Thur 9th Mar: SL: Wigan Warriors v Catalans Dragons KO 20:00 (Sky)

[daz39]

8 minutes ago, JonNgog said:

O’Connor and Priim are a struggle to listen to. There really is no point having extra commentators if they have nothing insightful to add, it’s just confusing white noise.

i agree, ya know, Pyke is hard as it is, ya know, Turry and Pyke are really hard, all 3 of them, ya know, is pretty hurtful to the old eardrums.

[Futtocks]

That's a display that should worry the rest of the league, including St Helens. A tough, stubborn win.

[Pigeon Lofter]

Catalans played hard without the usual dirty stuff, great to watch. 

[daz39]

48 minutes ago, Ragingbull said:

Yet Another game where Wigan only needed to open 2 stands.  

If there was a cowbell it could have been mistaken for a Huddersfield game.

 

[Futtocks]

Yes, Wigan were a bit sloppy, but I think a fair part of that came from the speed of the Catalans' defence.

[Oxford]

That was impressive from the Dragons

[wasginger]

Well played Catalan. As for Wigan some players need to have a good look in the mirror. To be beaten is one thing to be out-enthused us not what you require from certain players.

[Damien]

Well done Catalans, a good solid display away from home which bodes well for them. Disappointing performance from Wigan, just too sloppy and not good enough.

[Man of Kent]

Has Micky Mac’s dog died?

[Just Browny]

Can someone explain what Smithies does besides give penalties away?

[Ullman]

9 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Immense defensive performance by les Dracs. Impressive 

Bousquet's effort on Field was exceptional for a bloke of his size 74 minutes into the game.

[daz39]

Good show from Catalans, they're looking good again, Wigan were pretty poor i thought, nothing for other teams to worry about.

[Hate the rec]

Cooper, Wardle, and King poor signings for Wigan .

[meast]

1 hour ago, dboy said:

Already had enough of Terry and his "Wiggin" and "McLorum" pronunciations.

 

Quality player turning up though

 

[Phil]

2 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Can someone explain what Smithies does besides give penalties away?

Usually about 50 plus tackles a game 

[Just Browny]

5 minutes ago, Phil said:

Usually about 50 plus tackles a game 

Fair enough, he looks quite limited to me.

[EagleEyePie]

Good performance from Catalans even with some players absent. Supposedly that's the best team that Wigan can field so I think that tells you the pre-season pessimism from myself and few other Wigan fans was well founded. Nobody in that Wigan front row was dominant. For years and years we've been saying Wigan could be a handy side with a couple of decent props. We've got props who occasionally put in good performances (Havard, Singleton) but there's a real lack of consistency from the middle forwards and they get outfought far too often. We know Isa isn't good enough but Pearce-Paul's start to the season has made me long for the days of out-of-form John Bateman.

Powell's impressive 40/20 masked a dire performance where he seemed to make wrong decisions again and again and offered nothing of value from 9. I can accept some of his limitations when he's a steady influence but he was poor tonight. There's little point having O'Neill on the bench when he plays a similar game.

I'll forgive Harry Smith his few mistakes because he still created enough to almost single-handedly win us the game but the chances kept going begging. A good performance which might have been better had Cust done anything to assist.

We can beat a few teams but we won't be beaten any good teams this year. 

[Oxford]

I had to Laugh at the Wigan fans getting annoyed about Catalan slowing the ruck down.

Wigan weren't poor so much as outcoached and outplayed.

[Jughead]

14 minutes ago, Pigeon Lofter said:

Catalans played hard without the usual dirty stuff, great to watch. 

When they do that, they’re a force. They don’t do it consistently which is their downfall and when their dirty stuff comes out, they simply implode. 

[Man of Kent]

So good to hear a southern accent (even with a Yorkshire twang)

[Tippytoe]

32 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

Harry Smith is frustrating to watch.  So many good parts to his game but just too many mistakes.  He is 23 now and should be showing more consistency. 

Maybe he isn't that good. 

[Pigeon Lofter]

Just seen the Catalans players singing away in the dressing room.....with all the tub-thumping and clapping....is there a standard RL song that the winning team does, or is it particular to each club? There is never any audio for these scenes when they are transmitted.

When I played, the songs were on the coach on the way to games or in the bar afterwards, never in the changing room. And,I'm sure I would get locked up if I were to sing those songs today.

Edited March 9, 2023 by Pigeon Lofter

[PEANUT HEAD]

1 hour ago, Dunbar said:

Jon Wells remains the only Sky presenter/commentator/summariser that I can listen to.

Good commentator but is it me does he give Micky mac the mom every time cat are on sky.

[Jamie_]

1 hour ago, Ragingbull said:

Yet Another game where Wigan only needed to open 2 stands.  

2? I'd rather they just cram everyone into the one stand opposite the camera. 

[binosh]

I’ve never seen a player so anonymous in all my life as Bevan French tonight. He didn’t want to know in that weather.