Sally said Had Monaghan and Ratchford not got injured we would have won on Saturday too.



Surely that is a massive unsubstantiated assumption ?



I think from the kickoff Wigan were proving to be a handful. We took our chances and scored, they didn't.



If their right flank hadn't blown 2/3 clear chances it would have been a much closer affair at the break.



Their McIllorum and Green tries were down to poor defence, affected by the injuries yes, but not totally

so.



The injuries were a big influence on the game granted, but I would have thought TS should have been

more capable of managing the situation than proved to be the case.



The fact is we fell apart completely following two injuries. Disappointing.

Warrington won the Academy Grand Final last year.



Our Academy also provided St Helens with their halfback in Super League this year.



Wigan prioritise their academy so much that their replacement for Sam Tomkins is a 32 year old Aussie with dodgy knees.

The purpose of the club is to win - how we achieve that is really immaterial. Granted it might be nice to do it with home grown talent but at the end of the day it will be how much we have won that matters not which players did it. The best player we can attract will fill each position, no matter where they come from

The three lads who could play fullback Tierney, Hampshire and Burgess are still only 18 years of age. Wigan have won five of the last six academy Grand Finals including a trouncing of Leeds two weeks ago.



Saturdays Grand Final team had eleven players who came through the academy, so I reckon the production line is doing o.k.

Yawn. The point as you well know of the Academy is to produce players for the first team squad.



How many of that (now disba

nded due to the RFL admittedly) played regularly if at all for the first team in 2013?



And Bowen is on a one year contract and will be replaced by Hampshire. Just look at how many Wigan GF players were brought through their system?

Well, a full net again. Not bad.