Fantastic performance Hendo and Johnson immense. Special mention to Fox, up against a good winger and under the cosh, second half performance top drawer. Well pissed by the end of the night, up in Warrington for the weekend, just about to go out for more beers.
Both Igor and Watt are both very direct players and do play well with each other. I think Igor has suffered a bit in recent times as defences have realised that if they keep him quiet, they keep us quiet. Having Watt running at them means they can't focus on keeping Igor quiet in the same way and the freedom this brings him as helped him find his form and look the player we know he is. A real bonus has been Bulot's form and with the quality we all know JBG has, from seemingly nowhere we seem to have a potent attack. Football is a strange game as a couple of week ago I think we had one of the weakest attacks and now it feels like one of the strongest. It has quickly changed to a positive, but could also change negative with a injury or two though.
Both Igor and Watt are both very direct players and do play well with each other. I think Igor has suffered a bit in recent times as defences have realised that if they keep him quiet, they keep us quiet. Having Watt running at them means they can't focus on keeping Igor quiet in the same way and the freedom this brings him as helped him find his form and look the player we know he is. A real bonus has been Bulot's form and with the quality we all know JBG has, from seemingly nowhere we seem to have a potent attack. Football is a strange game as a couple of week ago I think we had one of the weakest attacks and now it feels like one of the strongest. It has quickly changed to a positive, but could also change negative with a injury or two though.
Maybe,but the advantage of a proper system is that if you have a decent squad than players can slot into gaps,as we saw when Jackson and Wiggins got injured last week.
With this current structured setup I could imagine even Church working next to Igor up front,or Harriott replacing either of the wingers. The main weakness now is central midfield,as we have no natural replacement for Jackson/Buyens except ComedyLepoint.
The 0-3 under Curbs was an abysmal performance, and if I remember correctly resulted in a huge bust-up with Deano. Curbs being Curbs there was no way back (a la Leaburn and Euell) and Deano left soon after. The beginning of the end ....
Real grit when it was needed, early on and mid-second half. Even Buyens who made several errors appeared to want it, and Fox stuck at it impressively after his winger gave him a few early scares. How ever we all felt about Luzon's arrival, he absolutely has them committed at the moment. With sleet tipping down this was an easy chance to hide on a Friday night in Wigan, but nobody did.
Whilst confidence is high, we now carry a genuine attacking threat with at least four players whose first instinct is to attack at every opportunity, not just hand the responsibility to someone else. It may lead to a couple of haevier defeats (Tuesday?) but this particular 4-4-2 looks well worth persevering with. The players actually appear to be enjoying themselves.
We shouldn't write off Bikey who had an excellent first half of the season but Johnson was perfect when we were under the cosh early on, and is clearly a winner. With Henderson back, Cousins now inside, and two dangerous forwards, we now have a much more solid spine.
3-0 away wins don't come along too often. This just felt bloody marvellous.
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With this current structured setup I could imagine even Church working next to Igor up front,or Harriott replacing either of the wingers. The main weakness now is central midfield,as we have no natural replacement for Jackson/Buyens except
ComedyLepoint.The 0-3 under Curbs was an abysmal performance, and if I remember correctly resulted in a huge bust-up with Deano. Curbs being Curbs there was no way back (a la Leaburn and Euell) and Deano left soon after. The beginning of the end ....
Henderson 6
Solly 7
Ben Haim 7
Johnson 7
Fox 7
Gudmundsson 6
Cousins 6
Buyens 7
Bulot 7
Watt 7
MOM - Vetokele 8
Eagles 5
Real grit when it was needed, early on and mid-second half. Even Buyens who made several errors appeared to want it, and Fox stuck at it impressively after his winger gave him a few early scares. How ever we all felt about Luzon's arrival, he absolutely has them committed at the moment. With sleet tipping down this was an easy chance to hide on a Friday night in Wigan, but nobody did.
Whilst confidence is high, we now carry a genuine attacking threat with at least four players whose first instinct is to attack at every opportunity, not just hand the responsibility to someone else. It may lead to a couple of haevier defeats (Tuesday?) but this particular 4-4-2 looks well worth persevering with. The players actually appear to be enjoying themselves.
We shouldn't write off Bikey who had an excellent first half of the season but Johnson was perfect when we were under the cosh early on, and is clearly a winner. With Henderson back, Cousins now inside, and two dangerous forwards, we now have a much more solid spine.
3-0 away wins don't come along too often. This just felt bloody marvellous.
And some clown marks him 5.