yeah, i'll remember when we win the league leaders shield and go into the playoffs on the back of a few good scorelines like tonight that we won it after playing poorly - because thats just not fair is it

warrington and leeds share the CC final next week yet they both lost poorly at the weekend. some folk are never satisfied i will say that!

all that tonight was about was the 2 points which will more or less secure top spot as long as we don't slip up before the final game against saints. we have said 2 points and a 3 point lead in the league.

bit of optimism please guys!!

I don't think they helped themsleves though, by going constantly for intercepts rather than concentrating on tackling the man with the ball, and thus repeatedly knocking on, gifting us repeated back-to-back sets.

That said, we were pretty pedestrian in attack.

The worrying thing with the Wigan performance was the way in which the Salford defensive tactics which were to get up into the faces of the opposition quickly caused Wigan problems. The half backs just shunted the ball out wide even when the Salford players were in the line. No taking the defence on or short kicks to stop the rush defence. It was basic stuff yet still caused Wigan problems. The set moves were easily spotted and better teams than Salford would have seized the opportunity to take advantage of a Wigan team that performed like it was a pre season fixture.

Highlights now up on SLTV

rlhttps://www.superleague.co.uk/sltv/SLHighlights#rl

Smith got MoM because we were playing Salford. Can't think of any other reason given Lockers was indeed the best player on the park by some distance and his tackles were as you say brutal.

I agree a little with that. Never used to miss a televised game but now I couldn't care less unless it's along the lines of Wigan/Wire/Leeds/Saints/Catalans v Wigan/Wire/Leeds/Saints/Catalans.