Wigan Warriors • Forward watch

Interesting. Had Holbrook not been fortunate in the draw and got Salford in a GF (a game which, by the way, was grinded out) we wouldn't be talking about "winning in style" we'd be taking about "failing every time it mattered".

Holbrook did a great job and we played some great stuff (notably with a box office player at FB in Barba). I do, however, think people have a tendency to conflate brutal defence with boring in attack - perhaps because games that aren't close are less interesting for the neutral. I don't think post-Fages Saints are at all boring to watch but I accept that neutrals don't want to watch one sided games, of which we've had a fair few.

We don't have Ben Barba - nobody has a player like that, although French and Field have shown glimpses - but I think Welsby and Dodd absolutely are exciting players.

We've scored 60+ points in our two games against tough sides (Catalans at home and Hull away) in bad conditions - some brilliant tries in there. I sense that latterly people are bored with a bit of dominance rather than the rugby we play ball in hand.

Statistics: Posted by FearTheVee — Wed Feb 23, 2022 1:57 pm — Replies 84 — Views 6426

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