Why were Huddersfield dirty?

[gpartin]

Risking Amos would be suicide imo regardless of whether he's fit or not, glad you're enjoying your rugby league though GO

[cpwigan]

To be honest if Amos does not play FB then they might as well play Phelps or Marsh there.

[DaveO]

To be honest if Amos does not play FB then they might as well play Phelps or Marsh there.

I agree. The side tonight was way too out of shape for my liking. I know that got stuffed up because Carmont went off and Goulding got injured in the warm up to a degree but I'd really rather not go into the play offs with Sam at full back.

Dave

[Sue d'Nym]

GeorgeOrwell - good post, glad to have you as a supporter.

I sit in the south and it amazes me that fans who sit along side me can see things on the north touch line better than the ref who is 5 ft away.

I may be shot down but I thought Bentham had an ok game. A ref can never be perfect (unless every decision is for us!!), Mason will go before the disciplinary and Huddersfield will suffer for the remainder of the season - hopefully!

[DaveO]

I may be shot down but I thought Bentham had an ok game. A ref can never be perfect (unless every decision is for us!!), Mason will go before the disciplinary and Huddersfield will suffer for the remainder of the season - hopefully!

Where is my gun

You don't need to be five feet away to know he bottled it with the big decisions. The first of the two professional fouls should have been a sin bin. Ganson would have binned the player I am sure and had Bentham done so the tone would have been set.

Unfortunately that decision gave Huddersfield the green light and so they did it again and the fact he did sin bin a player that time was too little too late. We got no points from either attack instead of 12 and Hudds were not severely handicapped.

His policing off the offside was atrocious and again Hudds made the most of it. Now you could say we should have done the same but expecting a ref to be consistent is taking a big risk. The Mason incident was again a cop out other refs would take a different view in IMO. The fact Hudds will suffer the rest of the season is no consolation because as is often the case weak referring being rectified in the disciplinary hearing doesn't help us but other teams instead.

Dave

[cpwigan]

Just a thought after last night. Tommy is the one who often drops into 9 when Piggy goes off but tonight Sam T was the best scooter by far. I still want Sam back at 6 though.

[Matthew]

Because Huddersfield are always dirty.

Mason should have been sent off. The RFL will have to ban him. He may not have caused Fielden injury; however the intent was there and it lead to a fight - so they will have to act.

Lawrence should have been sinned bin and both incidents (including the tap tackle on Sam by Brown) of them should have been referred to the video ref. Robinson should have been binned for taking Sam out.

Bentham did his usual trick of giving huddersfield random penalties when the mood struck him and gave ball steals as knock ons.

We haven't won with Bentham as ref and we haven't lost with anyone else. Remind me again - where is he from?

[DaveO]

Because Huddersfield are always dirty.

That is true. We are sometimes compared to Hudds (and they to us) because the coaches supposedly espouse the same sort of tactics. That does us a disservice.

The way we play the game is within the rules and Hudds have always for as long as I can remember resorted to dubious tactics under Brown and before. I dislike them more than I do our derby rivals in many ways because of how they play the game as opposed to them being who they are.

Dave

[THE 18th Man]

A player got a heavy ban, may have been a 10 game ban a few years ago. i cant remember his name, he may have been a wigan player but my mind has gone blank, anyway i think Mason should get a similar ban. he deliberately tried to break Fielden's ankle. what kind of message would that send if he only got a regular 3 match ban

[jobo]

GeorgeOrwell - good post, glad to have you as a supporter.

I sit in the south and it amazes me that fans who sit along side me can see things on the north touch line better than the ref who is 5 ft away.

I may be shot down but I thought Bentham had an ok game. A ref can never be perfect (unless every decision is for us!!), Mason will go before the disciplinary and Huddersfield will suffer for the remainder of the season - hopefully!

Brave words and after watching the game on TV, I agree to some extent. Wigan were their own worst enemy last night. 50 odd % completion rate and you'll struggle to win against anyone. Referee isn't to blame for that. However, what he is to blame for is chickenheartedness. Call Ganson what you will but he wont shirk on a big decision.
Bentham lost control of the game early on and allowed both sides but Hud especially to get away with spoiling tactics.

The game as a spectacle was in effect ruined by him. Apart from the obvious brilliance of Sam and Stu starting to show the form he is capable of, most of the game was rubbish.