Up the middle rugby all night . We were outplayed up the middle all night so why not use our wingers who can score tries for fun. Neither hardly saw the ball all night. They have been our go to players all season but we ignored them last night.
We seem unable to count to six these days and are in a panic time after time as to who will take the clearing kick. Even forwards have been kicks in the last few week. Total lack of organisation.

Tony Clubb and Bateman get the only pass marks . I worry about Bateman , the lad dosent know when to quit but it is getting to the stage where we are going to have to manage him better for his own good. He ran his blood to water last night and towards the end was going into tackles at the end practically unable to defend himself. I worry he is going to injure himself though his own bravery how the coach didn't see that and spell him at the end is beyond me.

Oh for 12 players with Batemans and Tony Clubb's attitude every week.

Rant over lol .

Regards , EW

Not much more to be said really. It was a very poor display all round. The only thing not said is that 5 days ago, the same group of players had a very attritional game in France and that could account for some of the lethargy we saw last night.... could!

Penalties are killing us week in and week out and that has to be down to coaching. Even at amateur level we used to get fined if the same player gave 2 penalties away in a game!

Any last lingering hopes of top 4 went up in smoke tonight and I just hope we can get it together for Salford.

Williams has been anonymous since he got his large pay rise. Perhaps at the end of the season his contract needs to be re-negotiated downwards to take into account his lacklustre performances.

Unlike like some I thought the Catalan performance was ok against a very physical team and was hopeful of further improvement.
Last night just brought me back to earth with a bang.
I don't want to watch this tripe anymore.
Walking home last night I told my son I wasn't bothered about losing which is something I never I would say particularly against wire.
I don't want us to win against Salford playing this awful game of wrestling, zero in intensity and kick and hope.
This just isn't RL to me. I don't know what it is but it isn't RL.

Can't buy the short turn around. Just watch the players backing up from origin this weekend, I doubt they'll put in such a lacklustre performance (Bateman and Clubb excluded).

Why ever did we not take the 2 easy kicks in the first half to get the extra 4 points it would have been 14 - 8 at half time instead of running the ball, plus why put a left sided winger on the right side when Davies is playing well wrong selection for me.

They looked like they'd gone back to Lloret De Mar after the game on Saturday and stayed there until last night!

This isn't an excuse for a shambolic display but that pitch is a disgrace. It killed both teams energy last night with big lumps cutting up all over the place. Unfortunately though we can't manage our own game sufficiently to stand a chance. We don't have a proper halfback who can manage a game and as the weeks go by we're seeing more and more players hoofing the ball on the last tackle. It isn't Tommy Leuluai's fault that he's been signed to play in the halves but there's no doubt there couldn't be a worse partner for George Williams. They're both off the cuff players and it is murdering us.

I sense Davies will be the first name on the sheet next week. The lads a workaholic and with a powder puff set of props like ours (Clubb aside) he's needed to get us away from our line. Marshall and Burgess had shockers last night and don't work hard enough. I suppose you could say why should they have to as the forwards should be doing the graft taking the ball up but whilst we play the way we do, those lads need to work harder.

More than patience lost, it's interest also lost for me. I've been down on the quality of domestic rugby and officiating for ages and now, after that performance I'm down on my own team too. It's time for me to face facts instead of burying my head in the sand. Williams has been garbage, the TL signing a disaster. Gelling hasn't put in one decent performance all season and FPN is the worst prop in the league. But the one thing that had me raging last night was watching the highest paid player in SL hiding at dummy half doing the hookers' job. Let's face it, Sam Tomkins is washed up.

I wait all week for the game to come around only to end up pulling my hair out whilst rationalising the rubbish being served up. Well, no more. I've got better things to do than organise my time around this laughing stock.

Quote: "John Winder has revealed the instructions which he believes will propel Wigan up the table www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8642022 Well John, you don't have to pay to watch it do you? You actually get paid to tell the players to 'play boring' and that's great when they win but when we lose you look like a dick. I'm guessing he won't like it when the atmosphere is deadful (again) and crowds are down 3,000+ (again).

Quote: "John Winder has revealed the instructions which he believes will propel Wigan up the table www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8642022 Well John, you don't have to pay to watch it do you? You actually get paid to tell the players to 'play boring' and that's great when they win but when we lose you look like a dick. I'm guessing he won't like it when the atmosphere is deadful (again) and crowds are down 3,000+ (again).

don't for one minute suggest that anyone who blames the coaching staff is off the mark. we can't keep living off our previous successes. something needs to change.

if the players went out there last night off the back of a game plan provided by the club then I can only assume that the club is deluded.

that wigan team out last night should be knocking ten shades out of everyone in front of them - don't contest that our players are returning from injurys etc. that excuse is well overused and invalid.

the answer to last nights' game is team selection, tactics and the coaching staff. I do not blame the players, not one of them.

Players are to blame every bit as much - the coaches don't drop the ball cold (FPN yet again) or kick the ball out on the full, coaches don't kick the ball down the field to the opposition full back every time or throw stupid passes that no one can catch. All these things were evident last night - and surely someone should be demanding the ball on the 5th tackle for the kick - I counted at least 5 players taking kicks last night.

It was a poor performance end of. We can debate why all day long (my opinion - pack no where near good enough) but the fact is this team is not performing anywhere near it's capability but the truth is unless there is a MAJOR improvement we will get stuffed next week - Leeds will put at least 50 on us on last nights poor showing.

Don't fret, we are under the pump, the lads are hurting, they're in for a hard week, the details were off, they'll put it right and turn up next week.

Don't forget they were told not to be afraid to be boring, they carried that off perfectly.

that is one of my gripes. wanes logic is to slog them even more for performing poorly. it doesn't work. you don't punish poor performance by putting them in a position where they are not going to be able to have the energy to attempt to put in a good performance next time round. give it to them verbally and the players if they are honest enough will know what to do and do it.
its too obvious to me now and it has been for some time that it is not just the players at fault anymore.
why let two fringe players leave on loan for the rest of the year when the players in their positions aren't doing enough to retain their own place?! given the chance, at least they will try. wane likes his mates and again, it doesn't work anymore.
that team last night would give any aussie side a good run for their money on paper, with a different coach behind them. injuries and time out of the team can no longer be used as an excuse.

Did you miss Bateman giving them a penalty under the sticks when we were 4 points down and about to be awarded a scrum with minutes to go? Can't fault his effort but that was the point we lost the game. He needs to learn when it's better just to laugh at them; junior and youth players manage it! Tony Clubb was unreal, incredible effort.