Spot on.

It would be easy to say Peet isn’t up to it after that performance. It would have been easy to say Peet is the best coach we’ve had since Mags after the Saints win. Both would have been fickle.



We’re not at full strength by some stretch and I think that’s beginning to haunt us with some players playing in positions they’re just not suited to and actually hindering the team as a by product. Perhaps it’s out of necessity or a tactical plan, but it didn’t work v Hull and it’s gone dramatically wrong v Leeds.



That doesn’t mean Peet isn’t up to it, he got it wrong and I can live with that so long as we learn from it and change it. I back Peet to succeed at Wigan and I doubt you’ll find many saying different at this point.

I wouldn’t respond to him, he’s just wanting a bite.

And Marshy and Field that makes 5 players out includes to strike weapons that are as good if not better than any in the league.

We lost to a better team and are still second in the league,yet some fans from other teams of which are lower than us on the table like to point out how bad we are,makes me laugh that.

In Peet I trust.

An absolute freak of a performance and result, we gave them 24 points! Peet was right in his post match to call it out for what it was but remain calm.



Two criticisms, I have though, of the coaching team are the selection of Cust and lack of faith in youngsters. We're doing it tough at the minute with injuries but we're persisting with tinkering with players in alien positions. Hill and Nsemba did ok last week (although v limited minutes), so play them. Isn't the mentality supposed to be 'next man up'?!



Cust is done here, unfortunately. The lad isn't fit and looks like he's running in treacle. His confidence is shot.



For next week, I don't think there's any returnees so we have to go IMO;



French

Miski King Wardle Thornley

Hampshire Smith

Byrne Powell Smithies

Farrell Isa

Shorrocks



Havard Hill O'Neill KPP

Oh I know. Common sense often weakens the bait

I don’t think Cust is done, just he’s being played all wrong. It’s obvious his and Smith’s partnership doesn’t work but I do think he could be better utilised at 9 or 13. At 13 it gives us an extra ball player and options where as Smithies - and I don’t wish to sound critical because I like him, just isn’t that. He’s a tough nut but he’s not a 13. He’s a back rower destined for the front row IMO.



I’d go



French

Miski King Wardle Thornley

Hampshire Smith

Havard Powell Bryne

Smithies Farrell

Cust



Isa

KPP

O’Neill

Mago



Interchangeability in the back row for front row and a hooking option with Powell considered for the halves. I think we’re dearly missing Singleton/Cooper/Ellis and will look far better when 2 out of the 3 are back.

Cust at 13 may not be a bad shout especially when we're missing props and SRs so Smithies can move up.

What keeps me awake at night is the fact that our next 2 or 3 head coaches are currently at the club, More of the same for the next decade I'm afraid, Jobs for the boys is alive and well at Wigan

Did you watch him trying to make tackles last night?

Unfortunately the absolute sh*te show in the 2nd half will overshadow the lack of cutting edge edge and predictably our attack currently has.



We did all the work in the first half to have effectively won that game. Failing to score with the amount of dominance we had gave Leeds a golden ticket to take the game to us in the 2nd half.



We then start playing panicky football, Leeds target Smith and French combo - as it's the only thing we have at the moment and all of a sudden our lightweight / makeshift forward pack is grasping thin air.



Admittedly, regardless of who we had in the middle, we should have fronted up better, but I think Peet should take some criticism (for possibly the first time from me) in his team selection.



Bench of Brad and Cust - back from injury, while we are a number of props down already could look like complacency or poor judgement on his side. Asking KPP, Smithies, Shorrocks, an under performing Faz, hardworking but lightweight Isa, an underperfoming and limited game time Mago to be the pack pretty much is inviting Leeds at us.



The only bright spot is that we can't go into next week with such a poor selection again (can we?), and hopefully Leeds don't get quite so much the rub of the green, and our attitude is for more than 40 mins.

Leeds fan in peace.



I looked at the benches last night and just didn’t understand having a half and a 9 there. It gave me some confidence as we had four forwards on the bench (and that’s a rareity for Leeds we’ve had a winger on there most weeks…)



Ultimately I don’t know if it was the difference, as you had more than enough chance to put the game away in the first half, but it may have been a reflection of where energy went in the second half. It was a bit of a crazy game all round.