Quote: DaveO "If you look at the attack stats for the past 3 years you will find we are something like 30 tries a season off being top try scorers after the regular rounds and after the regular rounds this season we were in fact 3rd on tries scored after Cas and Salford. The three seasons before that we were top, 2nd to Wire by 7 and top. There is a difference to how being 3rd sounds to being 30 tries off the pace. I think the stats back up the perception that our attack has not been good for three seasons.'"
I agree. I think that stat is a bit misleading.
But all stats aside, no-one who's watched Wigan regularly this season could seriously think that we are a great attacking team.
I can't remember a period when I felt so unexcited when we got close to the opposition line. So often it ends in a turn-over or a Hail Mary ball leading to nothing (and that is one of the most frustrating outcomes of all, because it appears to be our halfbacks' default move, despite it failing again and again).
Add to that our 50% conversion rate, and we're getting close to an explanation as to why we've fallen so far behind.