Quote ="Offside Monkey"I never doubted that Wane had professional respect, but I just figured he knew that on match day, if your were prepared t go out there and lover the opposition with everything, likelihood is you'll come out on top, even if they outmatch you in some of the finer points of the game.
I heard that that was how he played and felt that was how he tailored his players. Add to that the whole born and bred in Wigan, bleed cherry & white thing, it increased his coaching effectiveness exponentially.
This was Wigan's [iextra level[/i and what made them the most daunting proposition in the league. [iIf[/i they lose this edge, they [imay[/i drop to being the 4th or 5th team - a decent also ran like Hudds.'"
Isn't sport great?
Momentum is all - and Saints certainly have it at the moment. By the end of February you could be World Champions.
My strong belief is that going into the GF Wigan had all the momentum, a great win against the Giants and coming out on top in probably the best match of the season against Wire, we were strong favourites. Saints had limped through against a spent Dragons. One moment of madness changed it all, and the rest is history.
(Don't want to open up the GF debate again, I'm sure we are all heartily sick of it. Like most Wigan fans I believe that Wigan would have won with 13 against 13 and no doubt Saints fans will argue that your pack had the beating of ours in any case, so probably best to leave it at that)
