Pryce went missing, I know he picked up a hip injury, but he just didn't seem at all interested. I'd love to see the nunber of carries he made compared to Ainscough,

Coley was superb in the first quarter, Riddel moved the play around perfectly.
An encouraging performance, but Roberts should be back in next week.

Roberts has to play next week i agree.

He hasn't been too bad so far imo apart from going missing last week against Leeds. He looks to have great footwork and spped but need to impose himself more on games.

I'm confident he'll prove to be a sensational long term buy for us.

I thought we were good but Salford were poor. At times we played some great stuff but at others we were flat as anything. Great games from our youngsters as usual. Richards had one of his best games in a Wigan shirt imo.

1. Richards
2. Coley
3. Ainscough

Yep, Richard's positioning in fielding kicks was excellent, I think he got every one on the full. His break when shifted to the wing for Tommy's try was memorable. Sam fitted in well at FB as well.

No-one mentioned Hock - some superb offloads kept the attack flowing.

Agreed but his game was short lived.. injured?

hand problem according to noble

having x ray tonight

I thought Coley had a good game, however he'll probably now sit back for the rest of the season...prove me wrong Coley come on! Hock thought was good but not as good as he was against Bratfut. Ainsrough committed as ever. Riddell fantastic great outside ball for a break away and maybe try (can't remember). Mickey would never have done that pass. Richards great game, cracking break down the wing reminded me of his old form when he played for Wests.

S.Tomkins did well few good breaks and try. Lockers solid game, Feka/Fielden quiet for them, but still solid. Pryce was disappointing. Smith should be dropped, shying away from far..FAR to many tackles and although didn't make any really bad decisions in attack still, not what we expect from him.

How did Pryce go missing? He was hardly used and the ball went almost 90% of the time down Ainscough’s side! I thought with the little ball he had he did pretty well, especially the one good run which he injured his hip he also bounced a few players off on a few kick returns. He put in a few big hits in defence and generally had his opposite winger in his back pocket on defensive kick throughs. To say he went missing is very unfair on him.

In regards to other aspects of the game it seemed they carved us up down the middle far too many times and a lot of the time Smith was one of the tacklers they broke through. Mcilorum was one of our only good players last week and defiantly deserves game time next week. Smith has to learn how to defend as he’s being targeted now.

Coley ripped them apart with some strong runs and good offloads especially in the first half. He’s had a good few weeks now and long may it continue.

Can’t believe how well Joel and Sam combined towards the end of the 2nd half. Joel again looked lively and defiantly deserves some time at 13 going forward from next week.

Riddell also had his 2nd best game this season after the Bradford game. He looked lively, put also put a good miss pass to Ainscough early on which lead to a try and he generally bossed the ruck area with a varied display of runs and a variety of long and short passes.

Pat also started to make more yards on the kick returns and almost seemed to have that Radlinski ability of knowing where their kicks were going to drop. One negative point was he seemed not to back himself when running down the wing for the last try. Yes we scored via Tommy from Pat’s break but I’d still like to see someone like Pat put his head down and go for the corner. Same can be said of Ainscough who at one point was one on one with Kirkpatrick and managed to confuse himself as he changed direction that many times. Some times you can’t get a better option than just pinning your ears back and going for the corner flag.

And then there'll be those for whom hating Wigan is so full-time an occupation that they won't care how bitter, twisted and prattish they make themselves look on public message boards as they never come back to defend their idiotic posts because no defence is possible. Just having got it off their chest about Wigan will suffice, and will more than make up for the fact that they won't be getting a shag tonight - AGAIN.

O/T but Mary Fa'asavalu got owned by the thug that is Ryan Bailey. Was a fair enough tackle, a little high but hilarious.

Why are you Cruncher>????????????????????

Just watched it now and it was a beauty



The lights went straight out!!!

Bailey is cack mind and got battered in the next tackle by a mentalist looking Graham.

If you mean "battered" by coming 3rd man in to cowardly try to injure someone then.... yeah i suppose so

That, coupled with one poor would be catch was why Roberts was dropped.

If we are going to drop somebody if they're not involved, we'll never have the same right winger for two consecutive games.

Had to be elsewhere last night but have had calls from two different people who went and both said that we conceded far too many linebreaks again tonight and that most other teams would have punished us severely.
True?

Had to be elsewhere last night but have had calls from two different people who went and both said that we conceded far too many linebreaks again tonight and that most other teams would have punished us severely.
True?

