Wigan's perfomance is not acceptable, says Shaun Wane
Thursday 12 March 2015 13:49, UK
Wigan coach Shaun Wane was not impressed with his team's performance against Castleford, but told Boots 'n' All he has moved on from the loss.
Wane did not mince his words last week as he watched his team go down 42-14 to Castleford Tigers. Two tries from Justin Carney helped the Tigers to their first win of the season in emphatic fashion, prompting Wane to refer to the loss as 'the worst day of my coaching career'.
Though the Wigan boss was in a more philosophical mood when he spoke to Boots 'n' All, he still was not ready to make excuses for the team.
"The level of performance, we dipped below what I would accept," Wane said. "I think the players were a little bit fatigued, but even on that, the performance wasn't acceptable to me.
"A little bit of luck went with Castleford, as well as them playing really well."
Wane said there was nothing left to do but move on from the defeat and focus on the next game.
"We'll take it on the chin. We are not going through a fantastic patch but we need to dig ourselves out and make sure we get some confidence.
"The way I look at it is that the game's gone now, the result has happened, there is nothing we can do.
"What we can do is look at how we perform against Hull. The players have trained really well since that loss, which I'd expect them to. The players have been really honest in the meetings and they want to fix it."
Wigan host Hull FC this week, a fixture they won 56-10 last year, but neither side has had a particularly good start to Super League XX, with both sides claiming just one win in four games. Wane, though, is not panicking.
"It will kick in, I have every confidence. I know the players, I know it because they've done it in the past - it's just finding a little bit of confidence.
"We've had a tough week this week, we've had a seven-day turnaround.
"We've got to work on all the things and the players are really keen to get back out there against Hull on Friday.
"If we stick to our process, the one that’s worked for us for years and years, and we do the small things right, then we'll give ourselves a chance to win the game, and we didn't do that against Cas. We cut corners and it burned us, and it was a good lesson for us to learn."
