Agreed, but they shouldn't get them wrong so often.

It looked it but your last try came off a drop out that never was. I think the game was pretty even. Your defence was awesome and held us up over the line 4 times.

I thought both teams did pretty well with it being first game of the year and straight in to a intense derby.

Saints and Wigan for old Trafford me thinks

Saints v Wigan Grand Final all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The rest are just making up the numbers!

Did he not play for about 70 mins though?

Some positives: Our defence for 65 minutes, I mean, WOW! Saints were never going to score if we'd have kept the intensity up like we did in the first 65. The lads all working for each other so that our line was never breached, I loved it! We got complacent near the end, but trust me, Madge & Wane will have them for that this week in training, and we will learn from it.

Credit to Saints never say die attitude, with a makeshift HB combo, they snatched a draw, and could have won it, right at the end. Draw was probably the fairest result, really, as much as i'd have liked to have seen a Wigan win. How long is until Good Friday?!

Wigan
Saints
Huddersfield

Top 3 this year, you may want to swap Hudds & Saints round, because Hudds look mighty impressive this year.

Hmm somebody else who doesn't understand the rule!

No I'm pretty sure he was off the field for 20 minutes at least.

What people have to be aware of is that this Saints pack is probably the best one we'll face this year. We were going at them without Fielden and with an interchange down. Coupled with the fact that we had to defend for most of the first half and we were always going to tire towards the end of the game - they're very fit, but they're not super human.

I don't think we were helped by the ref trying to hand the game to Saints - the Eastmond knock on and the forward pass for Meli's try being prime examples, but you expect that when playing teams like Saints.

All in all we didn't lose, the team looks as good as it did last year - with Lima and Hoffman being obvious improvements over Bailey and Feka. We'll be there or there abouts for all the trophies at the end.

You aren't seriously trying to claim that it wasn't a forward pass are you? No matter what rule you want to spout it was forward.

Don't want to blame the ref as we only have ourselves to blame for not finishing you off. Credit to you for hanging in there.

That's just it though, the defence Can't keep up the intensity for 80 minutes, it's not humanly possible to have fitness levels to sustain the numbers in defence and still have enough in the tank to attack. Wigan are working so hard in the opening 20 minutes they don't have enough left to see the game out. The coaches can shout all they like at the players about not closing the game down but the fact is if they are they are asking to much. You need to find a happy medium between the two.

Who cares? It's gone now.

We could say your last try shouldnt count as it wasn't a drop out, Shenton should have been given the try as no way it went forward!

It's all if and buts but they are gone, so stop crying about it.

Im sure you'll score off a forward pass this year ( like the grand final), so it all works it's self out.

On the replay it looked like the Wigan player pushed it on in the collision.

Who cares? Its gone now. Were champions, your not!

In the GF the momentum rule applied, however it didnt yesterday though because your player was tackled dead. We should of still finished you off though, cant wait till Good Friday!

We only had to work so hard because we dropped too much ball and gave penalties away, especially in the second half. Iron out the the sloppiness in attack and we won't have to do so much defending

Grow up you fool!

Were champs your not







Your off school this week ain't you?

You've totally missed my point!

You started by saying 'Who cares, its gone'

Then went on to moan about chances you didnt get going your way



In fact I'm off from Uni next week, but I'm still working too. I wont bang on about working though because it's something you lot cannot seem to get your head around.

What a gross stereotype. As of November 2010 Wigan had around 8,500 claiming job seekers allowance. As of December 2010 St Helens had around 4,700.

Chomp.

Right I'm going to reply because Harry Hill has just finished and I'm bored. To start with you have started with 2 different moments of time. In the month of December 4000 people in Wigan could of got a job? And they are not exactly up to date statistics.

Also is that counting Wigan as the town or the borough? I would guess at the latter. With St Helens having a population of around 100,000 and Wigan 300,000 it shows that the ratio of people without a job in St Helens is higher than that of Wigan.

The point I was making was no point moaning now as the games over. I mean that for both sides.

The pass for meli prob was forward but I'm sure you'll score from a forward pass this year. That's rugby!

These things even out over the year.

Why was you so defensive? I didn't mean at as you've taken it!

I own my own business and have a very good way of living from it. I even have 2 pies working for me!

Some of your comments are very child like.

Your best school boy quote " were champs your not" is very funny

But

I'm rich, your not!

Well thank you then for helping me to further my education



Roll on Good Friday!

Thats cos all your lot are on the old disabilty. We have more seeking work than you do.

Both was figures on the town, discounting areas such as Billinge, Orrell etc for Wigan.

Also it was in no way a pop at Wigan, I was just pointing out its a dumb thing to say.

I find it personally offensive when I go to University 5 days a week and then work Saturday and Sunday that you class all people from St Helens as basically scruffs claiming benefits not trying to get work. Yes we have a population of people that have that in St Helens, so does Wigan, so does any region of the UK you could care to look at.

yes thats what i though as well,if the ref and linesman doesnt see a forward pass then theres nothing that can be done about it.The dropout though was farcical the ball was well over the line in the field of play

Saint Pete you are correct about our defence, it held out for much longer than i expected
so well done to the lads for that,but how good were Saints to come back at us.? It's so easy for us to sit and watch the match and then
say so and so should have done this that and the other, of course it's so different to actually
playing the game and doing it. I feel that Saints are in a transitional period at the moment,after losing
Long, Scully, Gidley and Cunningham plus a few others in the last few years. and appointing a new coach.Make no mistake about it you will get back to the force you were a couple of seasons ago. Just let us win a few more trophies before you do please.



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