Wigan squad for Magic Weekend

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Never write off the saints they are fond of saying on sky..well you can certainly write them off today
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Our backrow was awesome today.Nsemba or walters mom.Was sick of hearing about their fullback who was poor on our first two tries.If the commentators stop bumming him overly up he might become a gud un
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Jon Wilkin looked and sounded absolutely devastated after that Saints nilling, where had his enthusiasm gone to, or was he just needing another toot of the jazz talc?
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medlocke wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 9:21 pm Jon Wilkin looked and sounded absolutely devastated after that Saints nilling, where had his enthusiasm gone to, or was he just needing another toot of the jazz talc?
And carney must have hurt his foot coz he wasnt skipping
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EagleEyePie wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:26 pm I thought our pack did the job today and made it so we were fairly comfortable for most of the match. I think that helped Keighran and Farrimond because we didn't have to chase the game so could play a fairly conservative attacking game.

Nsemba was outstanding. He was making metres for fun and it's scary how he's got the footwork of an outside back with all that power. To have Thompson, Ellis, Havard, Nsemba and Walters all around the 100 metre gained mark shows how dominant we were.

The only negatives are any potential ban for Ellis (though arguably a rest could do him some good) and the injury to Farrell in the warm up. I've mentioned several times how risky it was to play our established players for all 3 games during the 10 day turnaround and while injuries can happen at any time I don't think it's a stretch to suggest not giving him a rest may have contributed to this.
I think we need to give Dupree and Byrne some credit as well, they bossed Walmsley.
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medlocke wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 5:15 pm Not looking too bad so far, but in the words of Han Solo, I've got a bad feeling about this
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M6 Warrior wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 5:22 pm Class from Farrimond :D
Farrimond is a natural 7.
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Charriots Offiah wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 10:29 pm
EagleEyePie wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:26 pm I thought our pack did the job today and made it so we were fairly comfortable for most of the match. I think that helped Keighran and Farrimond because we didn't have to chase the game so could play a fairly conservative attacking game.

Nsemba was outstanding. He was making metres for fun and it's scary how he's got the footwork of an outside back with all that power. To have Thompson, Ellis, Havard, Nsemba and Walters all around the 100 metre gained mark shows how dominant we were.

The only negatives are any potential ban for Ellis (though arguably a rest could do him some good) and the injury to Farrell in the warm up. I've mentioned several times how risky it was to play our established players for all 3 games during the 10 day turnaround and while injuries can happen at any time I don't think it's a stretch to suggest not giving him a rest may have contributed to this.
I think we need to give Dupree and Byrne some credit as well, they bossed Walmsley.
Dupree got another bad hit in the head!
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josie andrews wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 11:00 pm
Charriots Offiah wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 10:29 pm
EagleEyePie wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:26 pm I thought our pack did the job today and made it so we were fairly comfortable for most of the match. I think that helped Keighran and Farrimond because we didn't have to chase the game so could play a fairly conservative attacking game.

Nsemba was outstanding. He was making metres for fun and it's scary how he's got the footwork of an outside back with all that power. To have Thompson, Ellis, Havard, Nsemba and Walters all around the 100 metre gained mark shows how dominant we were.

The only negatives are any potential ban for Ellis (though arguably a rest could do him some good) and the injury to Farrell in the warm up. I've mentioned several times how risky it was to play our established players for all 3 games during the 10 day turnaround and while injuries can happen at any time I don't think it's a stretch to suggest not giving him a rest may have contributed to this.
I think we need to give Dupree and Byrne some credit as well, they bossed Walmsley.
Dupree got another bad hit in the head!
Yes but he played well today.
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Charriots Offiah wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 11:11 pm
josie andrews wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 11:00 pm
Charriots Offiah wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 10:29 pm

I think we need to give Dupree and Byrne some credit as well, they bossed Walmsley.
Dupree got another bad hit in the head!
Yes but he played well today.
Yes, I know he did I was trying to point out the amount of head knocks he’s had in reply to all the negative comments about his play in previous games.
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that takes a lot of courage. #18thMan
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