Encouraging signs. When we failed to take advantage of all that possession in the 1st half i feared for the worst, but well done for staying mentally strong. Amazing how almost unplayable Leeming can be when he's on his game, hes a real jeckyl and hyde character. Massive defence from Murphy and Joe. I agree with Woolford that Joe has been our best player so far this year when he's played he has been a total rock and done well in attack too.

More of the same please

Enjoyed that game, much more entertaining than last nights reefing, grapple-a-thon.
Taken some damage though, I thought Murphy got an elbow to the face not a busted knee.
Still, what do you expect at Wigan.
Anyway, congrats to Shudds for taking the cake, the balloons and the beer to a party that looked likely to be a nailed on yawnfest.
Well deserved.

Some Wigan fans will have heard of "roadkill", although they'll probably deny it exists.

No lack of effort tonight a thoroughly deserved win. Well done to the team. A good shot of Brearley at the end

Murphy, joe wardle and Leeming were the three stand out players for me. Leeming absolutely crucified Wigan in the middle when he’s on that form he’s a joy. Special mention for Gaskell, taai, mellor and makintosh although a couple of wayward passes he got us out of trouble a couple of times with his defence and saved us from conceding. .
All played their part.
I also thought we started to see a glimpse of what frawley could offer.- His kicking game was much improved.

Well played Hudds, don’t stop believing “Journey”

Well played Hudds,pride,heart and passion.Fantastic defence.
Recorded it and watched after getting home from us smashing another one of the "untouchables"

Roberts 20m
Uate 31m
Still lot of work to be done with these two,
Jerry 203m

Roberts has been a disappointment ever since that good World Cup. He did only make 6 carries but needs to be doing more. If I was a cynic I’d say since he won a long contract he’s not put in the effort. But he has not played much this season.
With Murphy and probably wardle out next week now’s his chance to step up- needs to be long strides though!

Well done Huddersfield great win for you

great to get the season up and running ... at wigan and on sky tv to boot!!!

wigan were dreeadful and we should have won by more but i dont care its a win and a boost for everyone.

standouts were leeming who had a big performance, he can do that but doesnt do it enough!!!!

joe wardle and murphy

also gaskell and frawley with a good kicking game and frawley also diffused two high attacking kicks from wigan

great night for those that went!

deary me

yep agreed

least uate has an excuse coming back from an injury

Those stats are particularly bad though. The modern winger should be one of the main ball carriers, and there are plenty of free yards to be had from kick returns and from scooting off the back of quick play the balls. In fact when I saw that I went and had a look at all of the wingers stats from Friday. Carries in brackets.

Faraimo: 131 (16)
Naulago: 63 (10)
Briscoe: 71 (9)
Handley: 79 (10)
Makinson: 119 (15)
Grace: 106 (15)
Kear: 89 (14)
Williams: 90 (16)
Escare: 73 (9) - Started on bench
Mcgillvary: 206 (22)
Uate: 31 (9)

I haven't included Marshall or Manfredi since they went off injured in the first half.

So he had the joint lowest number of carries and his yards per carry were pretty much half (or less) what everyone else managed. That is really poor for a player of his reputation.

Anyway, it's nothing to do with me really, I was just really surprised by how poor those numbers were, I wouldn't be impressed if I was a Huddersfield fan.

Congrats on the win, hope you can start to claw your way out of the danger zone now. We look a completely different animal after breaking our losing run and gaining a bit of confidence. Hope you can do the same.