Tony Smith you are a disgrace!!!!

[RJ]

Pathetic bleating by Smith but he has followed the lead of several other coaches when they got beat Kear,Agar etc. Nothing wrong with the tackle at all.

[cockney]

I agree with the rat,and I suggest a rule change,because tackling is ruinig our great game,I suggest wigan should only be allowed to tackle teams twice every set,and should not be allowed to tackle the w***ys at all,thus providing a level playing field in super league

[Kittwazzer]

Totally agree Cockney. Also think that each of our centres should play with their outside leg tied to his wingers inside leg. And Sam should play with his right hand down the front of his shorts with a sin binning if he takes it out. Its disgraceful the amount of games we are getting away with winning these days. Something needs to be done!

[FROM A TO B]

Perhaps Mr Smith needs to change where he gets his fruit and veg from. Seems like all his grapes have gone sour

[Kiwiseddon]

What annoys me most is the fact that all Coley did was tackle the legs. I've played enough Rugby of both codes to know that from a very early age, you're coached to hit the legs with a shoulder. That's all Coley did. The injury was very unfortunate, I don't think anyone would would disagree but he tackled the legs like in a million other tackles. But somehow, we are being victimised by Smith as if we are doing something wholly illegal. I would really like to sit down with him and show him a replay of Warrington's season whereby there are well over a thousand examples of his players tackling legs. Except that when we do it, it's illegal.

GROW UP MR SMITH. YOU LOST. HAVE A BIT OF GRACE AND DIGNITY.

And to suggest that the CC was worthless after they got knocked out, well, I reckon I could rustle up several Wire fans who would disagree. What a joke. What a hypocrite!!

[Kittwazzer]

What a joke. What a hypocrite!!

And more to the point WHAT A NOSE. Jesus, he could have played for Liverpool with that hooter!

[Kiwiseddon]

What a joke. What a hypocrite!!

And more to the point WHAT A NOSE. Jesus, he could have played for Liverpool with that hooter!

And we're right back to the intellectual level of detailed debate that we're famous for.

BRILLIANT!!!

[Dicconson]

The situation is not helped by shoddy journalism - see Dave Hadfield in the Independent this morning.

The Warrington coach, Tony Smith, was left furious by a three-man tackle that inflicted serious knee damage on David Solomona. "I'm not happy," he said. "I've been warning people about these tackles for a long time. It was nasty and it caused a nasty injury."

Three-man!!

[the winky one]

The situation is not helped by shoddy journalism - see Dave Hadfield in the Independent this morning.

The Warrington coach, Tony Smith, was left furious by a three-man tackle that inflicted serious knee damage on David Solomona. "I'm not happy," he said. "I've been warning people about these tackles for a long time. It was nasty and it caused a nasty injury."

Three-man!!

I agree Dicconson this is going to go on until the Rfl get involved I think.
The media have made more of one incident than what happened in the rest of a fantastic match.I don't know why they insist on harping on about single incidents.If they get a bee-in-their-bonnets about something it's over with.

[iwficon]

Let's be honest here. Smith has to come up with something to deflect from the fact that his team who play "proper" rugby were walloped by the "defensive" team that is supposedly Wigan. Less than a week after he had come out and said how superior his side were/are

The real disgrace in my eyes is that supposedly knowledgable pundits like Robbie "Hunter" Paul swallow the guff about Wigan not having any "entertainment" value in the first place.

If we're "defensive" it doesn't say much for the other 12 teams in the league with less points scored than us.