Some may think this will be a positive thread about Deacon due to his match winning ball but I was annoyed with Deacon towards the end of that game.

Three extremely unintelligent mistakes from Deacon should really have cost us the game today. For someone with his experience and for someone with a view of going into coaching I expect better.

- Terrible decision making to commit to Graham in the buildup to the 1st Saints try leaving a massive gap for the supporting player.

- 2nd half, an offload from a teammate hits him on the head due to a lack of attention to the ball carrier which started the Saints comeback.

- Made things worse with a swinging arm deep in Saints' half which gave them field position to score the match levelling try.

I agree but he came up with the match winning pass !!!

Since when has a ball hitting the head been classed as a knock on ? it should have been play on.

But he was also a calm pair of hands that moved the ball well and put in some good kicks. Thought he played better than Finch, although he did make some mistakes as you say.

I don't know the exact rule but it should be classed as a knock on - I thought it was outlawed a few years back. Doesn't matter either way, Deacon should have been watching the play.

Accidently head hitting offload, high tackle at speed, hardly worth hanging him over it is it when he wins you the game.

The problem was that his lack of attention, changed the momentum of the game and almost lost it for us. I know it is harsh, but that is why experience makes the difference. Didn't think we would pull it back after that, but well done Wigan!! I just wish we would stop blowing it when we look like having the game won.

Sums it up perfectly.

Of course we're all over the moon we won in the way we did but I'm still frustrated that the game was even in the balance in the last minute. You shouldn't be getting mistakes like that from a man of Deacon's experience.

First half he was poor, but second half came good...

Our best kicking game of the season so far. Deacs played well for me. Wasn't expecting the ball when it hit him on the head, he was organising the next play. Ref got it wrong and that changed the game.

He doesn't have the pace any more, but I thought he suffered with not having Gleeson alongside him. There's a player that defends well, allowing Deacon to come in as second tackler, rather than have to commit on his own.

Deacon won us the game and has been the missing link in our team.

Since when has the hooter not signalled the end of play? That was an even better one from Silverwood, and he never got taken to task for that decision either.

Couple of mistakes from an otherwise brilliant game he had.

Everyone makes them, good players make up for them like Deacon did.

Whilst not a huge fan of Deacon as a player in his own right he does have a positive influence on the team when he is on the field and the team has a much better balance to it when he is one of the half backs. I dont think any of our other half back combinations that have been without Deacon have really worked this season.

Agree that Deacon made a couple of errors today but in fairness came up with the match winning pass to Farrell. deacs may be getting "long in the tooth" but he is at least 3 times the player that Finch is (who was again missing in action) Surely its time for a taxi?

Thought Finch was fine today. He missed a kick or two, but otherwise linked up play quite well. Still more to come from him though.

Deacon was outstanding today . for me anyway

I couldn't care less how many mistakes Deacon makes per game as long as we win.

Lets not forget people that deacs is only human and everyone makes mistakes experienced or not its a fact of human life

It was Finchs kick to the corner that Gardner put dead that gave us the field position to set up the winning try.

i thought Finch made a couple of decent tackles, and the kick that Rogues mentions that set us up for the try. Deacon did make a couple of mistakes but who doesn't?

Yes, lets get rid quickly, after all he's a pivotal player coming back from an injury trying to play in a new team that has spent most of this season being under par. Just wish we'd got rid of Richards after his start to his Wigan career, just think of the money we'd have saved...

Be a bloody expensive taxi, that - three year's worth of contract.

Seriously, people ought to think before they post this sort of thing.

Another one I heard today was "Finch is crap - Lenagan should bin him off."

I had this vision in my mind's eye of IL hiring a hit-man to top him and then dump him in a dustbin. It would certainly be less expensive.

It was Lima and Finch who should be binned off back to Aus and "get the kids in" at half time near me. We really do have an embarrassing amount of knee jerk, know nowt, s, who change like the wind.