if thats all you can come up with then it doesn't evee warrant a mention.

Did Gareth tell you to say that? We are talking final seconds here, not ridiculous passes with 5 minutes left when there is still time to build pressure thta big Ali has treated us to the last 2 weeks.

His never say die attitude is awesome. This guy is a winner you can tell it hurts him losing. If only the rest of the team felt the same.

Talk of mis-use what's the use of Kirke?

He made 4 drives (including a handling error from his first, god knows why he's trying to off-load all of a sudden) and only played 1 stint - what's the point?

with the team avaible I'd have slammed Ali down the middle, and added Pitts for Kirke. Why not?

I generally agree,

But he did get a quick play of the ball leading to hardaker try

The only good thing he did was a quick PTB which led to a try. However on reflection the Wigan players must have not bothered with their customary 4 man tackle when they saw Kirke trundling in, so they just released him early.




The only thing Ali can slam down these days are pies! But I too would have played Pitts.

For next week if Hall is back I would try BJB at centre and Ablett & Delaney in the 2nd row with instructions to cover the centres in defense.

Listening to Mac after the game, i think we has going to make the same play as last week (bringing on Kirke for JP at the death) but JP refused to come off!!! Good to see where the coaching lies........

That could work. For me with BJB sheer pace i would keep him out on the wing.

He's going to have to wait a little longer to claim his fullback spot, he's fairing well on the wing so wouldn't rock the boat there. Let him get a run-in in a position he is likely to fill.

Ablett at centre looks awkward due to the fact that it's his decision making skills with ball in hand that are slow more than his actual quickness.

The flick-on assist he came up with was top draw.

As for Delaney. Meh. He was signed as a centre and it hasn't worked out. He will be better suited to the second row, die to the fact he can get through the donkey work in front on tackling and make the drives with strong leg strength. Just don't expect anything more than that. But into next season he will be on his third season, without offering too much. People talk about the older end players that need to be farmed out. But I would also question the point in keeping him, purely on a quality control point of view. When judiging a player, i ask 'what does he offer'? maybe that cheaper, homegrown, Clarskson doesn't?