[quote="exiled Warrior":3s7k7n44]Did more in that stint than Hill has ever done.[/quote:3s7k7n44] Let's not rewrite history here. Not sure how short some people's memories are, but Hill was excellent Vs Penrith (almost 12 months to the day). I'd give Walters a run of games, but let's not write Hill off either. Not aimed at you, but over the last few seasons, I've seen the same comments thrown around about Byrne. IMO, he'll be a huge loss to us next year.

Was expecting a tougher game and we lacked sharpness and a bit of confidence in the first 25 mins or so but then found a bit of a groove and Hull couldn’t live with us in the back end (thanks to that daft short drop out too). Thompson is a machine, I’ve ran out of any superlatives and absolutely take for granted that he just turns up and is what he is. I think he’s dragging Byrne along too which is good because I’ve never been a fan but we need him with Havard missing and Dupree/Hill not doing much this week or last. Made up for Walters, we need him fit and firing so that edge can have a threat that Farrell doesn’t seem to give us these days. Miski and his finishing again though makes him look awfully unfit so some benefit of the doubt with his knee being strapped up but concerning long term. Hope everyone who is going to Vegas enjoys it and we treat it like a cup final. If we do, I don’t see Warrington living with us on that narrow pitch.

[quote="DannyT":112q29ze]Was expecting a tougher game and we lacked sharpness and a bit of confidence in the first 25 mins or so but then found a bit of a groove and Hull couldn’t live with us in the back end (thanks to that daft short drop out too). Thompson is a machine, I’ve ran out of any superlatives and absolutely take for granted that he just turns up and is what he is. I think he’s dragging Byrne along too which is good because I’ve never been a fan but we need him with Havard missing and Dupree/Hill not doing much this week or last. Made up for Walters, we need him fit and firing so that edge can have a threat that Farrell doesn’t seem to give us these days. Miski and his finishing again though makes him look awfully unfit so some benefit of the doubt with his knee being strapped up but concerning long term. Hope everyone who is going to Vegas enjoys it and we treat it like a cup final. If we do, I don’t see Warrington living with us on that narrow pitch.[/quote:112q29ze] Thompson is one of the best props in world rugby, we took a massive risk signing him (I thought a risk we didn’t need to take) with his injury record in Oz and thought we might treat him a little like Lockers in his last few years and keep him wrapped up for the big games and business end of the season but the guys a machine and has stayed fit which is amazing.

I enjoyed that game. It wasn't the most exciting but it was great to watch as a Wigan fan. The attack has improved tenfold from last week, and we've conceded one try in the last four regular season games that stretch back to the end of 2024; unbelievable stat. Walters was immense, his best game for us I reckon he's back to the form he had at Leeds. Thompson. What more can I say? A perpetual machine. I also thought Dupree had a great game. Solid in contact and worked hard to set the platform, especially for Mago's try. The attack finally seems to be clicking despite being very early in the season. The setpiece to send Field through the gap at the scrum was beautiful. Despite the positives, I have to keep some reservations because it was Hull FC (no disrespect intended, Hull FC look much better this year), we'll have to see how our attack and defence go against opposition like Saints, Warrington, Hull KR to understand where we're at right now.

Peet has admitted in his Wigan tv interview he didn’t get the timings of subs quite right last week. Nice to see all 4 get on early this week. Dupree had his best game for a while and Walters was a massive handful. Walters on the bench makes too much sense given his versatility.

Very impressive performance. Luke Thompson is unbelievably good. Thought Jai Field had done his hamstring chasing back Barron but seemed OK a few minutes after.

[quote="NSW":2ylj8lgg]Peet has admitted in his Wigan tv interview he didn’t get the timings of subs quite right last week. Nice to see all 4 get on early this week. Dupree had his best game for a while and Walters was a massive handful. Walters on the bench makes too much sense given his versatility.[/quote:2ylj8lgg] I'm really glad Walters played so well because I think it'll nail a bench spot for him for a while now and it gives us a much better balance. It feels like we've sorted of forgotten how good the lad can be because it never really got going last year for him but that's the sort of performance he's capable of. To have an absolute handful on the bench, alongside somebody like Mago could be a nightmare for opposition teams. You try and deal with guys like Thompson and Nsemba and think you might get a ket up and then lads like those are running at you.

Just been reading the Hull board (so good to see fans able to compliment the opposition, especially after a drubbing like that btw) and someone has posted that Wigan completed at 99% and made 1000 metres more than Hull last night. Outstanding.

