Quote: The Eclipse "Remember after the Roosters WCC loss in Sydney a few years back the coaching staff identified one of the major differences was how much bigger the Roosters were and that Wigan needed to address the problem ?
What has happened since then ? if anything the team is smaller meaning the forwards struggle to lay a platform and are easily dominated.
It was evident in the game v Souths in Sydney and against Warrington that was one of the most embarrassing performances I've seen from a Wigan team.
Recruitment and retention for next season is going to be the most important in recent history and top of the list must be getting some big strong players who can get the team on the front foot and much holes in defences.'"
Size alone is not enough. My own clubs pack (Wakefield) is frankly massive yet there is no evidence so far this seaon that they could dominate anybody.
For whatever reason the attitude is all wrong at the moment with the backs shouldering far to much of the work.
We have pace in abundance but we simply can’t use it because the pack isn’t winning the battle up front.
Ditto mobility, potentially we have that in spades but that’s not happening either.
Packs win games and big and mobile as our pack is on paper on grass it’s totally lacklustre.
If you play it hard down the middle against us you could easily win because we are soft in sad to say.