Praise

Mick mac showing his class. I know he gets a lot of stick on here but I really like him.

Kicking game at last, hope it's not a one off!

Forwards we're great but picking out Hock Who was awesome.



Grumbles? Hmmmm...... None really. Even Josh's post match interview was good!

Praise -

Bloody phone!



Praise - All forwards stood up well. McIllorum looked the real deal, as we know he can be. Charnley looks to have gone up another level which should see him gain England honours.



Grumble - Rising to Leeds spoiling tactics when they're being given a lesson.

I was pretty impressed with Wigan last night with both ball in hand and defence.



When Wigan moved the ball wide they looked very dangerous. The runners off the ball was very very good giving the halves the options and causing Leeds problems all night. The handling was very crisp for only the second round.



The defence was also mean and well drilled.



All in all, I think it was a top class performance for what's only round two of super league.

Praise - Desire, commitment and defense. Some might question why I'm praising Wigan's commitment and desire, but anyone who saw last week's match won't. Great kicking game also, but again where was it last week?



Grumble - Support play, plus I still want to see more from the attack, hopefully that will come with time.

praise:forwards laid a very good platform which allowed time and space to kick well and for backs to run



grumbles: that much possession and territory should have yielded more points. our backs have to be able to create more opportunities especially against teams when we wont have so much forward dominance.

McIllorum's run at McGuire was immense!

Praise- Fantastic defensive display and great passing game.



Grumble- Twas bloody freezing.

Praise -

Defence was solid and a massive improvement on last week.

McIlorum was fantastic at hooker and had one of his best games for Wigan

The pack was much better, particularly Lauaki who needed to improve.

Goulding and Charnley both had very good games.

Kicking game was very good.



Grumble -

Not many, but I still think Flower looks too small to be a prop forward. He defends well and runs the ball in quick and strong but he's dominated in the tackle far too easily and wasn't very effective.

Praise - Our defence was magnificent and the pack on the whole was much improved making some good metres and dominating the Leeds forwards. They really set the foundations and the kicking game was much better as result. McIlorum in particular made some good metres and was much better in his decision making. Our right hand side was again impressive. Goulding was excellant in both attack and defence and Charnley is a very good winger and a fantastic finisher who could well get international honours this season. They have quickly developed a very good partnership and we look more threatening down the right than we have for quite a while and look more solid in defence.



Grumble - Hard to have any real grumbles but if I had to it would be that the left hand side again didnt look as sharp as it could be and Pat looked a little slow again to me.

Praise.



The forwards,especially in the first half when they really hurt the Leeds pack (and I MEAN HURT).

Goulding and Charnley seem to be developing a good understanding and can only get better.



Grumbles,(more of an obversation really).

During the second half the Wigan defence on the right was breached a couple of times,which I put down to the sliding defence. This is not getting at Goulding and Charnley by the way.

By that I mean when Micky Mack is on as hooker Finchy usually plays on the left and Tommy on the right. When Tommy goes to hooker this leaves one natuaral halfback on the field (Finch on the left) and the sliding cover does'nt allways get across to the right and sometimes we just seam short on numbers on that side.

Praise -

1. McIlorum looked like the player Wane and the coaching staff clearly think he can be. Improved 10 fold on last week but would still like to see a bit more fizz in his passing.

2. Finch taking the ball to the line makes us so much more threatening. 2 or 3 runners every time gives us plenty of variety.

3. Josh Charnley is the brightest prospect in rugby league. Could be a superstar.



Grumble -

1. The fans in S2 singing 'Champions, you're having a laugh' and then Leeds scoring less than 60 seconds later. (Daft I know, but couldn't really think of owt else, and there's nowt like tempting fate!)