Another Sunday game this week, after two very good performances back to back we’ll be heading into this with real confidence, hopefully will get 12k+ attendance again especially with the feel good factor around the club at the moment. Regarding team news I’d give Tommy a rest and drop Clubb whether he’s injured or not.

French
Manfredi Hardaker Hankinson Marshall
Smith Hastings
Bryne Powell Partington
Isa Farrell
Smithies

Burgess
Bullock
Flower
Clark

Big bench and try steamroll them from the get go

Bibby possibly back in for Hankinson but either will do fine for me and then it's wether Lam goes big on the bench or gives Bourouh another run.

No need to risk Leuluai and Clubb should certainly be given a game off regardless of his fitness. It’s an ideal opportunity to give Smith a start and get Flower back in to the first team. I’d like to see Bourouh given a chance also. Looking ahead to next season there’s a bench spot open for a halfback/hooker and he’s a chance of grabbing it, if we get to have a look at him this year.

I’d go-

French
Manfredi Hardaker Hankinson Marshall
Smith Hastings
Byrne Powell Partington
Isa Farrell Smithies

Subs
G Burgess Flower Bullock Bourouh

Id go with that

Only minimal changes, need to start settling the team ready for the Saints game, on current form bar Catalan we should be winning these next few games. Clubb needs to be rested for me seems to be struggling with injuries.

Sick of these Sunday and Thursday home games now. And we don’t play at home on a Friday for another 5 weeks. It’s no wonder people stopped buying season tickets with games moving around constantly.

These games haven't been moved around - they've been set as Sunday games since the fixtures came out. If you are looking for someone to blame, look at whoever requested or allocated us home fixtures on all the weekends when the football club were at home on the Saturday. The latics have had their fixtures out since last June, yet still the RFL balls it up.

All teams that share grounds are asked to inform the RFL when pitches aren't available prior to the fixture list being issued. Either we didn't tell them or they are deliberately being a pain in the .

Or (third possibility and I think the most likely), we have told them, like we tell them every year, and this is the best they can do.

We should remember it isn't all about Wigan, other clubs are in the same boat. You can please all the people all the time.

I don't see the prob with Sunday afternoon games, I wish we had more of them. Convenient for families, finishes fairly early, what's not to like?

Apart from the fact that it takes almost an entire day from your weekend (at least productively)?

You have time to get up, get something to eat and maybe do a little bit of something before heading out between 12-1:00 and you're not back until tea-time.

I'd rather have every game on a Friday night - Fine for the kids (no school in the morning) and frees up the entire weekend to either go for a day out with the family or get jobs done.

Very young starting pack that one though. We've had that backfire on us in the past. The young guns are all good enough to be starters individually but I'd be loathe to start them all at the same time. Burgess was good coming off the bench on Sunday and I'd like to keep him in that role for the time being but maybe Flower could do the first 15 mins and then a spell at the end? Failing that, I think I'd prefer Bullock to start.

I thought Byrne was superb on Sunday and it’s probably just reward for him to start the game. I get what you’re saying but if felt the issues in the early rounds were more down to having kids starting alongside ten minute Tony and then kids coming off the bench. I’d probably ease Flower and Burgess back in, so it would be Bullock or Byrne for that last starting spot. I thought Bullock made a couple of errors on Sunday, with a knock on which lead to a penalty and him sleeping for their try. He’s a cracking player Bullock and we need him in the side but I’d like to see them give Byrne that reward of starting.

“If it’s not broken. Don’t fix it”

Only change I’d make is Clubb for Clarke

Spot on

I was surprised Clark missed out and he would be the easy replacement for Clubb but I think they see him in the impact mould so it would mean Bullock starting.

What if it's dislocated?

Pop it back in and the jobs a good un

Clubb managed 13 mins 50 seconds in that time he made 12 tackles 5 of which were 3rd man in and made 1 carry

Agree that Bryne deserves a start. Bullock, Burgess and Clark/Flower off the bench.

The Sunday games are a direct result of feedback from the fans survey.

At this time of year I think the Sunday games are positive. Not a lot to do with the family in this current weather, so to be able to go in the daytime, when it’s a bit warmer than the colder evenings is better for many. It’s all personal taste but I’m happy with Sunday’s early in the year and Friday evenings as it warms up and stays lighter longer. I was always a fan of the Sky Saturday evening kick offs and wouldn’t mind a few of those.

Agree. If I want to take my five year old grandson then Sunday games are better at this time of year. Also if I'm driving to away games then Sunday is much better for traffic and not having to drive home in the dark. Certainly the likes of Hull and Hull KR are easier for us and them on a Sunday and of course the infamous M60 - M602 road closures at night!!!!!!!

But that's just your age

So the Mrs tells me..

I think the slow starts are still an issue despite the good win on Sunday. Clubb being out, if that's the case, could help with this but I do think it's noticeable how much better we are when the likes of Burgess, Bullock and Clark come on. I guess you could argue that, as a tactic, it's working fine but I wouldn't necessarily relish going into Good Friday with that as a game plan. I feel we need to offer a bit more go forward in the early stages of games and I'm not sure a Byrne/Partington combination is the best one to achieve this. Partington's 'dancing feet' try at the weekend still points to him being more than just a battering ram. I also thought he passed at the line a la Lockers a bit more too which was good to see.

I'm not saying it wouldn't work for the Hull KR game but I'm not so sure we wouldn't be better utilising the, on paper, easier games to prepare for the sterner tests to come.