Who?

Go a head name them, also any players coming back from injury are hardly match fit. We seen that with the returns in the Cas match and Ben Flower is still struggling now.

Haha '12-13 first team players out'. Lol.

Matty bowen, Iain Thornley, Blake Green, Michael McIlorum, Sean O'loughlin (as it stands), Gill dudson, Dom Crosby, Eddy Pettybourne, Tony Clubb, John Bateman, Ryan Hampshire, Joe Burgess and you could include Joel Tomkins.

Liam Farrell will be suspended not an injury i know but will be a another 1st team player out

So from that possibly what could come back is:

Matty Bowen, O'loughlin, Dudson, Bateman and Joe Burgess.

why are you laughing

that was how many missed Wakefield and the players returning are hardly going to be match sharp either.

I heard it was 18/19 first teamers out, with 10/11 playing with broken bones and a further 8/9 out with mental problems.

The kit man is out with a stubbed toe so the players have been having to wash their own kits and the first team coaches are out injured so the players have been coaching themselves.

Gotta love a good ol game of injury top trumps.

O'Loughlin seems to do fine every time he makes a so-called injury comeback. Like I say, we aren't fooled. Wigan claim injuries only to have half the team back for particular games. They've played the injury card too often now for anyone bar Sky's pundits to take them seriously.

ok so did you miss the Castleford game where he played dire? and was constantly haunched over taking in breathes? Or are you just going to ignore the list of injured players i have just provided because it suits you better? Yeah I'm sure Wane is happy losing to Wakefield and not being top of the league any more, stupid comment to make really.

Are you =#FF0000(I will not dodge the swear filter) serious? You're throwing Joel Tomkins in?

Tony =#FF0000(I will not dodge the swear filter) club? Dom crosby?



The only injuries worth a damn are bowen, green, mcilorum and o'loughlin. That's the injury crisis right there, the spine of the team. It's only recently you've lost some of those. For most of the 'crisis' you've had your spine bar o'loughlin.

dont comment on a team if you don't watch them,

Tony clubb was our best prop before he got injured stats will prove it and Dom Crosby will always be in the first 17 in big games. So i guess you stop swearing and keep stum.

so the only injuries worth mentioning is our full back, scrum half, hooker and loose forward, talk about another stupid comment. Not to forget we have 4 props injured.

Don’t forget you've missed out a pivotal team member. The tea lady, hasn't she bust her hamstring? Wigan will really struggle and miss her presence.

i love the replies were the poster has no come back to a legit post so they post utter rubbish in an attempt to divert the post, like Dwayne Dibley above.

Why would you post nonsense like shaun Wane's dog got sick can we add him to the list? why wouldn't you try to be constructive and try to add a legitimate objection to my post?

"Its better to let people think you are stupid than to open your mouth and prove it".

It just seems you are getting you excuses in early. Lighten up.

Not at all just providing facts, and the facts right now are we aren't in the best shape and you should win. It should be a tough game for both teams no matter who wins. I try not to make excuses against saints because our under 16's should beat you

Whilst I think he is overrated slightly by them, Wigan will miss McIllorum on Friday, his aggression in defence in particular.

We've got a good chance I think. There's no excuse for a non performance after some of our recent displays and Good Friday and I expect them to. Whether we win or not I don't know but the players know how important this game is after some really disappointing displays in the bigger games.

If Roby and Peacock escaped suspension then I would expect the same leniency to be extended to Farrell but I wouldn't hold my breath for it.

Because two players with clean records for 10+ years is the same as a player banned in the last 2 years? Or because because the incidents were totally the same?

Banning sex! bloody hell what goes on at these so called training sessions? I’ve heard of team building, but that’s a little bit too far. And as for Friday this is Saint’s best chance for ages so if they don’t take it then they must definitely have a motivational problem.

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I'd wait and see how many of Lomax, Jones, Swift, Amor and Laffranchi are available before I'd call it our best chance for ages.

I also wouldn't be surprised to see an influx of your "injured" players return as well as the inevitable let-off for Gelling and Farrell.

I'm afraid I don't expect anything but a belting in the derby at the moment, irrespective of form or injuries.

Farrell has taken the EGP according to this: www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-w ... -1-6690685

Farrell has taken the EGP according to this: www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-w ... -1-6690685

I said in a thread last week that a good win against Cas wouldn't surprise me because it was the kind of game we are used to winning. Of course it was an important win, but I still don't think it really tells us anything about where we're up to in terms of challenging for the title. The derby, when we're outside of our comfort zone and facing a doubtless very physical challenge, is the benchmark. If we go out and stamp some authority on that match then I might start believing. A bit. But as it stands I expect us to get manhandled again.

The way people talk you would think that we haven't beaten Wigan for 25 years.....but in reality they have a winning streak against us of 1 game! We beat them less than 12 months ago, and we should beat them this week.

I think you're being a bit naive if you can't/won't acknowledge that we have been well and truly bullied and battered in the recent derbies that matter. In the game last year at LP they rested their side as they had the cup semi the week after.