Wane spoke warmly of Navarette again post-match, so I imagine we'll see him soon. Jeez, we were bad in that first half.

I agree the switcheroo should be dumped, but, to be fair, I thought Sam Powell was better tonight, Although he may have been at fault for their first try. A bit.

[edit] Actually thinking about it, it's a bit of a thing, isn't it? I used to think he was a pretty good defender at 9, but he's been caught out a few times at 7.

Widnes fan here (obviously) I thought Wigan were very good in the second half, Wigan’s pack was well on top. We we didn’t set up for a drop at the start of the second half when we where on your line... f knows. Best team won though.fair play

First half terrible,just terrible but in fairness Widnes played well,second half as everyone says much better.

Bateman played pretty well I thought as did Powell in the second half,Williams poor again he needs a spell out of the side maybe and pair Sam and Powell in the halves?just a thought.

Wingers pretty good but awful night so it wasn’t going to be a classic.

Gildart is woefully out of form,it happens of course and he’s in a bad trough at the moment,so plenty to chew on but play like that first half against better teams and it’s bye bye time,

Or conversely play like we did in the 2nd half and we'll be there or thereabouts at the end of the season.

It’s a difficult one because this whole ‘playing when we’re in a bad position’ has been going on for three seasons now and against better sides we won’t see the turnaround we did last night.

I’m not sure if it’s a lack of energy, excitement, a bit of arrogance or just poor tactics getting us in these positions but title winning sides (which we want to be) don’t just play when things are getting out of control.

I sat there last night longing for the Maguire and early Wane days of us blitzing teams in the first twenty minutes. It is far less stressful

The backs are struggling against set defences, the obsession to move the ball wide when its not on is frustrating. The pack need to lay a better platform or the whole back line crabs across the pitch, the centres either die with the ball or offer the wingers no option but to cut inside. Williams is kicking behind too much but he's often not left with a better options.

You did right not coming up mate Edinburgh was at a stand still Tuesday to Friday . No trains no buses no taxis all grounded . The trams were running but they are as much use as a chocolate tea pot . Enjoy your stay when you eventually get up . Edinburgh really is a great place ....but expensive.

Regards EW

I was in Edinburgh last week it was so sunny I was walking around with my coat off,what a difference a few days made

Thanks

i usually get up a couple of times per year, had a nice apt booked near ocean terminal booked. I will try again when its warmer, then again i nearly got hypothermia when the magic weekend was on in Edinburgh

Joel has had a great start to the year! Hope he stays injury free. Had a try ruled out for a forward pas, was it forward ? I was in the south so couldn’t see.

I’ve been down on these 2 this year for wanting to move to Aus but Sutton and Burgess were very good. Sutton admitted in the interview after last week he was crap so made a good response.

From east stand it was forward, Joel deserved a try and was a MOM contender

What did we learn from that?
1. Catching the ball is good.
2. Do not wind up the ref or you will be penalised.
3. Running hard with the ball is necessary.

I may be in the minority, but I didn’t think that first half was as bad as people,are making out. The lead up play was decent, we spent a lot of time up their end but daft mistakes right at the end of the move spoiled it. Once we sorted that bit, we took off nicely!

We’re proving very convincingly that if we have the ball enough, we’ll trouble the opposition. Our big problem is giving away penalties. It really frustrates me that when we pin a side in their own 10, we always give them an easy route out and it’s time we learned!

Would you take Joe Mellor back? would he be a better 7 over Powell? Is he playing better rugby than dare I say it, wonder boy George?