Fully agree with this

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong first half. we never did one thing of note.

Second half I thought was much better and Field was looking really dangerous for the first time this season. Nsemba is a handful ball in hand also but him and Keighran defending the same side was worrying but surely the more they play together the better they will become.

Big reaction needed now and if we don't turn this around for the semi finall we may need to have a little rethink going forward.

Faz had his worst game in a Wigan shirt and you would expect him to bounce back next week. Already looking forward to next week and how we respond

I think you are being tough on Nsembe and Keighran, collectively we were poor defensively. Another big issue for me is that our forwards didn’t want to do the tough stuff. Also, tactically we were very inept. Plenty to fix up but it can be easily done. The best team won the battle but not the war.

I can’t disagree with what you have posted. If we are going to wrestle in the tackle then we need to clamp the ball. I was bitterly disappointed with our middle unit tonight they didn’t want to do the hard stuff and our line speed was sadly lacking. What really irked me though was our effort levels, HKR out enthused us and there is no excuse for that. It was good to see Havard back, Byrne will return next week and Walters the week after and I am sure come the semi final we will see a different Wigan outfit.

Leeming ignores Field + French outside him. Marshall passes behind Farrell. Thompson knocks on over the line
Different game then + we were still poor. Leeming took over from Powell with slow stand up + move before you pass from dummy half role!!! Too slow

Every fanbase has their idiots but I do cringe at some of the spoiled brats amongst Wiganers when we have a setback. Look for a Twitter user called 'Danny Bailey' who claims tonight he has never rated Matt Peet adding to several previous posts demanding he gets the sack (to top it off his last post was his retweet of Wigan's WCC win). There's some thick you know whats about.

Byrne will be back.

Thank god for night shifts, sounds like I picked a good one to miss

I was a bit tempted, partly because HKR is the only SL ground, other than Cats, that I haven't been to. But I thought, nah, I'll make do with listening to Mills and Bilko. Not sorry now! It can't have been much fun coming home on that coach. Still got a ticket for the Cup game, though.

A poor performance but there were enough signs that we'll be ok in the semi in a few weeks.

Just totally out-enthused, uncharacteristic errors and soft defence. Our first contact was shocking.

I hope our best 17 is picked over the next two weeks to build into Doncaster. Every time we've rested a few players, the week after we've looked clunky.

It's a long, old season but let's reassess this in 3 weeks time.

Rovers fan here coming in peace.

Your lads were obviously not at the races last night for some reason, it happens, I think it's an attitude issue, we went over to Catalans last week and never got off the bus, but it's sometimes a good thing getting a performance like this, puts your feet back on the ground and it wouldn't surprise me if you went on a big winning run now, like what happened after last seasons CC semi. Matty Peets a top coach, humble guy in his interviews too, he'll have you bouncing after this.

Also, how good were both Luke Thompson and Dean Hadley minutes wise, massive minutes from the pair of them in what was a good physical battle,

Wigan had their worst performance in a long time whilst Hull KR's big loss to Catalan lit a fire in their bellies that spurred them to victory.

I like Hull KR and last night was an immense turnout from the team, credit where it's due, what a fantastic season they're about to have.

Wigan, however, looked like they were recovering from a bad hangover from a night out on the drink. Almost everyone looked off, however, I don't believe it's the end of the world. Wigan, like HKR, will bounce back from an embarrassing display.

A few positives:
- Mago continues to be our best forward, despite the game being gone he was hitting the line hard and looking for the offload, passing short or out the back to create space.
- Harvard looked quality, what a miss he's been.
- Nsemba is young and inexperienced, surrounded by veterans who simply didn't pull their weight, but he still made some solid runs and flattened some KR would-be tacklers. He'll be the best forward in England soon.
- Field tried. He's out of form, but he was really trying and often made breaks/half-breaks but our attack rarely supported him.

Overall, a few individuals trying but the cohesion has eroded and as a whole the team was poor.

We'll bounce back from this, as others said, a loss like this has been coming for some time and Wigan have the character to use this loss as a platform to rebuild our team.

Personally and I've thought this all season - we're missing Smithies. We're also probably missing the defensive efforts of Powell too. Both played a huge part in setting the standards in defence last year.

Smithies without a doubt and Powell to a degree but I’m not hugely concerned with his exit. I’d add KPP and in particular Toby King also. The work King did from our end offered a huge pressure release and Keighran doesn’t provide that.

Playing 3 games since GF were we've not had to break sweat can't have helped, hopefully a much needed kick up the backside for everyone