did lauaki play and if so how did he go

Did all your new signings play?

If so, how did they play?

He was ok going forward but needs to work on his defence, he took one dummy in the first half like a schoolboy.

Have not read all the thread as I am getting an incredibly slow response at the moment.

Hudds came with a simple game plan that worked. A long kicking game and slowing down the PTB and it worked. Wigan could not deal with it and our own kicking game was appalling.

It was smart tactics from their coach to adopt a game plan like that with the players missing that they had and when it became apparent Silverwood had forgotten the offside rule and lying on rule O'Loughlin should have been bending his ear from early on. He never does that though unlike a Briers or a Brough.

Wanes half time talk had no effect and listening to him after the match I have got to say I agree with the caller on GMR who questions Wane's assertion we had a good pre-season in that playing most of those games with a lot of reserve players was a big factor in why it looked like it the team didn't know each other.

Huddersfield deserved to win the game because they came with the right game plan and executed it whereas Wigan had no idea how to deal with it. Wane has a lot of work to do to avoid a right drubbing next week.

thanks very much just wondered how he played thank you . as for st pete well say no more

Really a team slowing down the PTB. I think you are going to get loads of sympathy on that one!

Wigan slowed down the ruck just as much as the Giants. It's always a funny one that, when Hudds slow down the game it's "typical Hudds tactics" & when Pies/Saints/Leeds do it it's "great defense".

Saying Silverwood favoured us is ridiculous too. Watch the tape.

You were beaten by a better team on the day, just accept it.

I don't know why you're acting like it's the end of the world anyway, it's only round 1 & I'd be surprised if you weren't seriously in the running for both trophies this season.

P.S. Wasn't Patrick's 2nd try brilliant?!

Yes

I thought the players looked over weight and slow. Very unfit

Hudds always do well against us and Brough was mom. But as last season especially showed, it's not how you start. It's how you finish. Reckon they were saving it up for next week.

No plan and no idea. It was utterly embarrassing. We made them look superb. The defending for two of Hudds tries was an absolute joke which wouldnt even have a place in schoolboy rugby.

Our players looked knackered after 30 mins.