I think our tactics of running at Roby 2/3 times every set were spot on - he was absolutely screwed and did nothing with the ball.

Unfortunately we didn't have anything that resembled a last tackle play so couldn't turn out ridiculously weighted possession and field position into more points. And Bowen lost us another game.

As disappointed i was with a few things, Bowen not jumping (again) the inconsistency of the ref (for both sides) some very sloppy tackle attempts and Gelling doing what the hell he wants, in the grand scheme of things the result means nothing.

I still think we will beat Cas next week, Huddersfield will beat Leeds and we will finish top and getting the Saints re-match down here where it REALLY matters.

What a fantastic effort from the boys. Our forwards were immense and we were unlucky to lose that game.
However when you have so much pressure you have to get points on the back of it.
Saints goal line defence won that for them.
We have to find a way to get over the line from close range.

We were the better side last night and think we may have learned a valuable lesson especially attacking on their line. There were a few very disappointing sets starting on their line where we threw nothing at them. A bit more composure and we seal that game.

Everyone is talking about Bowen mistake and rightly so, but IIRC, was it Bateman with the stupid penalty on their line lifting up Swift trying to get a drop out? That was where the game turned, Saints were struggling to get out of their half then.

I'm with you. I thought we were the better team and, at last, all 4 props really turned up. That game wasn't the one that mattered whereas if we meet again it's winner takes all. Let them enjoy their victory (though McManus' gurning visage churns my stomach somewhat) because I'm pretty confident that we have the level of performance in us to overturn the losses to both Leeds and Saints.
As a separate issue I have to say that the Sky commentary team fell even further in my estimation, especially that turd Carney. "This is it! This is it!" when Wilkin broke clear was quite telling from him. I understand Phil Clarke leaning towards Wigan even if he shouldn't but I wonder what the club ever did to Carney to turn him into the bitter person he is now when it comes to Wigan?

If you can't beat Saints playing so poorly and with most of the quality possession what makes you think it'll be any different at your place?

Everyone's entitled to their opinion, you've had yours and I think you're wrong. Like most games each side had it's good and bad patches, but Wigan shaded it. Unlike Leeds! Like they always say you've got to play for the full 80. End of.

Not a bad home record for a start!

Well don't go getting one of your men sent off this time.

Ey?? No chance.

We should have won with amount of possession we had particularly in the first but to be fair to Saints their defence was excellent and if I was a Saints I would have ecstatic with the result last night.
Not sure how this defeat will affect us. Based on recent performances that is probably as good as our forwards are going to be. Moral would have been hit as to lose so late in the game must be as SW stated a ball breaker.
This is now a good measure of how good a manager SW really is or not. He has turn around the team in quick fashion and lift their moral to believe we can still get to the GF.
I personally saw several reasons to believe we could turn it around however, I have this nagging feeling that our inability to turn pressure into points could come back to haunt us again. I sincerely hope that SW has got that magic touch and finds the key to unlocking disciplined defences that Saints and Huddersfield seem to have. I have questioned the teams passion a few times this season last night demonstrated that there is plenty of it we just need a little more guile near the line to accompany it.
Hopefully Cas have won their GF by beating Leeds and take their foot off the gas to enable us to win without too many squeaky bum times.
Like many people I think that anyone of the top four can win the GF but the Huddersfield and Saints players will probably have a more confidence than their Leeds and Wigan counterparts.

If we win and Hudds win it will be Wigan v Leeds in the semi unless Saints somehow manage to lose against Wire.