Matty missed two tackles in the whole game. Others missed tackles that you don't see on the highlights because they didn't lead to tries. Huddersfield actually bombed at least two efforts in the first half. But you won't see that on the highlights. The highlights comprise 2 minutes out of 80.

Look at the Super League stats and you see that Lockers missed 3 for example and so did MMc despite only being on the pitch for 20 minutes. Are you going to say the same about them? If you'd been to the game (I don't know if you were there) you would have seen that Matty played particularly well, especially in the second half. If you just watch highlights you aren't going on much for your information.

There's always some bright spark on here who comes out with 'So-and-so' needs to sort his defence out as if they've spotted something new. Earlier on it was Sarge, now it's Matty's turn. Guess what? Players miss tackles, rugby would be pretty boring if they didn't. Is Matty's defence good enough for Shaun Wane? Yes. And that's good enough for me.

I put my own views forward on a whole range of topics. I just stop short of telling Wane I could do his job better!

I think his point is that while we all may have an opinion on what's best for the team, very few of us posters will know as much about RL as a man like SW does...

You could say that about any part of RL. I guess we can't question refs anymore because after all they know far more about the rules than we do. The next time an opposition coach puts an opinion forward do we all bow to their superior knowledge?

Just because someone is a rugby coach doesn't remove them from getting things wrong.

Thanks.

I thought it was a very significant win for the Wigan club, players and coaching staff.
That's two wins away from the DW when we'd struggled to do that in the previous 10 months.
Yes we beat Leeds which was a game away from the DW but it was at a neutral venue and obviously they weren't at home either.
Yesterday was a real away match, against a good defensive team on their field.

I thought in the first half we had gone back to the bad old days of trying to score off every set. Especiallly that last set just after we equalised at 12 all. What on earth were the players thinking throwing the ball around like that less than 10 mtrs from our try line with less than 2 mins on the clock?

The second half was a transformation. Although we scored very early, the half was about building pressure. The tackling was ferocious forcing Hudds to drop the ball an awful lot. Because Hudds were doing all the defending and tackling they conceded a number of pens which kept the pressure on. Repeated goal line drop outs drained them and their forwards looked shot at after 50 mins. Broughy's interception try was off a 2nd or 3rd repeat set. That was as good a second half as they've been for some time whether home or away.

For the second game they came from behind to win. Did it against Leeds and came back from behind three times yesterday. That is resiliance and character. A complete turnaround from the HKR and Catalans' games. Then going behind they collapsed totally. That is behind them now.

I was critical of everything after the Catalans' game, I thought it was a shambles.
Therefore I have to say well done to all who have turned it around. The players, coaching staff and all involved in preparing the squad for the past two games.
Well Done to All.

Very true.

Smith was at fault for 2 easily preventable tries with poor 1-on-1 defence. The blame rests solely on his shoulders that those tries were scored, nothing before those missed tackles matter because he was still in a perfect position to stop the tries from being scored. The fact that Wane thinks his defence is alright is irrelevant when those things happen.

Smiths defence was an issue yesterday but I don't think it's been an overly big concern this season so let's hope it was a blip. Dan Sarginson had a blip on that score as well after previously looking solid but these past two weeks he's been rock solid so hopefully Smith will follow suit.

One area of concern for is Smiths goal kicking which seems to have gone backwards this past few weeks. I backed it only a month or so ago and I thought he was much improved but his percentages seen to have dropped. It's not easy converting all the try's our wingers score but the miss after Faz's second yesterday really should be bread and butter.