Yes. Although it was a comfortable win, without us hitting top form, they got behind us with a bit too much ease at times. Their second try, Smith was just like a turnstile and it was all too easy for them. He's definitely being targeted now. Myler did look useful for them. Thought we looked really dangerous down our left side. Pat is looking more at home at fullback, Riddells passing an awareness of what's around him is excellent and Coley had his best Wigan game. No coincidence for me though that he was running wider instead of straight down the middle and had lots of success because of it. Why we don't use this ploy a little more I don't know.'"

I agree about us defending the line breaks - we seem clueless when we have to scramble back . tim Smith left a gap the size of a bus for the second try

Comfortable win without really hitting any sort of top form. Defence is still a bit of a concern but taking Smith out should solve that as he was the source of most of there linebreaks apart from when Myler managed to squeeze through a gap

Pat was great, positioned himself very well and made great yards. I was pretty suprised to see it was him flying doiwn the right wing to be honest

Pryce still looked slow and unfit to me, didn't do a lot and what he did wasn't anything special at all, he's going to need to make some serious improvement if he wants a contract for next season. Bailey was solid as usual as was Carmont (looked like he was carrying a bit of an injury and got some treatment) but he had one of his best games of the season for us. Ainscough was busy as ever and even managed to take on himself when going for his contract

Sam was very good and grew in confidence as the game went on, his first try was great to watch. Tommy was decent at 7 but miles better when he went to 9 and his broken play running was (as usual) fantastic.

Prescott had a good run out and hopefully now he can leave all injuries behind him and get some decent form together like we know he is capable of. Riddell controlled things really well and had his second best game in wigan colours. Coley had his best game in a Wigan shirt, don't know whether he will keep it up though. Hansen was his usual self getting through a lot of work without doing anything spectacular. Hock was very strong as always and I hope his injury isn't serious. Lockers played really well IMO and had one of best games of the season and has been one of our most consistent performers this season

Feka was his usual monster like self. Fielden got through a lot of work and improved on last week but still not good enough. Smith was like a turnstile and didn't do anything in attack, should be back in the reserves next week. Joel was very good and linked up with Sam excellently in the second half

I was right on that touchline and Pat was about to be bundled into touch, that's why he didn't back himself. His offload to Tommy was perfect though and we got the try. He made the right decision.

He never came inside to look for work, he's a big lad and should be helping out taking the ball up, like Richards did many times. When the ball came to his wing he was stooped being injured. He dropped a sitter in the first half as well. Ainscough has stamped some authority on the game, and I agree he should have scored when one on one with the full back, and with more long distance pace would be even more dangerous. Price needs to get himself involved, get noticed etc. He should be impressive against a team we score 30 odd points against. He wasn't.

Yep his defence was good, but I want a winger to be an attacking option, he was unlucky with the ball he tapped back from a high kick to be adjudged a knock on.

He should be taking the ball up every other set or so, if he can't cos he's hurt he shouldn't be playing. It's nearly 3 months now since he debuted v wire, he should be back in the swing of things etc. I hope he proves me wrong,

Where were you stood mate? I was bang online with Richards when he was running down the touch line towards the Wigan fans. I thought he was gonna get bundled into touch cause he was slowing down looking for the off load? Guess it's just one interpretation of the same even.

In response to Everton1- Ratchford couldn’t move in the first half without Pryce telling him 2. In one tackle he almost cut him in half and he also I thought cleared up a few grubbers on his side.

I’m not saying he had the greatest game but what he did with the ball when he got it was just as if not better than what Roberts has done with it.

We defiantly need to send the ball more down his side tho almost all the play in the first half almost seemed to be going to Ainscough for breaks. Think that had a lot to do with both Coley, Riddell and Carmont breaking thorough the defence a lot, lot easier down that flank.

Another point - Salford fans are the biggest moaners ever.

thats funny because i come frome wigan but support salford and after speaking to a few mates today got the same comments from them about pryce and i dont mean agreing with you i mean pryce is garbage and not fit to wear that wigan shirt big time donkey who coundnt break wind last nite never mind a tackle when i get last nights dvd i will post it on a popular video website of when pryce cuts ratchford in half you joker

No need to get all defensive mate. Pryce knocked Ratchford off at least two times last night and stepped him in the process of hurting his hip. I honestly can't remember Ratchford coming close to troubling Pryce at all in attack. Pryce defiantly came out on top between the two or are you honestly saying Ratchford played better than Pryce?

Add to that the big hit he did on fitzpatrick late on in the 2nd half i'd hardly say he was gash. Maybe you should look at some of your own players for the definition of garbage.