we hit a wall long before wembley, some of the performances were average but we sneaked some wins but we also lost a couple of shockers with tired legs already showing (when Radford should have freshened things up). Teams have figured out that we've been running out of gas in games and that we are crap in the 20 and that our attack mainly consisted of forwards smashing it (aside from Minichello) and a Sneyd kick. Adjusting how you deal with that is simpler than say a team like Cas, Wigan, St,Helens even Catalans before they totally imploded..
Sure Fonua pulled out some great stuff, indeed Shaul earlier in the season but since Carlos came into the halves (not blaming him BTW) we have been clueless and easier to deal with as our main threat has got progressively more jaded.

Exactly this!!

No doubt Wigan deserved to win but does anybody think Farrell should have got binned for deliberate offside?

We won 5 from 7 in July and August leading up to wembley and one of the losses was to cas who caught us cold after the semi. Performances were maybe off where they had been but we were still good.

And Tierney, who on the play before, tackles the dummy half from behind. Water under the bridge now but there you go

Think it was Tierney who's was worse. Stood at the side of our ptb and tackled our player as soon as he got the ball. Professional foul if ever I've seen one.

But Farrell was always a yard or two offside when we near their line. Don't know how he gets away with it

In the end I think our injury situation has actually helped at this time of the season.
Matty Smith, Sam Powell, Willie Isa and to a lesser extent Taulima Tautai have played nearly all season, I'd be surprised if the rest of last nights team have played half a season.
We look very fresh and full of confidence, after watching dross for 90% of the season it's as if the shackles have come off and we're playing what's in front of us instead of constantly trying to set up "the move".

Congratulations on your season, however disappointed some of you may feel at how it's ended, remember one thing, that song is in the dustbin forever.

PS, if you get the chance watch Gelling's post match on pitch interview, priceless, the man is a legend.

Gelling talks a lot of sense. The Video Ref system needs reviewing again.

Pryce? For real?

He may have featured in two of our 'best attacking performances' (debatable) but he also played in games where our attack was poor. He wasn't able to put in consistent performances and that's why he was dropped.

Abdul was given the chance to take over and failed to impress.

Carlos has been steadily improving at 6 and may yet grow into the player we need there.

Agree, we've a promising half back pairing , who have just got us cc final win, and 80 mins from gf and both only 24 years old! And people want to give up on them, amazing!

Absolutely spot on

Edited for accuracy.
Talking sense on here, your having a tin bath.
This is the best ride I've had with FC and I've been around a while.
Looking forward to it all again next year, which is more than I can say for the last 10.
Bumpy, your clueless.
Moanaire, your monotonous.
Me, I'm ecstatic, no flipping derbies

I was really rooting for you guys last night.
I like the way you play. I hate the boring wigoon way of playing irrespective of if its effective. (When they throw it about I still don't like them but at least it's more enjoyable as a neutral.

To win more than one trophy is really difficult. We've both had good years overall.