Sky Sports pundits Phil Clarke and Paul Sculthorpe reckon Wigan Warriors “lost the plot” during Friday’s stormy 26-2 derby defeat at home to sworn enemies St Helens.
Toothless in attack and ill-disciplined throughout, Adrian Lam’s side collected more yellow cards than points as they failed to score a try at home for the first time since moving to the DW Stadium in 1999.
John Bateman was sin-binned twice, while Willie Isa also received a yellow card and was placed on report following an incident with Jack Welsby that could see him miss Wednesday’s visit of Leeds Rhinos.
Former Wigan player Clarke said: “I said the Warriors needed to have controlled aggression but clearly Adrian Lam’s side didn’t have enough of that as there were several
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