The Giants Squad:

1. Scott Grix
3. Leroy Cudjoe
4. Joe Wardle
5. Jermaine McGillvary
6. Danny Brough
7. Luke Robinson
8. Eorl Crabtree
9. Shaun Lunt
10. Craig Kopczak
11. Brett Ferres
13. David Faiumu
15. Larne Patrick
16. Jason Chan
17. Ukuma Ta'ai
18. Aaron Murphy
19. Jamie Cording
20. Jacob Fairbank
22. Anthony Mullally
29. Stuart Fielden

Couple of interesting omissions & additions.

Murphy instead of George! Not too happy with that - Wigan have some very quick players- in that squad we have very little pace (yes i know we have some quick forwards but could they catch tomkins/charnley on the break) and I can see a few breakaway tries.

grix
cudjoe
ferres
wardle
mcgilvarry
brough
robbo
koppy
lunt
fielden
chan
ta'ai
crabtree

mullally/fairbank
faiumu
murphy
patrick

ferres to play centre,with plenty of cover in the forwards.
murphy to cover any positional change/injuries in the backs.

Murphy for George no worries with that.I cannot see the point of making loads of positional changes.
Last sub could be any from Cording/Mullally/Fairbank.

When does any side score long range tries these days except from interceptions?

Crabtree will catch 'em

murphy in for george on the wing, rock solid is murphy... george maybe injured..he does seem to miss his fair few through injuries, or maybe to negate the threat of charnley as murphy is solid in defence.

fairbank to come in for cording?

grix
mcgillvary
cudjoe
wardle
murphy

lunt
robbo
brough

fielden
kopzcak
ferres
chan
taai

patrick
crabtree
faiumu
fairbank

though not sure taai is fit enough to start a game.. and neither is fairbank so cording may get the chance

grix

jerry
cudjoe
wardle
murphy


brough
robbo


koppy
lunt
fielden

chan
Ferres
crabtree

mullally
faiumu
Ta ai
patrick

Grix
Jerry
Leroy
Wardle
Murphy
Brough
Robbo
Koppy
Lunt
Fielden
Chan
Ferres
Crabtree

Patrick
Taai
Faimu
Fairbank

Murphy for george as murphy is more defensive and solid in defence. Fairbank is a better defender than cording too

I would leave cording out to be honest, don't think he brings anything to the table save being a reasonable squad player. Not for the big games in my view. Would be tempted to really beef up for this game and replace cording with Mullally.

Luke played 25 games for us last season so I'm not quite sure where you've got the idea he misses a fair few.

And it's all very well murphy bring able to tackle- but he's got to catch him first! It's all very well having wingers that are defensively strong - but against a side like Wigan we won't be scoring in the centre of the park as easily as against London. It feels a bit like we are on the defensive if you'll pardon the pun and are worried about them scoring rather than us trying to.
The only player with any speed out wide will be leroy and he will probably be covering Richards as leroy can also leap like a salmon

Jerry is quick jools

Cording is not a good defender??? Must have imagined his trysaver on Sunday. Only two rounds in but a contender for tackle of the season.

I would be tempted to bring in Mullally for tactical reasons, his bulk could be useful against Wigan, there will be a mighty forward battle. Whom for? Depends how fit Ta`ai is. Could be for Cording, but no reflection on Jamie who has done all asked of him.

I am also ok with Murphy for George, Wigan kick to corners a lot.

Finally and perhaps famous last words....... don't think Pat Richards is all he is cracked up to be, very decent player with a strength attacking kicks to the corner and a damn fine goalkicker, but if he played for say Huddersfied rather than Wigan he would be regarded as a good not brilliant player.

Jerry is strong and fairly quick but he's no speed demon. charnley would leave him behind.

If Taai plays I hope he is fitter than last week or could be a liability. I would prefer to see Mullally play after completing a full pre season.
Can't wait to see Fielden step up against his old team if he stays fit he is going to be such a great signing for us.
Sorry to say it, but can't help wishing LOD was here for these big games

Seems to me Murphy is being seen as defensive only but he does run hard with the ball and often looks like making the break. Agree Charnley is quick but you're assuming he's in the clear when he gets the ball - if we do the job properly he'll have Murphy in his face and Murphy is strong. Don't really want to see Ukuma playing he didn't look fit to me and could well be a major weak link on Saturday, but another month down the line could be a different story. Seen suggested team showing Leroy on wing - hope we don't fall in to NB's habit of changing multiple positions to cover one, leave Leroy in the centre and change one for one. Tough one this week and am sure we can rise to it but let's not have doom and gloom if we don't get the result!!

The only way to get him fit is to play him. I cannot see he would play last week and then be dropped if fitness is the issue.

As for Leroy i have suggested in the past he play as a winger to mark Pat Richards on the kicks to the wings.

To me is a good tactic so i would be ok with it. Murphy and Wardle at centre IMHO makes us stronger on the back line defensively.

Surely our plan is to beat Wigan in the forwards as they have a much smaller pack than us ??? The Saints game plan will come out again they'll play Murphy on the wing but swap on high kick tackles with Leroy to cover the Richards threat looks to have some sense to me.

Man for man they only have Tompkins whose significantly better than our man in the same position but we have the best four props to balance that. If we back foot their pack it doesn't matter as much about the backs providing we don't keep missing tackles.

Looks a very strong team, Wigan will put three into the tackle and try and slow the game down, ala their game against Wire. With our size and speed in the forwards we need to make sure they don't get a chance to dominate this area.

This will be one hell of a game and it's only week 3, bring it on.

Charnley, Farrell, O'Loughlin!!!!!!!. They would all walk into our team IMHO

Great tackle that by Cording.The London player looked like he was certain to score then Cording came from nowhere and stopped him dead.

got to agree.

as for mullally coming in for taai... wouldnt be surprised to see that.. not a bad option.. cant start with taai just not played enough ...ok needs to play but off the bench

think we played 32 games last season cup/playoff included so he missed 7. not a high rate but still missed a fair few to injury..

He played one more than jerry last year.

yeh and less than cudjoe.

poor jerry was injured most of the season too

good that we have competition in the backs now so they dont have to be risked

Hopefully smurph will see this as his big opportunity and play out of his skin.