I thought we were brilliant for the whole of the first half, blew a few chances, but Wigan's defence was unbelievable!!!!

We dropped off for about 8-10 minutes in 2nd half and they punished us with 2 tries. Poor defence by Moore, Wellens and LMS for the Tomkins try - why LMS didn't get under the ball, as Wellens had stopped Tomkins, just not blocked the ball.

Yes Wigan should have gone 24-2 up, had J Tomkins not blown the try, but after that Saints were the best team by a country mile in the last 20 minutes. Wigan to me, looked very tired and I feel had we had a little bit more composure once getting it back to 18-12 with 10 minutes to go, we could have got it level and there would have only been 1 winner in extra time..... Wigan were GONE!!!!!

At the game I thought Wellens had a shocker and though Graham was woeful. Having watched it again, I feel I was very harsh on both! Graham was excellent for 60 minutes, looked knackered in the final 2/3 minutes. Wellens made 2 mistakes, but apart from that, he was very good, solid in defence and created the 2 Foster tries.

I have read on this forum that Meli isn't a centre....... I suggest that whoever thinks that, needs to rewatch the game. The 2 tries for Foster all came from wonderful centre play from Meli.... Had this been Jamie Lyon, who had come up with these two passes, people on here would have been wetting themselves, but because it's Meli, nothing gets mentioned.

I have been a "Meli Basher" in the past, but think he has been awesome this year for us in the centre and I look forward to him and Foster continuing their superb partnership for rest of season and into 2012.

In summary
Wellens: solid if not spectacular, great tackle on Charnely 7/10
Makinson: the kid looks a class act, speed to burn, good in defence, needs more service to him & shenny 9/10
Shenton: needs more service, superb centre, but not being given a chance with us constantly going to Meli 7/10
Meli: awesome performance from the big man, created two tries for Foster, but did miss the tackle on Charnley 9/10
Foster: solid, good kick returns, took his two tries really well and kicked quite well 8/10
Pryce: went missing for large parts, but when he was in the mood, linked well with Lomax and Roby 6/10
Lomax: kid was immense, took on the Wigan line and is going to be the future of this great club 9/10
Graham: was super despite being totally busted for the entire game, worked all day long 8/10
Roby: not his usual self, clearly not 100% fit, but came more into the game as Wigan tired in last 15 minutes, 7/10
Puletua: played well, few uncharacteristic mistakes from the big man, not enough offloads for me 7/10
Soliola: played awesome in 1st half, went off and didn't come back on until far to late.... SHAME 7/10
Flannery: why oh why have we give this guy a new contract, slow, lethargic, couldn't break a tackle 5/10
Wilkin: worked his balls off...... looked more like the stand off than Leon. I wish we had utilised him for kicking instead of just using Leon with his pathetic up and unders, straight down Tomkins throat all day. Wilkin was class 8/10

LMS: thought he was our best prop yesterday, took the ball in so strongly and often knocked opponents over 9/10
Moore: was aggressive in defence and attack, but often made silly plays/mistakes at crucial times 7/10
Clough/Gaskell: both got on the pitch far to late to make any real impact 6/10

Simmons: tactically inept, to keep allowing Leon to keep kicking the ball to Tomkins was ludicrous. To play 63 minutes with only 15 men, not using Gaskell/Clough until the game was almost up was pathetic. The guy needs to look at the players he has and choose 17 men, who is going to be happy rotating throughout the game!!!! 4/10 Royce..... shape up or ship out

Pity Royce aint.

Depends what you mean, he was aware of the backs lacking in the game, but as far as the backs lacking overall. That would be an over reaction the reason this post came into being.

I thought flannery looked out of his depth on Saturday. I have serious doubts if he's good enough or we've just kept him as he's classed as none quota and he's a body.

Judging by his post match comments, he was well aware of it. Not a lot he can do once the players are on the pitch.

That's what potter said