Haha, my reaction too. Been disappointed with Dudson, doesn't offer much go-forward and gives away cheap penalties. Taking out a half-back with a cheap shot when you're 84-6 up isn't big or clever.



Metre stats from Monday;



Clubb: 154m from 14 carries (11 m/carry)

Sutton: 120m from 13 carries (9.23m.carry)

James: 73m from 8 carries (9.13 m/carry)

Dudson: 82m from 13 carries (6.31 m/carry).



I was very impressed with Sutton. Had a good bit of (controlled) agression about him and has a decent frame to fill out. Clubb was exceptional and ran in every ball at 100m an hour. Think prop might be his position long term. James isn't Wigan standard but will do as an experienced filler for now. Would be disappointed if he's still playing come the end of the season.

Agree. Was really impressed with Sutton, did not look out of place at all on his debut. Probably played about 55 mins as well. Clubb is doing a quality job also.



6.31m per carry is embarrassing from Dudson. Fairly sure he took 3 or 4 kick-off returns up also!

Many, including myself, were underwhelmed when Clubb was signed. But, he puts a shift in for sure..

After seeing Clubb play for us, especially at prop, it's easy to see why Waney signed him on a 4 year deal.

Likewise I think prop is his best position.

I said on a thread on the VT this morning that Clubb is the biggest surprise signing I've seen at Wigan for a long time and probably since Carmont. I thought he'd be very ordinary but when playing prop the bloke is a beast. He is a mountain of a bloke who hits the ball like a train and his leg drive in contact is outstanding. He's carrying defenders with him and edging extra yards.



He will need to step up these next few weeks with Flower and Pettybourne out and play more minutes. Hopefully Crosby will be back in the team this week and I've got full confidence in Taylor, Clubb and Crosby to carry the team. After that the 4th choice prop spot will be between Sutton and Dudson and on Sunday's showing Dudson will be very lucky to get a game even with the problems we have.

Gotta agree about Clubb, couldn't understand why we wanted him but he's showing me why game after game, on the other hand two players who need a massive boot up the back side ASAP are Dudson and Hughes.

Hughes and Dudsons form is making the squad look thinner then it actually is because I've got no faith in them to step up at the moment in the absence of others. Both are physically ideal for their positions but a mixture of poor skill, poor discipline and attitude is holding them back.



They both need a big game soon or the time may have come to move them on at the end of the season.

Looking like Burrow will be out, big blow for Leeds, especially considering Aiton is out also.

I didn't think Leeds looked that sparkling today, but then again they didn't need to be as Saints were very poor again. Despite their 'big' players making it back for the game!

Like the Wigan vs Saints game last week the result, imo, was never in doubt.



I've been banging on about it for a while now and I'll continue to raise it week in week out that these Saints kids just aren't that special.



Makinson especially is ridiculously over rated. He's not in the class of Hall, Charnley or Briscoe and by the end of the year he'll be behind Burgess in the race for an England spot.



Others like Swift and Jones were shown their level by Briscoe and Watkins.



Saints better pray Lomax doesn't leave.

They were in that game and leeds were rocking with 15 to go but two mistakes by saints took all the pressure off



To say it was never in doubt is way off, but leeds experience paid dividends late on against the younger saints players

There was only one side winning that match today and it wasn't Saints.



They can have them rocking all they want but they aren't good enough to see it through. Let's not forget Leeds bommed a few chances as well.