<t>Of course they could get it ready if they wanted to.<br/> <br/> whelan wouldn't be afraid to tell his groundsman in no uncertain terms that he had to - (and if the groundsman wanted to keep his job - he'd get it sorted). <br/> <br/> If thats what whelan wanted.<br/> <br/> Considering the amount o...

<t>I can't believe people are arguing in favour of Whelan in all this.<br/> <br/> Whelan (his stadium company) has the final say in whether we can play on the pitch. Nothing at all to do with rules/arranding staff, notice period, etc.<br/> <br/> He doesn't want us to play so close to saturday becaus...

<t>We may have lost more games this season than last, but;<br/> <br/> we have played sainst more times than last time,<br/> <br/> we have played away at Catalan twice, where everyone struggles to win<br/> <br/> So we are not really comparing like for like are we?<br/> <br/> What I do know is; when N...

<t>Good effort last night - great to see a bit more fire in the players. <br/> <br/> I thought Bailey put a huge effort in defence - he gets a lot of stick but we look a much tighter team when he's playing.<br/> <br/> Fielden really stood up again - he was directing he defence all night right to the...

<t>1) the linesman said he though the ball came loose.<br/> <br/> 2) Klein said to the vid ref that he thought Gidley hadn't grounded it - you can hear it on the sky coverage<br/> <br/> 3) the vid ref couldn't see any sign of the ball being grounding<br/> <br/> so what do you do ?<br/> <br/> Of cour...

<t>Was a great effort from Wigan. <br/> <br/> To stay in the game when it looked like Cats were going to control things showed a lot of effort, determination and spirit. The players should get alot of credit for that performance.<br/> <br/> Feka showed that he can put in more than 2-3 carries per sp...

<t>As we are in the market for another prop I don't see the sense in letting another prop go so we would need to find two?<br/> <br/> Unless Wigan think it makes more sense to spend teh same cap money on a prop who plays 60mins rather than an impact prop and we use Prescott & O'Carroll at the sa...

<r><QUOTE author="cpwigan"><s>[quote="cpwigan"]</s>Steve the problem with that system is, it will never produce a winning team. The way the salary cap works you must have youngsters on 'bargain' contracts able to make a valid contribution to the first team whilst they are still young and costing ver...

<t>My guess is that what barrett is saying is that if the players were to actually implement on the field what Noble tells them and practices with them in training then they would be in much better shape.<br/> <br/> It is therefore the players not achieving on the field what they have practiced on t...

<t>I think it also shows that you do need to introduce players gradually. I think this is tomkins 3rd season where he's played 1st team?<br/> <br/> It's unfair to expect players to come out of the reserves and be 1st choice players. <br/> <br/> The gap in standards is too great and expectations at a...