No your fringe players wouldve put at least 80 past Leigh....I can understand your whinge at having to pay £13 but maybe direct that towards Wane?

It should be directed at both clubs as like I said in my previous post Wigan wanted the game marketed as Leigh vs Wigan reserves and thus charge accordingly which Leigh refused but its just as poor for Wigan to arrange 4 friendlies and only take 3 seriously.

Why direct it to Shaun wane? Leigh knew they were playing a reserve side and Leigh set the price for the game.

Before I make the comment that I wanted to, can I just say that the Wigan team are all full time proffesional where as the Leigh team are all part time. Having said that I would like to say that both teams conducted themselves impeccably today and are a credit to their clubs. I would have thought your reserve side would have given us a better test but putting your first 18 against us would have been a very hard game for us. A game that we don't really need pre-season. I would like to meet you in the CC when we are a bit more battle hardend. Then send you home crying in your pies.

Considering 2 of our next 3 games are against the 2 teams we play 1st in the league I wouldn't expect them to be taken too seriously either. Possibly the Salford game but not Wire, not much point going full strength against them in preseason then again 2 weeks later in the league. I'd go full strength vs Hull KR then field two mixed teams vs Salford and Wire.

If that was or is going to be the case then why arrange friendlies at all if all we are likely to do is play majority of our reserves if Green & Smith don't play in all of our 3 remaining friendlies then what chance do we stand in the league this season we already know it will probably take till 2014 to see the very best of Smith & Green together with the exception of some games this season so if the likes of Richards, Tuson, Prescott, Lauaki, Farrell, Hughes etc don't play the majority of those 3 remaking friendlies then why arrange them at all why not going into the new season cold with little or no game time.

The clubs have been talking about this game for weeks, and Wigan were attempting to field a side that would make the game competitive. If you had fielded your first choice line-up, it would have been a mis-match but I think you selected just too many youngsters and your more experienced players seemed to struggle.

As for us, we had to field our strongest 22, because they are our only 22! Having had Salford back out last week, we only have one more warm-up game scheduled, so we had to treat it as a 'first team' fixture which, according to your website, was what you were treating it as.

Anyway, thanks to the good following who turned up from Wigan, and helped to provide a decent 'gate'.

Because the U19's season is in unison with the first team and they too need pre-season games. As far as I'm aware they only have one other pre-season game, v Leeds on Monday week.

I'd rather them go Aus and play 2-3 games there than play games here that are then repeated in the 1st rounds of the season. I've decided not to go the Salford preseason as I'm paying for a game I'll be seeing again 2 weeks later and as of yet I am undecided on going Westwoods testimonial. Now some might say I'm not a real fan because of this but I'd rather not be able to see them atall in pre-season than watch us play the same teams over and over again.

I`m pretty sure he picks the team does n`t he?

Looks like the Samaritans will be busy tonight.....

He didn't pick todays.

Maybe.........my point was why chastise Leigh for the pricing policy and not your club for their selection?

I didn't, but you said Wane picked today's team. I can assure you he didn't.

Wane has stated all along that the team would be made up of fringe first team players and academy players, and I don't have a problem with that. I enjoyed my day out.

Well I've got to say that if that's your 'future' you should be seriously worried. Your lads seriously lacked any passion and seemed to have very few ideas. I was very disappointed with your youngsters so I can't imagine how you lot must be feeling.