18 May: SL: Catalans Dragons v Wigan Warriors KO 3.30pm (UK Time) (TV)

[westside 269]

Some reversal from 42-0!

[Mattrhino 1,110]

Catalans pack has broken Wigan now. 

[Harry Stottle 1,667]

Getting better, dare I say, "Another one bites the crust"

[Mattrhino 1,110]

18 minutes ago, dkw said:

Did you see the south's game this morning, was an absolute shambles with loads of penalties. 

I did say big games. 

[RLDave 308]

I swear, if I hear Phil Clarke say "here now" again I'm going to slap someone.

[RSN 783]

The music they play after a try really annoyed me at the start but it’s rather grown on me.

[bobbruce 1,881]

Looks like another try off a forward pass at least that cancels out the Wigan one. 

[Griff9of13 4,706]

Another Wigan error, another Catalan score. 

[Griff9of13 4,706]

Sarginson has sprung quite a leak there.

[newbe 201]

2 minutes ago, RSN said:

The music they play after a try really annoyed me at the start but it’s rather grown on me.

Starting here it a lot more now

[Futtocks 10,797]

Just seen the replay of the Powell/Sarginson head-clash. Ouch!

[Futtocks 10,797]

Just now, Griff9of13 said:

Sarginson has sprung quite a leak there.

"That's nearly an armful!"

[RSN 783]

That drop goal was pointless. 21 point lead rather than 20 means nothing and they lost territory and there is still 20 mins left.

[RidingPie 1,010]

We’re awful. 

Looks like a great atmosphere though. I’ve no idea what the crowd will be but hope it’s good. It looks ok on tv. 

Edited May 18 by RidingPie

[Lowdesert 1,967]

Just now, RSN said:

That drop goal was pointless. 21 point lead rather than 20 means nothing and they lost territory and there is still 20 mins left.

Er....they get the ball back and score again, might have been the plan.

[Oliver Clothesoff 1,771]

Are Wigan fans losing patience with Lam at all? Just curious. 

[Leonard 226]

1 hour ago, bobbruce said:

When do you want them to play it this weekend. 

6pm or another weekend.

It isn't hard. 

[Harry Stottle 1,667]

Another Catalan score and the stadium emergency exit will come into play. 

[RSN 783]

4 minutes ago, Lowdesert said:

Er....they get the ball back and score again, might have been the plan.

It’s harder to score from inside your own half than 10 metres out. 

I appreciate they made a break off the kick return and got their territory back but the drop goal did them more harm than good. Wigan still had to score the same number of tries to win the game.

 

 

[Oliver Clothesoff 1,771]

Just now, Leonard said:

6pm or another weekend.

It isn't hard. 

But what about the other games on “another weekend”?

[Futtocks 10,797]

1 minute ago, Oliver Clothesoff said:

Are Wigan fans losing patience with Lam at all? Just curious. 

I'm not entirely convinced that Lam has instructed his players to drop the ball so often. Quite a few promising moves in the first half were snuffed out by poor passing too.

I'm not yet convinced one way or the other yet.

[damp squib 2,198]

Attendance: 31,555

[johnh1 626]

31555. Great attendance that.

 

[Oliver Clothesoff 1,771]

1 minute ago, Futtocks said:

I'm not entirely convinced that Lam has instructed his players to drop the ball so often. Quite a few promising moves in the first half were snuffed out by poor passing too.

I'm not yet convinced one way or the other yet.

Do people recognise the loss of Bateman and Sutton and the lack of replacements for those players? Is that why he’s maybe getting off lighter than he may?

[Lowdesert 1,967]

Just now, RSN said:

It’s harder to score from inside your own half than 10 metres out. 

I appreciate they made a break off the kick return and got their territory back but the drop goal did them more harm than good. Wigan still had to score the same number of tries to win the game.

 

 

If you’ve got the ball the opposition can’t score.  If Wigan have to defend again, it takes more steam out of them in attack.

Taking the 1 when your in front ain’t a bad plan sometimes.