We fell for the three card trick second half.

Salford came out to niggle and spoil. Unfortunately the referee did nothing about it, and the game degenerated.

Fair play to Salford, they played the referee well, we (or certain players need to learn)
Better teams will punish us.

Even if it is, what will Scummings do. Ill tell ya - nowt.

I don't think that is the case.

We didn't make any handling errors if my memory serves me correctly in the opening 15-20 minutes.

Following this period we made a couple of handling errors and missed a few tackles which led to Salford slowly gaining more possession, getting down field and scoring a try.

If we'd have kept hold of the ball on those sets we may have very well scored more points in the first half.

The first 15 mins were faultless. We did not drop 1 ball, give a single penalty away or make a knock on. Zero errors and all the possession resulted in 22 points and some very nice tries scored.

It all went a bit to pot after that. On their first attack they scored (How often does that happen to us? Team never in it then gets 1st sniff of the line they are in). The second half looked like two poor teams playing each other. Salford did change things about and caused us problems with a quick PTB but we lost our own way all by ourselves. It was very frustrating given that first 15 mins. If anyone thinks that is moaning I am just relating the facts as to what actually happened!

Dave

not at all we needed a win an got 1 end off

whocares about the performance, 2 points is the most vital thing at the endof the day.

We were hit by penalty's as soon as Fielden came on also Hock lost his head later in the game.

Oh and now when the hooter go's the Ref gets a call to tell him its gone.

Stuart Cummings was one of the WORST referees ever to take the field and look where he is now.

Turley has a big future in the game by that reckoning then!

Fielden, whats going on?? I never thought the day would come when I'd be happier with Prescot and Coley starting before him. Prescot was superb last night and the first 20 mins with the two of them on worked well. Hope Fielden starts from the bench next week too.
Good offload by Coley near the line which helped create the last try of the game (I think it was anyway, too much beer!)

I think them out-scoring us after those 20mins was actually credit to Salford. They drew us into an arm-wrestle, and it stopped being about scoring and started being about hitting an opposition player harder than he hit you.

It's not the first time this season that we've been concentrating on smashing people instead of scoring points (Hull KR springs to mind) and their forwards drove us into that by getting in fielden's and hock's head. There was a bit of b!tch-slapping at one of our play the balls and hock punched alker, giving them a penalty, in our half. Which is criminal to be honest.

Saints wouldn't have been drawn into that, they would have carried on scoring points and that could have been a 70 point score line tonight.

Overall I'm pleased with last night, that was the most clinical wigan side I've seen in a long time, but Salford drew us into a scrap that we never should have let ourselves been drawn into.

Where did you learn that? I'm glad we are doing something about it rather than giving Cummings another excuse next time a ref cocks up something simple!

I care about performance and the first 15 minutes yesterday was fantastic - the next 65 minutes was dross in my opinion, whether the ref gave them everything or not.

Can't say i'm disappointed because that performance sums up our season entirely - brilliant at times yet generally sub standard.

What I am though is extremely frustrated, I and probably many others can see there is a potentially good side in there that is failing to play to its potential - what frustrates me is the fact that they appear unable of producing it consistently during one game, let alone a few on the bounce.

He had well released the ball.