There were lots of bad decisions both ways. French's knock on when he'd clearly kicked and regathered, Gildart knock on that was clearly stripped plus forward passes in the build up to both their first half tries went against Wigan yet the only one that gets called is for the disallowed try. All instances that changed the tide of play. In the end none of the bad decisions changed the outcome. Wakefield were excellent in defeat but Wigan deserved the victory.

99.7% of people will not suffer a fatality and as "diseases" go that's pretty re assuring. Unfortunatley herd immunity, a system that has seved mankind well for millions of years has now seemingly been abolished by the government.

As for the bug that affected Wigan on that fatefull day at Belle Vue, I'm sure the players and officials are all the stronger for it now, and hopefully immune from further attacks too.

I thought Child was consistent tonight. The pass from Farrell to Burgess wasn’t forward and it was Bibby that knocked on not Johnstone for Tupou’s no try.



As for Powell’s, it was never going to get ruled out due to the on field try decision, and there wasn’t enough evidence to overrule it.



Child did his usual thing of giving one team a load of penalties/set restarts, then the other.



In the end, we just couldn’t crack Wigan’s defence.

Problem is I know there’s going to be more lineup changes again next week. Chester just can’t seem to stick on a 17 for more than a week whether it’s forced due to injuries/covid or not. Hard to get consistency which is why we are where we are, Clearly some bad eggs in the camp which doesn’t help.



Good luck to you lot for the rest of the year.

Hardaker in the centre doesn’t work.



He’s not electric, fast or creative enough for full back either.

Haven’t seen the game (work!!) but from reading the reports it seems we were abit scratchy, hit and miss. Wakey are a dogged side and can dig their heels in so I wasn’t expecting a blow out score to be honest. Happy for the win and it reads like we did it tough.

It felt like ideal preparation for next week IMO. If we’d gone out their and coasted to a 60 point win, it wouldn’t have done us that much good in the grand scheme of things. We came up against a side who looked that determined to put in a shift for the coach and the club that the players were really pushed and had to put full effort in. It was an enjoyable game.

Yep, I’d agree with that. Wakey did what Saints will do in that they’ll come out determined to put a shift in and will push the lads all the way, albeit Saints will be better at it.

There was a lot of discussion about about Wakefields weakened team. However look at their squad viewtopic.php?f=33&t=626243 and then look at their team last night. https://www.superleague.co.uk/match-centre/report/3364 It wasn't as weak as was made out.

There was a lot of discussion about about Wakefields weakened team. However look at their squad viewtopic.php?f=33&t=626243 and then look at their team last night. https://www.superleague.co.uk/match-centre/report/3364 It wasn't as weak as was made out.

I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed last nights game, it had a bit of everything. Wakefield were good, we showed the type of resilience we had in the big games under Wane but coupled with some very good ball movement at times. Some of the criticism is harsh imo. Child though was terrible.



The Powell try is one that has consistently irked me for years. IMO he lost control of the ball, because it looks like there was a fingertip on it the try is given. We’ve seen this time and time again and a try is given every time. I think it was Barry Mac who said I don’t think this is a try but he’ll give it. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve said that over the past 4 or 5 years.



The Wakefield no try simply couldn’t be given as anything else. Anyone who claims they can, with any certainty say who knocked the ball to the ground is watching with tinted glasses or being deliberately obtuse, there’s no way the VR could go with anything other than the ref’s call.



All in all, a good game and a good win, I’m now looking forward to watching the kids on Tuesday and the semi final.

It didn't matter who the ball came off as it went backwards from a Wakefield point of view. Try all day long

It went forward off Johnstone IMO and went backwards in your opinion. I’d call that club bias mixed in with it being a touch and go call. I thought the refs on field call was fair enough and the video ref couldn’t turn that over.



I’d be more annoyed with the Powell try if I were a Wakey fan. He’s lost control of the ball but because it’s given on field, it’s not considered to be a clear enough loss of control for the video ref to go against his mates decision on the field.



Ultimately the process needs changing for me. The on field decision prejudices the video refs call and it’s never sat right with me. If you’re not sure, go to the video ref and let him decide. If it’s an absolute 50/50 the benefit goes to the attacking team.