Meant to make the point that if widnes were to sneak into 8th at end of season, this game could be the difference for a few clubs battling for playoffs.

The past two years under Madge were great cos every game was treated as though it mattered. God forbid we are going back to the Noble era were the philosophy of the season starting in August was the mantra.

Well aint that a shame? Those teams should make sure themselves that they are in the 8, not rely on Wigan to beat their rivals

pathetic!! Are Wigan warriors to blame for world war 1 in your eyes too?

What a ridiculous statement.

I think " Disrespect " is the right word, there are no easy games in SL, I could see Tommy was carrying a knock last week so understand him being left out but if there were no other injuries bad call.
Last season MM always played his best team.
I'm sure Denis Betts team talk was pretty straight forward once the teams were announced.
Pity after the last 3 performances.
The thing about mistakes is that you have got to learn from them.
Think we might be back to full strength next week.
No matter what is said to the press and I heard SW on Radio Manchester travelling back from the game, I think he knows he has made a big mistake today, anyway lets move on and well played Widnes.

What I don't get is Wane's comments about wanting to win EVERY game and slating Madge pre season saying we lost games that I think we should have won. He then picks a team like that!

On form, Wigan should have been sat at the top of SL with a huge points difference. Instead there is the prospect of being 5th in the league.

Fios, if you read the first part of my post on page before, im not criticising wigan, more some posters attitude to the fact that some teams seasons apparently dont start til august.

Strongest possible team rule.

Coach Wane would have learnt some very valuable lessons from today, next weeks team selection and performance will be very different imo,

I think and hope he takes some responsibility regarding todays performance but in slight defence the coach does fall off and miss tackle.imo

one good thing to come from this game wane wont do that again! say what you want he thought this was an easy game and we could get away with half a team. sorry its a FAIL

I honestly can't see what the problem is.

Wane fields some young players against a relatively weak club. It ends up costing us the game.

So what?

The regular round friendlies are the ideal time to experiment.

wane said only last week on gmr that he would put his strongest team out every week,short memory. personally for the future of the club it doesnt bother me.the young lads will only learn from the game today.first team rugby is completely different than reserve rugby.blood em young