Quote: Pacific "I'm quite happy with that game. I feared the worst after 20 mins but the effort and attitude was brilliant considering our current unprecedented injury crisis with most of our first 13 out. Wire were full strength at start and as soon as Sandow went off they were flat in attack.
Thought the youngsters went very well and dint look out of place. Hard to pick out a Wigan player who had a bad game. Matty Smith is usually made the scapegoat but im a fan of his. Manfredi was outstanding again. Mossop has stepped up in recent weeks as well. Farrell a bit frustrating but still put in a good stint.
It bodes well for the future of our club the quality of the youngsters that come through our academy. Tony smith and Richard Agar are notorious for neglecting the Warrington academy in favour of journeymen like Westerman, Cox and Bailey. Our academy is taken for granted i think by our fans but the quality we are producing is brilliant. Players who understand the clubs culture and know how to win.
Full strength we will walk this league easy. The quality has never been lower. The trophies are now clearly going to be between Wigan and the Wire and I still dont rate this Wire team - dont forget its largely the same team that floundered at end of last year and almost got the coach sacked (Mick Turner was sacked instead as a scapegoat to save Smith and Agar's back!).
I was a little disappointed to see diving and feigning injury in the game. Daryl Clark dived i thought on more than one occasion to get a penalty and Ratchford seemed fine after his 'injury' once he was awarded the 8 point try.
Anyway, onwards and upwards. We are competing very well at present and with a full strength team we will be fine come the business end of the season.'"
1. I think Wigan were outstanding given the length of the injury list, my bum was twitching after Manfredis 3rd
2. We don't neglect our academy, we're not at Leeds, Wigan and Saints level yet but we have improved dramatically the past 5-8 years. We have seen players like Jack Johnson, Gene Ormsby, Rhys Evans, Toby King, Gareth O'Brien (now at Salford), Declan Patton, James Lathwaite, Brad Dwyer, George King, Kevin Penny, Ben Evans, Ben Currie, Joe Philbin and Tyrone McCarthy(NRL).
3. There was no diving or feigning injury, we lost two key players to injury as well
4. How are the trophies going to be shared between Warrington and Wigan when you're going to "walk the league easy" and you don't rate us?
The majority of Wigan fans display a high level of knowledge of our great game. I'm guessing your post was fuelled by post game disappointment and you're not really that narrow minded. It's going to a great season and expect some more tense battles along the way.
