Wigan Peer wrote:
With you on this Brett.... I can't see the issue. Sadly we have to work within the Cap, so the sooner we learn how these youngsters respond the better. Would you rather that they came in for a first game in the frickin playoffs!!!! These lads are around the first team all week, they will know the plays and the setup. BUT, its in a game situation where you find out how people react. Thats what they are doing. Wise up people and smell the coffee!!! Some of these young men will be the backbone of our team for the next ten years. Get behind them, and the coach. Incidently, i don't believe for one moment that Wane will not have discussed this with IL. They will have known the risks.
Well if you had not noticed majority of opinion is saying that while blooding youngsters is a good idea against a team struggling like Widnes blooding so many is just not necessary and it cost us the match.
Now I don't know about you but I go to see Wigan win, not lose and when a defeat is basically self inflicted by a stupid section policy I think you can see why many fans are pretty angry about it.
There was no need to do this and the idea we needed to blood so many at one go is just not correct. There was just no reason to do it.
As to finding out how they will react all we know is how an inexperienced Wigan team will react not how the likes of Russell will fit into the first team set up. So it was a pointless exercise IMO (in more ways that one!).
These players are not going to be playing all together in the team any time soon but will be introduced gradually as players leave so there was just no point in doing what Wane did today. Chucking them all in the deep end is about as old fashioned an approach as you can get and should it be necessary for them all to cover for injuries in the play-offs I can tell you now we won't be doing very well in the play-offs despite them having this game because they are just not ready. So the idea we will be better for it should that happen is very wishful thinking IMO.
I have never known any club any certainly not Wigan adopt such an approach to blooding youngsters.
As to the result itself not mattering Wane's view pre-season was he wanted to cut out losses like this but he has engineered such a defeat instead. So which is it to be?
They also matter because not many fans adopt BK's view that the league competition is a complete waste of time. Fans pay their money to see the top players play not the reserves and few adopt the attitude the result does not matter.
We should be thankful the clubs are not that cynical and most of the time do try to win every game otherwise you may as well shut up shop. Wanes priority should have been to win the game and he could still have done that if he had made fewer changes.
Wane dropped a clanger but the worrying thing is he seems to think he didn't.
