RobRiches wrote:
I don’t think Wigan have anything to worry about after saints latest l performance. No doubt redvees biggest cheerleaders giraffe. Superbeetle and reacher/stu m will think otherwise
SL is definitely Wigans to lose this year
I try not to reply to you but on this occasion I'll give you a bite.
I'm far from a cheerleader, when we play well I say so and when we don't I do the same. Saturday's second half was appalling, too many errors, no discipline and a complete reversal from the first half when we looked comfortable despite not scoring. I thought they would've tired second half and we would've gone on to win. It's definitely our bogey ground with no win there since 2018 (obv 2020 and 2021 were Covid years)
Giving Lomax a long deal will come back to bite us. He has rightly been a legend and a superb player but time has caught up with him. He offers little now and we are crying out for a half with flair and pace. Defensively we will still be hard to beat but we are so poor in attack that we simply don't score enough points to be winning trophies. I saw a stat somewhere that in the last 7 games against Catalan and Wigan we haven't scored more than 13 points once (or maybe just 1 in 7 I can't fully remember)
Welsby hasn't been assisting a lot of tries but he literally looks the only player capable of creating something. I shuddered when he went down injured. We have little pace across the backline and considering Wellens made a bullish statement pre-season of us having worked on our attack all pre-season I have seen little if any improvements.
Unless this improves as the pitches dry up then we will be there or thereabouts but no cigar.
Just my own opinion but I can see Blake back in Aus by June with a mutually agreed termination of a contract and maybe we can somehow get an Aussie replacement who is playing Reserve level but still good enough and they can offer some pace and something different.
