn't normally find on a pitch. Then again, some people believe wetting the pitch beforehand (something they do for latics games too) is cheating too.

He could have dealt with it a bit better by issuing them a team warning, they gave away 3 or 4 on the bounce at one point in the first half, never even gave them a talking to.

Your side of the pitch? What are you on about?

You're all talking like it was a massively one sided, disgracefully ill-disciplined display by us but the penalty count was 11-10

I came to say what most have already said. Last night was nearly unwatchable because of Wigan play. Nearly every tackle was cringe worthy, it's got to the point where you could penalise every set. A spot of niggle is almost inevitable from any side but that's not the case with Wigan, Wane can't moan about last night not being the 'wigan way' when it's been clearly coached and drilled into their play. You reap what you sew. No wonder their fans are frustrated.

You might have to re-evaluate that comment for next season

What I do like about Wane and Wigan, however, is the intensity of their games. One huge criticism I have of us - and SL in general - is that it's played at 3/4 intensity

The half with the Saints shirt under it.

I don't think you can blame Wigan for their antics at the play the ball, as a previous poster said it was Childs who didn't stamp it out early on. I don't think it was a classic but their was a level on intensity defensively from both teams that hasn't been in too many SL game this season. I think Wane summed the game up perfectly after the match.

You can definitely blame Wigan for their antics, its their coached style of play to push the boundaries of the referees tolerance, and its outside the spirit of the game.

Its a "win at all costs" mentality that's sucking the entertainment value from the game, however it is a ploy that can bring success.

There's plenty of posts on the Wigan board to show that their own fans are a bit fed up of this approach too though.

I think most fans want to see entertaining rugby and success. Some will be happy with just success, but the killer is a team that is not winning or entertaining and we saw that happening with Saints over the last couple of years where they shed an awful lot of fans. For teams that have had a lot of success in the past I suppose there is even more pressure to continue it in the future.

Throw in there the epitome of the within limits foul play Tony Clubb , Diving , Ball stealing and just in general being a grub.

Can't fault the commitment though and he seems to just get away with it .

Talking about "win at all costs" mentality. i think, apart from Thursday's result ,you couldn't write Wigan off for another visit to Old Trafford. We saw the difference last year in last few league games when ,after Flower got sent off,Wigan came back with a completely different game & blew us away. In the final ,Wigan & the other final winners know that only unbridled aggression & stretching rules to breaking point will win the cup. Take your foot off the gas for just a minute & you will be sunk.