I looked at the odds on a betting site and Hull had 2 start.
They were 11/10 and Wigan were 10/11.
C'mon Wigan!

A boring 'win' regularly is not the Wigan way. With my late Dad and his dad before him my family, we go back to the time of Queen Victoria watching an exciting Wigan. It is that which made us the biggest fanbase in the history of Rugby League.

Just on our coach from Hull, sun is shining. Have a safe journey guys, thoigh ultimately I hope you lose!

Firstly I thoroughly enjoyed the game yesterday. The atmosphere was fantastic despite the stadium not being full and the game was exciting even if it at times lacked quality particularly from us.

Despite us still being in it and having opportunities to win it the best team won it and rightfully so the real touches of quality came from Hull when it counted and we couldn't cope with certain aspects of their play particularly the kicking masterclass from Snyd.

My frustration is however fully levelled once again at our style of play. We were pretty much on the back foot for the entire match even with ball in hand. We attempted to grind out a result until we had to start chasing the game. The last 10-15 minutes we started running shapes and lines had option runners and Hull started to struggle.

It was almost like watching us under Brian Noble again who seemed to shackle us and Trent Barrett and only let him off the leash when the game was lost.

Tactically we just look very very poor. That is not just levelled at the coach, our spine on the field has to take responsibility for that also. Could t understand why after the first kick leading to a try we peppered the very solid left side for Hull for the rest of the half. Switch to the second half we start to kick to the right despite the left winger being stood in the only area of the field with the sun in his eyes.

I have absolutely no doubt we have the players and talent in the squad to be consistently challenging for honours year in year out, however I am also in no doubt that our style of play is holding us back and preventing us from reaching our potential as a team.

That's about where I'm at really, speaking as a neutral.
That game had dull written all over it though right from the off, and so it was, but it takes 2 to make a game, the codheads will shoulder some of that blame also.
Both teams are relentless grinders, their games are played out in line contact, its all about fannying about in the tackle and at pob, both sides playing for penalties because nobody was gonna take a chance at making a line break, without penalties its a 20 yd gain after 5 tackles and a boot down field.
This strategy might yield marginally greater success over a season, but f*** its boring to watch.

The game livened up a bit towards the end when the pies started chucking it about, but by then it was long too late, they were out of gas and tbh, its not their game these days.
I don't see a personnel issue, they're just following orders, sometimes its enough and sometimes it isn't.