Wigan Warriors • Re: Forward watch
Magic Superbeetle wrote:
I can't speak about Wigans Wane era attack (my memory isnt what it once was!) but we have been good value for offloads, breaks and creative play so far this year. Of the 12 tries we have scored so far, 2 have been kicks through with the kicker backing themselves, an outrageous dummy/step from Dodd and 5/12 coming from 30-40m out. I think were also pretty even for tries in the first half and second half so not totally dependent on tired pitches. Definitely an improvement on last year, but as I say, Coote/Lomax/Fages are going to play a very different game to Welsby/Lomax/Dodd.
I will say its fair we havent scored from beyond halfway yet this season, but we have also been missing Grace who would be our biggest threat for those sort of tries. Hurrell did score the final try against Catalan from 40m out, but did look if it was much further that he was going to pass out!
Wigan’s attack under Wane in 2012 and 2013 was fantastic at times, with Sam Tomkins, Charnley etc coming up with bits of magic guys like Welsby and Dodds will try and emulate (I think Welsby said Tomkins was his hero growing up) but it still got criticised as being too structured. Saints have faced some of that over the past couple of years but personally im not just entertained by try’s being score from deep or ones on the end of unstructured play.
There’s no doubt been a change in the style of play at Saints though and to one that some Saints fans have pulled Wigan apart for at times.
Statistics: Posted by NickyKiss — Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:22 pm