Quote: Cherry.Pie "He didn't underestimate then as far as I can tell, he just had faith in the players he put out to do the business and they came up short. They were capable of winning but were there own worst enemy at times with ill discipline.
He won't rest as many players again because he now knows he can't, but he also knows a bit more about how some of the players coped in a tough game.'"
For all he knows the likes of Mellor would be fine in a tough game if he had someone like Lockers leading the team. With so many changes he doesn't really know any more than he did before.
I think the point W/L/A is making is that instead of saying what he has in the post match comments he should just admit leaving three of your four main pivots out of the game (along with the other changes) was a mistake. Which it was.
I want to hear him say he isn't going to make the same mistake twice and acknowledge his part in the loss. Were he to do so not only would that be reassuring for the fans but it would rightly take some of the flak off the players. Finch was put in an impossible position and doesn't deserve to have to try and pull games like that out of the fire himself.
Wane just should not have done it and if he did think the players he put out would do the business what else is that but a complete under estimating of the opposition? The idea he thought we could win without Lockers, Tommy and Sam says as much about what he thought of Widnes as the capabilities of his own players.