4 players down from the team that started last week. Very tough task tonight but expect the lads to give it their best efforts

Too easy. Long night ahead

Fash v Nsemba is such a mismatch

Doesn't look good for Sao, hope it's nothing major

Terrible performance this.

[quote="pmarrow":hfndtfwj]Terrible performance this.[/quote:hfndtfwj] Curse of the big crowd

A paper thin, very average squad now missing 7 of numbers 1-17 (OK that includes Abdull but still ). Unable to compete.

[quote="pmarrow":3f0utzd6]Terrible performance this.[/quote:3f0utzd6] Not sure I agree, don't think the team have done an awful lot wrong, we're just outclassed especially in the forwards. I can't fault the effort.

Just feels so deflating to already have so many injuries this season and we're only a game and a half in. Put the missing 4 from last week plus not losing Sao into this team and we'd be doing a lot better. There's some good stuff going on. Wrestle looks a lot better than last season and some of the ball movement has looked quite slick. Wigan just far too good for us even at full strength nevermind with a few out. Much stronger and certainly much quicker than us

[quote="Mrs Barista":1ej7n5a0]A paper thin, very average squad now missing 7 of numbers 1-17 (OK that includes Abdull but still ). Unable to compete.[/quote:1ej7n5a0] I dont mind the losing, but literally Wigan are steam rolling 80 metres a set. Thats not good enough in my view, Cartright has his work cut out.

[quote="pmarrow":3oal1mbu]Terrible performance this.[/quote:3oal1mbu] Terrible is harsh. I think Wigan are just showing us the standard we need to aspire to. Man for man they are bigger, faster and stronger than us and their attack has been very slick. We've attacked with decent shape, defended ok barring the Mago try. They are just better than us.

TBF never in this ....Soa Cartwright Ashworth out of our pack and we always gonna struggle

Agree though we just ain't good enough..... Effort is there though ...But our pack is getting mullured.....But then as I said take 3 of our biggest forwards out and this is gonna happen

We were up against it before kick off but losing Ligi pretty much as soon as he came lon I think has knocked stuffing out of us. Hope it’s not as bad as it looked but fear that may well be a season ending injury or lengthy lay off for him. Fingers crossed for him it’s not. Have to say as much as we’ve not got going if Moore worked as a joiner I wouldn’t have hi. Give me a quote for wardrobes the way his idea of 10M is when it comes to pulling us back. Hopefully JC can work a miracle for the 2nd half.

Class by Barron. Class by Sezer

[quote="Mr. Zucchini Head":1f7olslp]Terrible is harsh. I think Wigan are just showing us the standard we need to aspire to. Man for man they are bigger, faster and stronger than us and their attack has been very slick. We've attacked with decent shape, defended ok barring the Mago try. They are just better than us.[/quote:1f7olslp] Bit of energy start of the half and we score. Not saying its that easy but I think weve being very laboured that first half and I doubt Cartwright would have being impressed.

why do you go short when you are 18 points down and up against it? dumb

One thing this proves ....We haven't got a lot of depth......But we are in transition I suppose ....Hard night at the office

I'm fairly philosophical about it tbh, they're at pretty much full strength and they're bigger, faster and stronger across most of the park. We knew the squad was fairly average and it's already stretched. I can't fault the effort, we kept at it til the end. Positives are that I thought Salabio looked lively and we look to have some decent shape in attack. I can definitely see some better home in the future games against other teams. I'm a fairly glass half full guy so your mileage may vary.

Overall I wasnt that impressed tonight, whether the personal we lost impacted the drop in intensity ill never know. However I wasnt expecting much from the game so we move on. I really thought we would have lost our first two games so to have won 1 out the 2 is something. Move on dont dwell, ive still seen enough to think we will be better then last year. Far from being a boo boy yet, long journey ahead which we all know.

At one time our forwards where Gardiner Hutchinson Aydin Fash lane . Unfortunately that's not going to handle any pack .....We need another 1)2 forwards..... Actually thought our backs looked ok with limited ball they received.....But I'd take 2points out of the first 2 matches......We didn't throw the towel in but the gulf was there to see .....

Obviously a disappointing score and night, but we was always going to get the Wigan backlash from last week.. add in missing players and losing Sao, made it near enough mission impossible. Draw a line under it and focus on Hudds, hopefully have a few bodies back, I not, the club need to start looking imo

Fair play to Wigan, everything they do is always on the money, they make the right decision every single time they're absolutely clinical. They're team is made up of players in the top 3 or 4 in their position in the league and that's every position, they don't really have any weaknesses, we were on a hiding to nothing tonight especially with the players we had missing but there were definite signs of encouragement. All the boys dug in and had a go, didn't chuck the towel in as in previous years, fingers crossed we get a few back next week and hopefully Sao isn't as bad as it looked.

Some noticeable improvements for me, despite the scoreline. Look stronger in the wrestle this year and slowing the ruck down more. Attacking shape looks a lot better and the passing at times is pretty slick. Unfortunately just don't have the right players in to make the most of it at the moment. Fash got some really good ball 2nd half but just isn't good enough, especially at 2nd row. I feel Jed would have bust a couple of tackles or slipped an offload out to the centre/winger. I'm not against going for short drop outs but we had just managed to win the momentum in the game and then that try just killed everything good they'd built at the start of the 2nd half Happy with what I've seen from Sezer in attack over the first 2 games. Proper scrum half who leads us around and attacks the line. Salabio looked useful. Just runs straight and hard and looks to always make big contact in defence. So frustrating that it's only week 2 and we're having to use players like Gardiner and Hutchinson. About 6 out injured and a few looking like longer term ones. I'm not into panic signing but we really need to look at strengthening the squad more ASAP. Need a big performance against Huddersfield next week to show that tonight was just an off night, but realistically we may only get 2 players (Bourouh and Ashworth back).

Disappointed to ship in 40+ points tonight, injuries now stacking up also. Wigans pace, defence and a little luck way better.