Re: 19 - man squad for Thursday at Wakefield. : Thu Jun 07, 2018 10:23 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I thought Hamlins leg drive for his try was excessive. He keeps doing this weird thing of putting himself in position to take carries in and running at pace on to the ball when he gets chance to do so as well.

Find the floor man.

Classic mate

Re: 19 - man squad for Thursday at Wakefield. : Thu Jun 07, 2018 10:27 pm  

secondstanza wrote:

I'm not going to blame the referee, didn't get much wrong but the Tommy sin binning was baffling. He made a legal tackle, off the ball but because it was a big hit and hurt the guy it's a yellow card? That's total crap and indeed when Fifita tackled Bateman (?) off the ball it was just a penalty.

I have to admit I’m am a bit bemused by that one. I think he got a yellow as a result of the uproar from the tackle the Hull player made a few weeks back. If the powers that be determine that a legal challenge (and by that I mean not high/not a shoulder charge etc) but on a player who never got the ball is a sin bin offence then i don’t have a problem with that however Fifita should have got the same. In fact Fifita was far worse as the ball was nowhere near Bateman, Tommy just took the little dummy.

Re: 19 - man squad for Thursday at Wakefield. : Fri Jun 08, 2018 5:49 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

I’m going to do a Brian McDermott after Cas put 60 on them.

We will win the Grand Final











I’ll look a genius if it comes off

And if it doesn't?
Sometimes a good sense of humour is all that's left. Seriously, we are still in a strong second place with plenty to play for. We have obvious problems but the club has to find a way to take pressure off the players. There's no slump like a Wigan slump.

Re: 19 - man squad for Thursday at Wakefield. : Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:46 am  

jinkin jimmy wrote:

And if it doesn't?
Sometimes a good sense of humour is all that's left. Seriously, we are still in a strong second place with plenty to play for. We have obvious problems but the club has to find a way to take pressure off the players. There's no slump like a Wigan slump.

I’ll just say I was joking

Seriously though, I’m pretty confident we can give it a crack. We haven’t become a bad side in three weeks and the players are clearly reeling from the Wane news. I’ve read a few comments about them not wanting to play for him anymore and I sense that couldn’t be further from the truth. I think the players want to play for him too much and are sulking at him leaving.

Things could get worse before they get better but they will get better and I’m backing the squad to give Wane the end to his Wigan career I think he deserves.

Re: 19 - man squad for Thursday at Wakefield. : Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:20 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

I’ll just say I was joking

Seriously though, I’m pretty confident we can give it a crack. We haven’t become a bad side in three weeks and the players are clearly reeling from the Wane news. I’ve read a few comments about them not wanting to play for him anymore and I sense that couldn’t be further from the truth. I think the players want to play for him too much and are sulking at him leaving.

Things could get worse before they get better but they will get better and I’m backing the squad to give Wane the end to his Wigan career I think he deserves.

Haha. Hedging your bets again, NK?

Re: 19 - man squad for Thursday at Wakefield. : Fri Jun 08, 2018 11:34 am  

Phuzzy wrote:

Haha. Hedging your bets again, NK?

Well spotted but I think I get his meaning!

Re: 19 - man squad for Thursday at Wakefield. : Fri Jun 08, 2018 11:37 am  

On a positive note (and to try and put some balance in) I thought Mullen showed up well - certainly didn't let anyone down.

Re: 19 - man squad for Thursday at Wakefield. : Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:50 pm  

Phuzzy wrote:

Haha. Hedging your bets again, NK?

A 17 games winless run

Re: 19 - man squad for Thursday at Wakefield. : Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:52 pm  

exiled Warrior wrote:

On a positive note (and to try and put some balance in) I thought Mullen showed up well - certainly didn't let anyone down.

Very well I thought and it’s sadly been lost a little due to the result. He looks very very confident and I’d love to see him in a more involved position to see what he’s made of.

Re: 19 - man squad for Thursday at Wakefield. : Fri Jun 08, 2018 1:04 pm  

I'll say this to those who say, play Escaré at 7: how many tackles does Sam Powell make each game, and do you think 'Grab-an-arm Escaré' would make them successfully?

Don;t mind giving him 20 mins in the halves, but play him there permanently and opposing side will target him mercilessly.