Beyond gutted but what a game, congrats to Saints

I’ve always said Smithies will cost us a big game sooner or later with his stupid penalties. Tonight was the night , absolutely no need to put the shoulder in . I fail to see what he offers to be honest
The pen against Hastings was harsh and the decision to go for two at the end was plain wrong
Saints were never on side all night but neither were we to be honest
We were getting the ball out wide well but Bibby bombed a few chances before he grabbed his try. It was crying out for a change , we should have put Zak full back , Bibby centre and French on the wing . French showed tonight why he doesn’t play NRL against defences like that week in week out .
Tommy had a good game . Powell was unusually quiet in attack .
Gildart played well and I thought Partington was outstanding . Greenwood didn’t looked too bothered , a waste of space at times. Isa has been great all season and hit anything that moved tonight
Saints defended fiercely and rode their luck a couple of times . The game really could gone either way but what a sickening way to lose

On to next season

Hard to argue with any of that Brick.

Gutted.

Saints fan,
What a game, Wigans defence was incredible your attack was better than ours, you looked far more dangerous than we did.The end well you wouldnt believe it if it had been written in Hollywood.
For me there was nothing to choose between the sides what an advert for Rugby League, the League leaders V the Champions the 2 best teams in Superleague in a final with nothing to choose between them.
A bit of magic and luck decided the final.

Yes, a really good contest. I thought there might at least be some discussion as to whether French was taken out. It didn't look that much, but I think it it was two players running side-by-side and the defender elbowed the attacker out of the way, he'd be penalised, and told you can only use your shoulder! Which is a bit of an anomaly itself, but still.

Congrats to Saints,both sides gave it their all had to be one side that lost.

Onwards we go.

Apart from at the end I didn’t see anything wrong in French’s performance, if anything it highlighted that he can be as good in defence as he can be in attack. At almost no point in that game we’re Wigan on top and building a platform in the forwards so you’re basically expecting French to perform magic on his own.

Had it been a bit further away from the ball I think so but as it was so close it would be classed as competing for the ball.

I do think Brick's implied criticism of French is a bit harsh, though, unless you're blaming him from the try. But I do agree that that chance Bibby binned when he he just hesitated for a second, if that was French, he would have been over in the corner. We defended really well, and created enough chances to win the game, despite conceding most of the territory and possession.

Difficult to deal with that result but Hell ... let's not pretend it wasn't a fantastic final and a great advert for the game.

I'm sure even the Saints faithful would admit it could have gone either way right at the end, it was that close.

Disappointed obviously, but pleased to have witnessed a major event.

Gutted

Had we won I would have had French on the shortlist for MOM.

Yeah, honestly I said at the time, I thought it was a fair and legal try. But sometimes (obstruction), they seem to try so hard to find a reason not to award a try...

And yes to French close to MoM.

I had French as mom

Superb game, defences in top, lots of 50/50s that could have gone either way. Our lack of punch in the pack meant we were camped in our own half for too long, if it had gone to extra time we don’t have the kicking range. Going for 2 was the right decision, but only if you can kick it dead if you miss. The Conversion off the cross bar was the killer, the conversion travels 6 inches further it’s over and were 4 clear.

We need more grunt in the pack.