Warrington Wolves • Todays Cup match v Wigan.
Congratulations to Wigan. They deserved the win.
That game reminded me of when we played Catalan at home a couple of months ago. We looked a bit shocked at the start of the game by the opposition line speed and discipline in defence. What has worked against Hull FC, London, Huddersfield etc was not going to work.
In that game against Catalan we had to create a number of repeat sets to wear their defence down. Their three-quarters were a handful returning the ball that meant that Abdul could kick without any pressure and place the ball exactly where he wanted. Wigan did exactly the same. The kick pressure we have seen in most of the games this year was just not quite at the same level and the cycle of Marshall, miski returning the ball and by tackle 3 Wigan were in our half.
Wigan applied a lot of pressure out wide in the knowledge that we were going to try and go round them, we then became frightened to shift the ball in case we got bundled into touch. We just didn't have any answers
Hopefully Gleeson etc will have a better plan for next time.
That game reminded me of when we played Catalan at home a couple of months ago. We looked a bit shocked at the start of the game by the opposition line speed and discipline in defence. What has worked against Hull FC, London, Huddersfield etc was not going to work.
In that game against Catalan we had to create a number of repeat sets to wear their defence down. Their three-quarters were a handful returning the ball that meant that Abdul could kick without any pressure and place the ball exactly where he wanted. Wigan did exactly the same. The kick pressure we have seen in most of the games this year was just not quite at the same level and the cycle of Marshall, miski returning the ball and by tackle 3 Wigan were in our half.
Wigan applied a lot of pressure out wide in the knowledge that we were going to try and go round them, we then became frightened to shift the ball in case we got bundled into touch. We just didn't have any answers
Hopefully Gleeson etc will have a better plan for next time.
Statistics: Posted by Deus Dat Incrementum — Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:20 pm — Replies 79 — Views 11003