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I watched the game back last night without the beer goggles I was wearing on Saturday 
Had a good day in the city centre. Shambles Square (Oyster Bar etc) was 80% French
It was a grind for both teams, but once Wigan got in front they didn't look like losing (didn't feel that way at the game though).
I thought Mitchell Pearce looked like he was carrying an injury. All the kicking game came through Tomkins which made it easier to target
Harry Smith was really good. I thought they overdid the kick on 3rd tackle in the first half, but the Catalan pack looked goosed in the last 20 minutes so it must have had an impact.
I thought both sin bins were right in the current set up. You might have got away with the first one 2 years ago, but there was nowhere for the ref to go once the video ref had a look at it (see Shorrocks in CC SF). I don't know why Davies pulled Marshall back for the second one as I thought they had him covered.
Something clicked for Wigan after they were (deservedly) beaten by HKR in the CC SF, that (and the pasting they got off Catalans at Magic) was the signal for them to get themselves sorted. Signing Dupree bulked the pack up, Mago pulled his finger out and Ellis turned out to be a decent prop (in between suspensions). KPP and Smithies will be a miss next season, but they still look like they will have a decent pack next year - Cooper, Byrne, Thompson, Nsemba and Leeming to come into the reckoning
I can only assume that Wardle is injured as the reason he isn't in the England squad. I can't see how anybody would pick Harry Newman before him.
Had a good day in the city centre. Shambles Square (Oyster Bar etc) was 80% FrenchIt was a grind for both teams, but once Wigan got in front they didn't look like losing (didn't feel that way at the game though).
I thought Mitchell Pearce looked like he was carrying an injury. All the kicking game came through Tomkins which made it easier to target
Harry Smith was really good. I thought they overdid the kick on 3rd tackle in the first half, but the Catalan pack looked goosed in the last 20 minutes so it must have had an impact.
I thought both sin bins were right in the current set up. You might have got away with the first one 2 years ago, but there was nowhere for the ref to go once the video ref had a look at it (see Shorrocks in CC SF). I don't know why Davies pulled Marshall back for the second one as I thought they had him covered.
Something clicked for Wigan after they were (deservedly) beaten by HKR in the CC SF, that (and the pasting they got off Catalans at Magic) was the signal for them to get themselves sorted. Signing Dupree bulked the pack up, Mago pulled his finger out and Ellis turned out to be a decent prop (in between suspensions). KPP and Smithies will be a miss next season, but they still look like they will have a decent pack next year - Cooper, Byrne, Thompson, Nsemba and Leeming to come into the reckoning
I can only assume that Wardle is injured as the reason he isn't in the England squad. I can't see how anybody would pick Harry Newman before him.
