Come on guys yesterdays final was very poor,was it the worst ever? possibly
But we won a trophy and that is all that matters
Lets hope we play as bad and win on Oct 5th too

I agree. Not only that but mistakes made by Hull (who obviously made more than us) were not all down to them being poor and just dropping the ball. It was chucking it down to the obvious tactic was to stick up a few bombs and Smith's kick along the ground to the in-goal which brought a knock on wasn't poor play because Hull fumbled it, it was good play by Smith. It was what he was trying to achieve! Fans were clapping the kick not thinking "Oh dear, Hull dropped it we must have a poor final here".

The final was one of the worst games of RL I have ever seen, never mind the worst CC Final. Very poor indeed.

Not been to many games then have you M

The weather was terrible on the pitch. The players were not used to it. The weather dictated the game.

Which bit of this don't you get?

Five hundred people singing in an auditorium would create more atmosphere on TV than the HJ would manage with 15,000.

How silly would you like this to go?

Yes the game was awful and it was the worst final I have seen but it is hardly Wigan's fault. They played the perfect gameplan to win in those conditions and that is what they had to do.

A lot of factors combined to produce that final, the weather was truely dreadful, the Hull team were dreadful and I have never seen as few neutral fans at a Challenge Cup final before. This all combined to make for a poor final and flat atmosphere imo.

Well done Wigan . Best team won on the day hope you all enjoy your victory and good luck for the rest of the season

I was never truly comfortable, as others have stated, until the second try...although I think that the game was probably effectively won with Holdsworth's knock on from the drop out...about six minutes were left at that stage, I think.
I saw the game back last night on the iPlayer, and didn't think it was as bad as others have said, although I agree the quality in the last 25 or so got worse, as Hull had to chance it.
Hull also blew their own chances...the pass into touch in the first half, when there was clear daylight down the wing, and Charnley's superb chase back on Shaul, who I certainly thought was going to score.
No one seems to have mentioned how important Pat's kick to convert the first try was, that might just have given the morale of Hull a little knock as well. Stand to be corrected if I'm wrong.
Probably give the game another look again later in the week just to make sure.

This was the most encouraging aspect for me. IMO we have left ourselves open to that criticism in the past but on Saturday I said at the time we look like a team that can now find a way to win. Perhaps it's down to the team gaining more experience of big games, perhaps it's a flash in the pan. Who knows?

What I do know is that this team will be stronger and more difficult to beat when it matters as a result of prevailing on Saturday. Given that, we will need to improve in the play offs and I think we will.

I have watched the game again and it’s not that bad! Reading some of the posts on these boards you’d think Wigan (and only Wigan) had instigated the total demise of rugby league in this country. Let me then on behalf of the town, the club and myself apologise to all those unbiased neutral fans, oh and of course Hull FC too for dragging their name down as well.

Ask me if I care. It could have finished 1-0, 66-64 or 16-0 and I would have equally not cared. The fact is we're the 19 time Challenge Cup winners and I'll take that whichever way you wish to give it me. I hope we play 3 equally dull games in late September early October.