That opening 10-15 minutes was horrific defensively but we managed to get things together. There is so much class about Wardle and it was nice to see him play well against Wire. We’re going to need to find some intensity from minute one next week or else they’ll burn us.

Looks like HKR's new signing has hit the ground running, a try and golden point drop goal on debut

What's the deadline for cup eligibility these days? Not sure if they'll be able to play him.

heard hes playing

After 15-20 mins, I thought we could be in for a tanking, but Wire faded badly in the second half. I think French is growing into the role at 6 OK, really. Both he and Field got their hands on the ball plenty, which is surely what we want. I would have liked to see more of Nsemba too, he looks such a good prospect. KPP and Mago both pretty good. Dunno if I'm being unkind, but when Smithies broke for the try French eventually scored, I did think, is that the fastest he can run? We got the score, anyway. Wire didn't seem bothered about preventing our scorers running round to make the conversion easier. Saints or Cats wouldn't have allowed that.

I thought Smithies had a good game and showed decent pace in the open, his first break he showed some wheels and did Dufty around the outside and had nobody else been there he would have scored, even though that came to nothing it was actually a big moment in the game imo as it broke Warrington opening dominance and put us on the front foot for the first time in the game.

I'm starting to have doubts about Peet. I think he needs to go.

Also, Harry Smith is awful. He makes Denis Moran, Doc Murray and Marc Reber look good.

Oh....and Rads is too.


BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

French couldn't shine Greg Florimo's boots.

Granted my post was sarcastic, but that name still makes me shiver

Fair to say KPP deserves some credit tonight?

I’m a big fan and have always seen the potential upside but I have no issue with people questioning him, if he can play like he did tonight and add his offloading he can go to the top no doubt.

Full admission, I'd never heard of Greg Florimo. I don't have the historical knowledge of some of you guys. But Wiki tells me he played 20 games in 1999. I thought I watched just about all of the Wigan TV archive over lockdown (expect I wasn't the only one! ), but still don't recall him. Perhaps I should check back...

I have no issue with people questioning any player but it’s noticeable that some people prefer criticism over praise.

His potential has always been clear to see.

He’s obviously not hugely quick Smithies but he’s playing great at the minute. He is really developing his link play in the middle and he’s added more punch to his running game. If he had an ex teammate banging his drum in the media, I reckon he’d be getting rave reviews across the board but not all players are as lucky.