I've not yet seen any highlights (and couldn't see the big screen from my seat in the heavens) but thought we could do with a general GF thread heres a couple of starters...

Wigan fans are spitting feathers about a McGuire knock on...what did people think sounds like it was 50/50 and VR had no choice but to go with on field call. I have no problem with that, benefit of doubt should go to attacking side.

Farrell use of the knees in McGuire - how was that not an 8 pt try?

Bowen try, I thought there was a possible obstruction in the build up, not even referred to VR??

Bowen in general - whys he so much better against us?!! He looked gutted at the end, I feel for him reverse of our fairytale ending (his 3rd GF, one in Aus, all losses)

Oloughlin - Wigan are a different side with him. In contrast Smith does very very little. Gets away with so much niggle and high tackles tho, drove me mad during the game. Thought Williams was a constant threat.

Sir Kev - have to give him the last word. I think it was sir kev that came up with a key tackle as Wigan were threatening out wide in the last minute or so. Sums the guy up.

Oh missed one. Wigan taking the 2!

Turned the game for me. We were on the ropes and 4pt lead was not worth it.

Feel it was a bit of karma as Mikey Mac milked the penalty, if the Leeds player is on the wrong side of the ruck he can't just disappear so you shouldn't get 2 pts by passing the ball straight at them when they've deliberately not moved so as to not interfere with play (6 more would be fairer in such circumstances)

I thought Thaler gave us very little, for instance we had to plead to him that our player got tackled in the air!

Also that high shot on Burrow in second half on last tackle was a disgrace and was totally missed

That was a con by MM and he knew it

Wigan going for the two was a shocking decision. Was that call made on the pitch or did Wane go for it?

Matty Smith was truly shocking last night, the only thing I recall him doing was knocking on the kick off from their try! Williams was their best player and whenever he had the ball I worried slightly more - but leeds did a good job on him once they'd seen he was just about the only threat apart from Bowen.

Ablett looked tired and seemed to be grasping this air a few times too.

Worst part of the night? The fan in front of me. Screaming all the time, never one positive thing either. "Stop waiting for them Leeds!" "TACKLE HIM!!!!!!" Even her young daughter seemed embarrassed by her after 15 mins.

Said at the time "thank god they're going for the 2" ..it was an absurd decision unless the Wigan forwards were as pooped as the Leeds forwards...which didn't look to be the case. Poetic justice indeed with regards to Mickey Mac...(but he is not the only one who would take advantage of a rule that needs to be changed. I will always remember Diskin running deliberately into a Bulls player and having to explain why we received a penalty to my young step-son.)

Thought Williams was their highest threat and Smith the most hopeless

Wane was surprisingly gracious in his post match speech. Anderson would no doubt have blamed the refereeing....as for Thaler; sometimes i think refs cant win. He was inclined to let things go and let the game flow which i would always generally support. Hall been lifted above the horizontal should have been a sin bin but all in all i was pleased with his performance.

for sure that Manfredi is going to be a continued formidable foe for Hall in the coming seasons. Snatching the ball from hall for his try was quite remarkable.

Manfredi is a class winger.

Wigan will be licking their wounds but they have some real class coming through. Will be back again soon no doubt.

Am I right in thinking that there wasn't one penalty for offside (10m encroachment type), nor one for not square at marker?

I so, that must be some kind of record

It wasn't a knock on. it was unbelievably tight, but the right decision.
The difference between Leeds and other teams is that when little things like that have gone our way we take advantage. When things go against us we work harder. That is the mentality that these lads have had since 2004.

Manfredi might be moved over to the left wing to take the departing Burgess' spot with Charnley coming back in on his usual right wing spot.

For Wigan I think Williams was a threat but on that penultimate play when we tackled them out wide the ball got passed across and he just moved it on straight away, thought he should've run with it to drag defenders in.

Bowen, great effort especially considering his wife gave birth at midnight before the game and her and his new born daughter were in the stadium only around 18 hours later.

Farrell, whilst we saw his grubby side with sliding in on McGuire after his try I thought he was a big threat and had a strong game.

Farrell went in on McGuire after BOTH of his tries.

As for the knock on. Doesn't the ball need to go forward to be a knock on?

Not if your a Wigan fan, they really are trying to make out this to be a great injustice.