So next up Wigan

hoping to see a big response from the Giants, will we normally do and never afraid of anyone at home.

would expect to see mcgillvary, lawrence and bailey back will tighten up the middle.

maybe it should be mcgillvary and blackmore on the wings this week.

wigan have been doing very well of late, should be a good game.

dont think the crowd will be too good though!

you would drop murphy? on what grounds? that blackmore went well as back up?
if jerry is fit enough then he would replace blackmore for me

who would bailey and lawrence replace? won't be Eorl or koppy and ta'ai,patrick,fooey and mullally have done enough to keep their spots, that leaves chan and ferres but why would we replace them?

only thing i could think is if either robbo or wood were left out so bailey can play in the halves.

agree about the crowd, could be looking at another under 6,000 which will be very disappointing

would be happy with any of murphy, blackmore, mcgillvary , broughton to get the wing spots.

lawrence has to come back, id put him in for patrick/chan or taai aslong as he is in. Patrick is not great in defence but good in attack. Bailey off the bench, all depends on the way anderson wants to play against wigan..will he get it right? got it wrong v saints.

or maybe we should just pick the same 17 that played the first game of the season, probably our best performance!

Wigan could be getting upto 4 senior players back for this one.

could be a nice price with the bookies for a Giants win

grix
jerry
cudjoe
wardle
murphy

brough
wood

crabtree
lunt
mullally
ferres
taai
lawerence

koppy
bailey
faiumu
larne

bailey to interchange with lunty pushing kyle into hooker

yep not a bad idea this one.

anderson need to find out his best 17, dont think he does right now

It's going to be tough! I'm hoping to see a Giant backlash. We was shown up abit on sky against Saints and looked like we had no pride. There's no better game to regain our pride than against the champions. I hope we show some hunger, toughness & determination.

I'd like to see something like this.

1. Grix
2. Jerry
3. Murphy
4. Wardle
5. Broughton/ Blackmore
6. Brough
7. Robbo
8. Crabtree
9. Lunt
10 Mullally
11. Ferres
12. Patrick
13. Lawrence.

Subs.
Faiumu, Koppy, Ta'ai, Bailey.

Think Leroy needs a big rest..
Watching from the sidelines in a big league game might do him some good also.

I'm positive for this game!

Why would you drop Blackmore? best Giants player by a country mile against Saints, should be looking to drop some of the under performers. No-one should be guaranteed a shirt it should be earned and Blackmore has earned his for this week IMO.

Be interesting to see our squad named later, as it is expected that Lockers, Farrell, Flower, Bowen and Pettybourne should return, McIlorum likely to be out though. Expecting a decent game, you won't be as bad as you were against Saints!

Won't be as bad as.....how many times have we heard that this season? We sound like koukash!
Last year when we were beaten we stepped up the next week, only lost two on the trot once- this year has been a very different story. Although we have won a few we've never looked good since the Wigan game. Even against Cas we were hit and miss. Leeds were there for the taking and we failed to finish them off.
Wigan seem to always do well at our spot and us at theirs. I'm expecting a loss this week as we have zero form.
Just hope we show some effort.

the team id go with...
Grix
Jerry
Leroy
Wardle
Broughton
Brough
Jack Miller
Crabtree
Lunt
Larne
Ferres
Chan
Lawrence

Robbo
Faiumu
Ta'ai
Mullally

I don't think anyone would complain but coaches tend to give younger players with little super league experience little game time. Let them adjust gradually. Plus Broughton is one of our strongest players pound for pound.. He has unbelievable speed and he didn't do anything wrong when he got injured.
McGillvary hadn't done anything wrong.. And Murphy is as safe as houses too.

Our options are superb. If Blackmore doesn't get more game time this season after the saints showing I'll he disappointed but for Wigan.. I'd play him if Broughton and McGillvary aren't fit enough to play.

I certainly wouldn't argue with this team. Interesting choice of Jack Miller too.

This post almost echoes my thoughts.
I agree with most of it apart from I think Koppy is slowly improving so more game time the better.
And I'm personally a fan of Wood and think he's been playing well. I think this season he's been pretty good at half back. Maybe starting him there could help him improve and bench Robbo to come into hooker or halves or wherever he's needed.
Good post though ShellyGiant.

19 named - Blackmore in for Kopczak, otherwise same as Saints

Quote ="TBC"19 named - Blackmore in for Kopczak, otherwise same as Saints'" O'Loughlin and Bowen back, but McIlorum and Sarginson out. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news

Quote ="TBC"19 named - Blackmore in for Kopczak, otherwise same as Saints'" O'Loughlin and Bowen back, but McIlorum and Sarginson out. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news

robinson IS injured. still playing though.

i think crabtree is going ok, his stats back that up too.

kopczak has been dropped/rested for this one

from our 19 i think anderson will go....

Grix

Mcgillvary
Cudjoe
Wardle
Broughton

Brough
Robinson

Lunt
Crabtree
Johnson
Ferres
Lawrence
Chan

bench-
Faiumu
Taai
Patrick
Wood

unless he finds a place for bailey which then he could leave taai out...unless he doesnt play johnson and puts taai at prop

Finally Andersons grown a pair and dropped some one out of form hopefully more players to come, still think he's a if your face fits type of coach. Players need to earn the right to wear the claret and gold and not just get a place on reputation don't think it can do any good for squad harmony players coming straight back into a side like Ferres did hes a great player but Ta'ai took his chance while he was banned and I think Ferres should have had to wait his time could also say the same about Lunty.

for wigan i'd go with

grix
jerry
murphy
wardle
blackmore
bailey
brough
Patrick
wood
mullally
ta'ai
ferres
Lawrence

Johnson
lunt
chan
faiumu

Mullally not in either!

Dropping 2 starting props is a big call...whilst a third is on loan at Bradford.

Fingers crossed pa has got it right.

Mullally is named in zaminer squad but not on website- thought I was going mad earlier having seen mullally down and after a discussion with other half about kopczak missing and having only mullally and Eorl as proper props!

According to Giants website earlier this aft Mullally was in the 19. Now been replaced by Johnson.

Broughton is not in the squad.