Re: All that and without Sol : Sun May 20, 2018 11:00 am  

ChrisA wrote:

Decent performance, solid all round. I don't think anyone stood out, but they all played to a decent level and maintained it throughout. I'm sure that is what Wane wants and he got it.

You didn't think anyone stood out? Wow, you're a hard man to please! I thought JB was outstanding, Sam T dominant and Marshy outshone the form winger in Superleague, setting up one of the tries of the season so far. Add to that some great efforts in the pack and a Sam Powell that showed he is capable of attacking the line.

I'd almost argue the opposite and say everyone stood out... if that wasn't a contradiction in terms!

Re: All that and without Sol : Sun May 20, 2018 11:17 am  

Sam Tomkins and Bateman the stand outs for me. I thought Williams and Marshall were also excellent.

It was another game where the props dominated with all of them putting in a shift and Tommy Leuluai is controlling them perfectly. I really hope he’s playing in next year.

Re: All that and without Sol : Sun May 20, 2018 12:54 pm  

Thought Sam was awesome, not a big sutton fan at all but thought he turned the game when he came on very, very direct and some cracking shots in defence

Re: All that and without Sol : Sun May 20, 2018 1:38 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Sam Tomkins and Bateman the stand outs for me. I thought Williams and Marshall were also excellent.

It was another game where the props dominated with all of them putting in a shift and Tommy Leuluai is controlling them perfectly. I really hope he’s playing in next year.

I should have perhaps mentioned Tommy too. He's had a new lease of life this year and is pretty much back to his best. Often long minutes too. The pack was dominant again. No bad for 'powderpuff' (sorry Itchy... couldn't resist! ) Tautai in particular seems to have grown an extra leg!

Re: All that and without Sol : Sun May 20, 2018 5:21 pm  

I don’t think people are giving the Wigan props enough recognition for an outstanding effort yesterday, completely unnoticed by the Sky commentary team but they gave Warrington a pretty torrid time up front.

Clubb, Flower, Sutton, Tautai - Warrington will need to figure out how to match them in the cup.

Re: All that and without Sol : Sun May 20, 2018 6:41 pm  

Phuzzy wrote:

You didn't think anyone stood out? Wow, you're a hard man to please! I thought JB was outstanding, Sam T dominant and Marshy outshone the form winger in Superleague, setting up one of the tries of the season so far. Add to that some great efforts in the pack and a Sam Powell that showed he is capable of attacking the line.

I'd almost argue the opposite and say everyone stood out... if that wasn't a contradiction in terms!

I wasn't putting anyone down, more bigging them up as a whole. It wasn't a negative, they played as a team for near enough the full 80.

Re: All that and without Sol : Sun May 20, 2018 6:56 pm  

Wigan's props were very dominant but Wire were missing their props Crosby and Cooper. They were missed badly.
Cooper was expected to play and was a late withdrawal. When Crosby's due back I don't know but they will be a different proposition in 2 weeks.

Re: All that and without Sol : Sun May 20, 2018 7:51 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

Wigan's props were very dominant but Wire were missing their props Crosby and Cooper. They were missed badly.
Cooper was expected to play and was a late withdrawal. When Crosby's due back I don't know but they will be a different proposition in 2 weeks.

Yep will be interesting to see if they make a difference if they are back in the Wire side, Cooper especially.

Whilst all our props were great yesterday Sutton is having a great season, hope he is adequately replaced.

Re: All that and without Sol : Mon May 21, 2018 8:21 am  

Admittedly I’ve only watched the highlights but it looked like a superb performance. Bateman and Tomkins looked outstanding.

Credit where it’s due, I’m not SW’s biggest fan but recently the team has been playing brilliantly. Can’t fault that for one second.

Re: All that and without Sol : Tue May 22, 2018 11:18 am  

A bit worrying for us how we have a couple of props missing and suddenly can't compete in the forwards