A decent start, playing quite expansively. I don't think we'll be short of talking points. A little stamp by Griffin on Flower. Also does anyone else think we had a case for a penalty try. Smith looked like he was taken off the ball to me.

I thought it was maybe a penalty try.

But the Gelling try should never have been after a blatant trip by O'Loughlin on Chase.

I agree, O'loughlin was lucky not to get at least a yellow for his sliding tackle, that said though Wigan have been the better team , but Salford should've been on the scoreboard when johnson(i think) chose to go alone when he had Ashurst and Chase on his inside unmarked

Nice to see someone wants to talk. I was getting a bit lonely.



Calls have been fairly even. I think SOL was trying to kick the ball backwards, missed and took out the player instead. Not intentional but should have been a penalty. The Charnley no try was harsh too. Those are often given as a knock on but in that case I thought he was just making a tackle rather than playing the ball.

We are playing reasonably well, Salford are their own worst enemy though. Sau bombed a sitter and on most occasions they've been on our line they've dropped it. I think their timing on the set plays is a bit off too. On several occasions the receiver has run behind the dummy runner.

With regards to the Charnley one, it doesn't have to be intentional does it? I thought they changed the rules (again) to say that if it goes forward off a defender's hand or arm then it's a knock on, regardless of intent. I may be wrong but I think that's the case.

They're ALWAYS given as a knock on, they haven't been allowed play on for a good number of years now. So it's not really unfortunate. Also thought the last pass before the charnley try was forward...

Wigan have been on the end of a lot of ... Favourable poor reffing decisions, but Salford have been worse than the ref!

Nice summary. Salford have been poor but Wigan have had the majority of the decisions.

There's another one that shouldn't have been given. Blatant obstruction in the build up.

They've gone full circle with obstruction. Last time we played Salford there was a ridiculous number of penalties given for it. Now they seem to be ignoring most.

On a side note, do you want a Dudson over the hill. Big bloke but a bit of a liability.

Haha no chance. He's a big pudding. You haven't got a spare half back though have you?

You were saying? Haha

I'm afraid not. Salford have about 20 don't they?

I've lost track. They could do with a couple more on this showing.

Your right and they did and i prefer the rule that way, takes out the opinion of the Ref.

DR Quickcash...not happy

I didn't realise they'd changes the interpretation. I thought it had to be either intentional or in other words putting your arm where it is likely to make contact with the ball as is often the case. Correct call but still harsh.

Must have been a terrible game to watch as a neutral

It wasn't great. Lots of mistakes from both sides, mainly Salford. Had Sa'u not messed his break up then it could have been a closer game but the two quick fire tries killed them off.

Wigan were fairly average up to about 60 minutes and then they chanced their arm a bit and played some nice stuff. I also felt they had another gear or two.

Salford were very disappointing, especially taking into account their recent form.

Frustrating to watch, as it could've been a contest at one point inbetween the opening try and Gelling's first there was a 20 minute gap and Salford started to get some possession in Wigan's half and continued to make a complete harsh of it. Think the Sa'u chance summed it up, Salford had the chance to be good.....made a complete mess of it. It was like watching Hull in last years CC Final thinking "stop screwing up, I want a contest."

Wigan provided some good moments to watch in the final quarter and I enjoyed Charnley chasing back on Evalds.

Wigan got some 50/50 calls and Sau messed up big time.
Even if Lockers spent 10 in the bin can anyone say for certain that Salford would have actually completed a set in that time, nevermind score a try?
Wigan got better as the game progressed and Salford just got worse.
A remarable performance off a four day turnaround.

How sad is it watching Morley now by the way? He should've been penalised at least twice for high tackles (maybe one was just a swinging arm) which he somehow got away with, and then he decides to hold Farrell down in the tackle, knee him in the face and then throw the ball at his head - WTF was Bentham doing not penalising him? I've no idea how he gets away with it.

Salford didn't look physically strong enough in the second half. Wigan buried them for aggression, and won the collision regularly, knocking them back and forcing many knock-ons. Morley chucking the ball at Faz's head was the only thing I noticed him do all night, but then it shouldn't just be down to an old warhorse to set an example.

There is a good team somewhere in that Salford side, but they are lacking a lot at present.

The Oloughlin sliding tackle incident should've been a penalty to Wigan--- Chase kicked the ball straight out of his hand without it hitting the floor 1st so it was not a 'drop out'!!!

Griffin stamping on Flower's chest was a bit cheeky

Cheeky is one way to describe it. A minute or two before the stamp griffin knocked on. Flower was stood close by, his back was to the camera so I don't know if he said something, winked, laughed or something else but it really riled Griffin. There were clenched fists but he thought better of it. Then 2 minutes later he spots an opportunity and stamps on him. To be fair it wasn't particularly viscous but it was definitely a stamp onto the chest of Flower. Flower went looking for him after the PTB but thought better of it. Should be looked at IMO. Nothing too serious, possibly a grade A charge.