DAVE@CAS1990 wrote:
Ahh come along, we banter about the Wigan walk but you'll be back I'm sure
I mean this in the most respectable way to your club, but you've got at least 5 of your starting 17 who just aren't Wigan standard players.
That being said, you unlocked our defence half a dozen times today, for the last pass to go astray. Decision making was poor at times.
For me that's hard to blame the coach for.
What I would say is tha wane makes a massive deal over SOL being your leader, and his comments about how he'd be massively missed, whilst possibly true, can't REALLY have a positive impact on the players he sends out there.
For me you lacked a leader today and the coach IS to blame for that.
Our leader was missing today and there were players stepping up..... Tomkins for me isn't right for that, Bateman was the only one really standing up.
It's very unusual to see a Wigan side so rudderless
We've been rudderless all season without him. Check out the other thread of results without him this season. I wish that was the sum total of the story but it even extends to when he's on and off the pitch in the games he has played. The number of matches when we've scored all or almost all our points when he's on and conceded all or almost all points when he's off is truly eye opening!
I've never seen a one man Wigan team to this extent in 30 years of watching them. Andy Farrell carried the team at times but even that wasn't as pronounced as what's happening with SOL. The more I watch, the less I feel that there's even an answer in this squad as it stands.
God help us next season if this isn't addressed!