You can analyse the game and said that was forward .But if you want start being petty how can deacon knock on with his head ,Charnley tackled a player but hit the ball out the saints hand which he knew nothing about as you can see on the replay he simply went for the tackle and he would of been away yet that got deemed a knock on . You get decision go for and against all season you can only play to whistle FFS

There was also a moment where a saints player knocked the ball from a wigan players hand and that should have been a knock on against saints but instead you got the scrum. So if we want to go on about dubious decisions I can guarantee that if they weren't level then they were on saints favour. Especially the offsides!

Although I disagree, the point is irrelevant whether it were true or not. Neither player is set to leave Wigan unlike Tony Puletua and James Graham.

what gets me is that one Saints trys was from a forward pass - only just forward, but forward none-the-less... So even stevens. Further on, i reckon when 2000 eyes see a forward pass (again for saints), it's kinda a given that the touch has missed something.

Never on side. Graham with a cowardly shoulder tackle almost breaking one of our guys (Leuluai?) neck, taking Pat out when he'd already kicked the ball (and there was no committal there, it was malicious)... plus many more infringments all ignored. Sure enough, Wigan beat up a 14 man Saints Squad.

Saints can harp on all they want about this injury and that injury, Wigan have a low injury rate because every single member of the squad is properly looked after and our Sports Conditioner is second to none, period. Conditioning is responsible for these Saints injuries, and conditioning is the responsibility of the club. Saints lost because the players and the backroom staff don't put enough into it.

Wind yer neck in, get back in yer box, you lost. End of.

It's also yet more bollox from the most aply named Saints fan on these boards.

Richards has only just returned to the team, and Wigan have still won most of their matches, so that point is totally spurious. And, good player though he is, no-one who is even vaguely bright would seriously try to assert that Sam Tomkins is the only reason why Wigan win games.

Back on topic...
I was saying to my mates yesterday...not once did I feel any nastiness in the air as we do when Wire come to town. In the bars before and after there was nothing but friendly banter between fans.
Sure there was plenty of passion in the stands during the game but that didnt transfer into aggression after the game as it usually does with a Wire game.
A top top day out, just wished it was like that every week..

Well there was at least three.

I said the exact same several times. There was a really good atmosphere, everybody was happy and getting along with everyone just fine with no animosity. Had it been Warrington I would have felt intimidated and wouldn't have hung around before and after the game.

I 100% echo this, i spoke to/drank with numerous groups of Saints fans and it kind of dissapoints me that theyre all nice people and are willing to have a laugh



Such a contrast to when we play Warrington and the air is filled with nastiness from their horrible fans.

Great Great day out all round!

They were smiling at you because they couldn't understand a word you and Jaybee were saying.

Im thinking of enrolling for Lancastrian lessons to combat such problems

If you're desperate to make a point after as gutting a defeat as yesterday at the very least don't try to make things up. I'm sure you'll be able to link to posts that say that "Graham is crap" - but I bet you can't. I can't think of anyone who wouldn't want him in their team, because he's one of the very few world class British players, which is why he'll be missed so much next season by Stains and will effect Roby's game as well.