No... all the above mentioned players are British

wakefield are a pretty physical side, wouldnt want to go with only 2 forwards on the bench, dont think there is room for a hooker and a 6/13 swap burgess for allen, and let ablett cover the back 5

If Gibson doesn't get a run out this week with the injuries then I dont know when he would. This is his chance to show us all and most importantly BM what he has to offer. BM has stated he has faith in the full 1-25 squad so he should have faith starting with Gibson and Watkins together in the Centres. I'm sure Melbourne had similar misgivings about Inglis and Falou a couple of years back and look what happened there.

Gibson & Watkins
Inglis & Falou

i would guess he is talking about playing them together at a young age rather than comparing abilities.try thinking first hey

I know what he meant i was Joking!

really

Smith
Donald
Gibson
Watkins
Hall
Sinfield
McGuire
Leulaui
Diskin
Peacock
JJB
Ali
Ablett

Buderus
Burgess
Kirke
Bailey

Swap Kirke and Ali and I'd go with that. I think Ali's a better player off the bench, and also adds a little bit of guile to the subs in order to inject something different into the game.

I'd roll with that. Spot on. But he was a big part of blasting Celtic away early doors, worth noting I suppose. I feel however that his game is suited to being an impact player. If (or when) Eastwood gets here you can mix those two up quite well and have a good level of impact throughout the game.

Nobody thinks Diskin is going to start Loose Forward? Wouldn't be surprised myself...

I can't believe that he will start with both Diskin & Buderus. I still think he'll start with Diskin & bring Buderus on later while still possibly keeping Diskin on as well.
Is there anybody in the Wakefield side that you'd want in our side or squad?
If not shouldn't that mean we should win easily?

no, think you will be in for a suprise on friday night, gonna be a hard close game, for reasons that are obvous after the week our club has had

its amazing what a win at an underperforming wigan can do to a small clubs' confidence!

If Wakefield play to the best of their ability and we play to the best of our ability, we'll win.

Nothing more to see here, move along, move along.

My view is that it will be a close game, for the reasons you allude to, proving that in a team game sometimes the whole can be greater than the sum of the parts.
I still stand by my statement that I wouldn't want any of your players.
If you could choose from either squad what would your team be?

Not a lot of experience in the back 5 there really, but we have little other option

You should know, you have the monopoly on that one.

MOM ??

Its always the same when we play these clowns. Their trolls are all over the board spoiling the threads and taking them off topic.

Goes without saying, although you having one or two players out of position and a somewhat weakened threequarter line may limit the potential for you to play to your full ability, and if not there is a chance that we can cause an upset. Despite the apparent gulf in class between us and the bigger clubs we have a pretty good record of winning our first round games when playing them so we do have some hope of causing another upset .

an upset could well be on the cards....again.

PS is Snitch down to play???