dany1979 wrote:Lam played a forwards game and it back fired and not for the first time, we didn’t use our backs correctly, I had almost forgotten Manfredi was playing.
Last night it had everything to do with tactics and the signs have been evident throughout last season and this.
How Burgess keeps getting selected is beyond me.
You can have the best tactics in the world but if you have not got the right balance in the squad as a result of the club not getting better players from outside to complement the best young players from the Academy, you end up in situation like Leeds have been in in recent seasons but appears to now have been corrected with better signings.
A few weeks ago, I questioned the signings of Bibby and especially forwards like Burgess and Clarke, but was shouted down by others when I said they were poor signings and not up to Wigan Standard.
Add to them, Navarrete, Nuuaussala, Pettybourne,Tautai in the last few seasons and you have got to questioned who makes the decisions on who we sign from outside, especially when the players I have mentioned have been signed under two different Head Coaches.
The only time that a Coach seemed to have his own way on signings was when Maguire was the Coach and the reason for that may have been a condition of his contract to come to Wigan. From the time he left and with the odd exception or so, the quality of players signed from outside the club, especially forwards has gone downhill.
Unless Wigan sign some better and more top class forwards, especially from down under, the club will continue to have inconsistent performances and poor results like Friday.