[quote="Phuzzy":1vwsr59t]Just been reading the Hull board (so good to see fans able to compliment the opposition, especially after a drubbing like that btw) and someone has posted that Wigan completed at 99% and made 1000 metres more than Hull last night. Outstanding.[/quote:1vwsr59t] Yeah you can see the full stats here - https://www.superleague.co.uk/match-centre/report/43421 I'm not sure I've ever seen a completion rate of 99% and it's hard to believe when we made 6 errors? Also watching the game back on YouTube, the gap in our line for their break from the 20m restart before their try was incredible you could fit about 3 Konrad Hurrell's in there. [fimg=853,480:1vwsr59t]https://i.ibb.co/LXvzyQ7M/Screenshot-2025-02-22-124816.png[/fimg:1vwsr59t]

[quote="Phuzzy":1vwsr59t]Just been reading the Hull board (so good to see fans able to compliment the opposition, especially after a drubbing like that btw) and someone has posted that Wigan completed at 99% and made 1000 metres more than Hull last night. Outstanding.[/quote:1vwsr59t] Yeah you can see the full stats here - https://www.superleague.co.uk/match-centre/report/43421 I'm not sure I've ever seen a completion rate of 99% and it's hard to believe when we made 6 errors? Also watching the game back on YouTube, the gap in our line for their break from the 20m restart before their try was incredible you could fit about 3 Konrad Hurrell's in there. [fimg=853,480:1vwsr59t]https://i.ibb.co/LXvzyQ7M/Screenshot-2025-02-22-124816.png[/fimg:1vwsr59t]

[quote="Wigg'n":3p8m5rto]Yeah you can see the full stats here - https://www.superleague.co.uk/match-centre/report/43421 I'm not sure I've ever seen a completion rate of 99% and it's hard to believe when we made 6 errors? Also watching the game back on YouTube, the gap in our line for their break from the 20m restart before their try was incredible you could fit about 3 Konrad Hurrell's in there. [fimg=853,480:3p8m5rto]https://i.ibb.co/LXvzyQ7M/Screenshot-2025-02-22-124816.png[/fimg:3p8m5rto][/quote:3p8m5rto] What on earth was going on there!?

[quote="Wigg'n":3p8m5rto]Yeah you can see the full stats here - https://www.superleague.co.uk/match-centre/report/43421 I'm not sure I've ever seen a completion rate of 99% and it's hard to believe when we made 6 errors? Also watching the game back on YouTube, the gap in our line for their break from the 20m restart before their try was incredible you could fit about 3 Konrad Hurrell's in there. [fimg=853,480:3p8m5rto]https://i.ibb.co/LXvzyQ7M/Screenshot-2025-02-22-124816.png[/fimg:3p8m5rto][/quote:3p8m5rto] What on earth was going on there!?

[quote="MadDogg":nalc7kmm]What on earth was going on there!? [/quote:nalc7kmm] French put a kick in that was too long so he and Keighran were still jogging back. Seems like the full game isn't on Wigan TV yet so it's here if anyone wants to watch it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr0Ke1CtpUg

[quote="MadDogg":nalc7kmm]What on earth was going on there!? [/quote:nalc7kmm] French put a kick in that was too long so he and Keighran were still jogging back. Seems like the full game isn't on Wigan TV yet so it's here if anyone wants to watch it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr0Ke1CtpUg

[quote="Wigg'n":tm29oqdk] I'm not sure I've ever seen a completion rate of 99% and it's hard to believe when we made 6 errors? Also watching the game back on YouTube, the gap in our line for their break from the 20m restart before their try was incredible you could fit about 3 Konrad Hurrell's in there. [/quote:tm29oqdk] Presumably defensive errors like ball steals, offsides, dropping the end of set high kick etc? I don't remember any errors in possession apart from the kick being too long at the end of set (which I'm assuming would be both a completed set and an error). Who knows?

[quote="Wigg'n":3195qrkm]Yeah you can see the full stats here - https://www.superleague.co.uk/match-centre/report/43421 I'm not sure I've ever seen a completion rate of 99% and it's hard to believe when we made 6 errors? Also watching the game back on YouTube, the gap in our line for their break from the 20m restart before their try was incredible you could fit about 3 Konrad Hurrell's in there. [fimg=853,480:3195qrkm]https://i.ibb.co/LXvzyQ7M/Screenshot-2025-02-22-124816.png[/fimg:3195qrkm][/quote:3195qrkm] You can't trust the completion rates on there. they are sometimes over 100%.

[quote="Wigg'n":3195qrkm]Yeah you can see the full stats here - https://www.superleague.co.uk/match-centre/report/43421 I'm not sure I've ever seen a completion rate of 99% and it's hard to believe when we made 6 errors? Also watching the game back on YouTube, the gap in our line for their break from the 20m restart before their try was incredible you could fit about 3 Konrad Hurrell's in there. [fimg=853,480:3195qrkm]https://i.ibb.co/LXvzyQ7M/Screenshot-2025-02-22-124816.png[/fimg:3195qrkm][/quote:3195qrkm] You can't trust the completion rates on there. they are sometimes over 100%.

With the exception of their sole try, it felt effortless to me. Last week, we clearly hadn't clicked in properly, but it was back to a smoothly oiled machine last night. Hull offered no real threat at all. It just became a case of when would we score next. Very strange. I was expecting a tough tussle, but back in the golden age, I was often guilty of underestimating us and hugely overestimating our opponents.