It's typical local paper journalism. There is no direct quote from Smith saying the decisions were wrong and this quote about Solomona's attempt says it all:

"“David was distraught, he was saying sorry to his mates and the coaches but he will score plenty this year and was within inches or centimetres of winning the game"

That is the player knew he dropped the ball and it wasn't a try.

Dave

Warrington clearly need to get over this defeat. It appears to have hurt them at a deep emotional level, which is not the way to prepare for matches against other clubs, victories in which, though some Warrington fans may not believe it, are just as important as in games against Wigan.

It would also have helped if they hadn't talked themselves up so much during the close-season. Is it possible that unrealistic expectations have been instilled among the Wire faithful? If so, they will be the only sufferers.

Think you will find mostly everyone has.

I feel that we have a tough one coming up as well against Hudds. They'll be feeling great after nilling KR at the weekend, plus the thirst for revenge after Wembley.

At least there's no VR. I might seem a bit of a Luddite, but all it does is provide the controversy for telly.

Yet you're still talking about it, funnily enough.

You lost. Move on.

I said on your board that if I could name a team I wouldn't want to face after a very tough and physical match against Wigan it would probably be Huddersfield.

It's not as easy getting your players up for a game against the Giants as it is a Leeds or Saints match and they'll be very tough to break down. They'll scrap and wrestle for everything and of Wire have any sort of hangover from Saturday night it could be a tough day.

Your not going to get a bite mate.

Give up.

in the comments at the bottom of the article



it was clearly the right decision to go to the video ref then

personally i'm all for the video refs, they bring an extra bit of tension to close games. all this "disrupts the game" talk is nonsense. if you can't keep your composure in a game because you had to stand still for 2 minutes then that's a problem for you. i'd like us to have them at all super league games. unfortunately we don't have the resources to do that

Because if there had not been a video ref Warrington would have won.

We have to keep the VR. I'll whisper this quietly...I watched Wigan Athletic v Tottenham and a VRwas definitely needed. A Spurs goal was yards off-side and there have been many incidents in football that hqave cried out for it, especially the cheating. I'm sure football will embrace it one day.
By the way, I was bored to tears.

I had a nice fish and chip supper last night, as I unwrapped the paper it saidWarrington 20 Wigan 22


As they say........that'll do for me cocker!

Go back and watch the match again. Count the seconds at each tackle the player is held down.You'll find it was similar for both teams. I know because I checked. 2.01708984375:10