never mind Huddersfield its just another match you'll never play in

haha get over it you soft cock.

SW just needs to get back to the basics, we caused them problems when we straightened it up and made meters through the forwards. It seemed like the player just wanted to pass it sideways all the time and not challenge them through the middle.

after that preformance by bowen ad be looking for another full back now, good effort in the second half tho lads. roosters just seemed two phiscal for your lot to handle, 2 many missed tackles.

good game to watch. I think the intensity of the Aussie game was there to see though.

realy ? you think so? time will tell

Come back when you dont choke in playoffs or finals

I mentioned on twitter that I thought we went too wide too soon.

Just got this from twitter, made me chuckle..

Wigan took more fans to the other side of the world than Warrington took to other side of Pennines last night

I didn't think we'd win this game. We have lost too many good players and regardless of the ability of those who replaced them it has come too soon in the season.

I would not write Bowen or anybody off yet. I always remember the comments made about Gene Miles when he looked out of sorts for almost half a season.

However to a large extent we only have ourselves to blame for starting with so many new faces in the team again and for seemingly not addressing the blindingly obvious need for a goal kicker in the off-season.

The idea of steady progression with junior players fed gradually into a more experienced side has seemingly gone out of the window and replaced by a lot of changes all at once.

I'd also rather see it played at the end of the season because in theory you could end up with your own ex-players facing you!

All that aside I think the club has to be applauded for taking the game to Australia. I think it generated far more interest than had it been here which is a good thing especially on the back of bad news like Burgess leaving the game.

Anyone who doesn't recognise the positive aspect of doing that or thinks the competition is pointless is a complete moron IMO.

I'd like it switched to the end of the season so it's the same players, coaches etc. but I'm not sure it's completely feasible. Players win the GF then deserve to celebrate, not get straight back to training and get ready for another massive game, which will include one team travelling to the other side of the world.

I'm not sure I get the point of the 6 team expanded WCC that Peacock and Hetherington have been touting, where 3rd play 3rd, 2nd play 2nd and 1st play 1st over one weekend. I'd like to see every 4 or 5 years we play a full tournament with the top 4 from both leagues, but I think this would have to be played at the expense of the international tournament in October/November. I know people will be critical of that, but you have to play to your strengths, and we have a lot more competitive club sides that we do international teams, and an 8 team WCC would have more interest than a lot of international fixtures IMO.

Wigan looked extremely nervous in the changing room before the game and those nerves were there for all to see in the first half. Very poor handling, a lack of shape in both attack and defence and too many individual errors.

Got it together a bit in the 2nd half and started to play more direct and with a little more confidence. Unfortunately the odd error and fatigue from having to defend so hard against a physically bigger team meant we could never get back into the game.

Bowen was too static at times which held up our attack. Sarginson runs hard but seems to be running around like a headless chicken at times. O'Loughlin, Burgess and Mcilorum (bar the terrible forward passes) were great.

Clearly a tremendous effort but sadly we didn't do ourselves justice overall.

Good effort in the 2nd half and had we kicked all our goals( no disrespect to Matty Smith, 2 difficult kicks off touchline) we would have been 6 points behind at one point.
The awful handling that led to Jennings 3rd try killed it really.
We need to make sure we get another crack next year.

I thought we looked very nervous as well. Terry O'Connor was saying we looked focussed but I thought the players looked tense and had similar feeling to the fans in that they didn't really believe they could win. I thought they looked even more nervous during the anthems.

It was only in that second half that they seemed to come to life and play as though they had nothing to lose and by that point it was too late.

Wane will be spitting chips over the two tries scored by the Roosters props. That shouldn't happen at this level. It was a lack of concentration.

Have to say I'm disappointed in Bowen. Questioned how's he's linking in attack, which hopefully will develop in time, but the basics of FB play were terrible. He's an experienced NRL (former player) and was one of the worse on the pitch.