Left out of this weeks 19 man squad www.wiganwarriors.com/news_full.asp?newsid=4751

Left out of this weeks 19 man squad www.wiganwarriors.com/news_full.asp?newsid=4751

He's happy........... www.wigantoday.net/warriors/Ains ... 5243591.jp

He's happy........... www.wigantoday.net/warriors/Ains ... 5243591.jp

I'm not.

Me neither. Seems a very harsh decision. No way should Amos Roberts be in ahead of him in my opinion.

....and Riddell will just come trotting back into the 17. Bn once again picking on form, MM did nothing wrong last week but will have to make way for fat boy.

I thought many on here love Riddell?

4 tries isnt enough, especially as it happened 2 weeks ago.

same team as last week pleaseee.

But i do think Piggy will come in for McIlorum

Outrageous. How are we supose keep hold of are best prospects if you get MOM is half the games you play and still not make the 19? I think he will cross codes at this rate

The team & squad shouldn't be changed from last week, simple as.

Shaun Ainscough shouldn't play but neither should Mark Riddell.

Why change it from the team that beat Wakefeild the week before last? just utter tripe IMO

at this anti-Noble bile just a few days after he masterminded our biggest win against Saints for about 5 years.

I'm not part of the anti-Noble mob, but I can't see why he'd want to change the squad the helped him;

''mastermind our biggest win against Saints for 5 years''.

There must be a reason Nobby is keeping Ainscough out. Ok maybe a little stint out the first team side to keep him fresh, but if Shaun doesn't feature again in this season it will be an outrage.

Yeah but its contradictory to the week before the Sts game. How or Why would you drop somebody who has scored 4 tries?

Well, the rumour is that if he plays one more game then his wages count towards the salary cap...Or something.

Noble can't seem to do anything right. I was as disappointed as anyone not to see SA in the team for Saints, but i hold my hands up. It was the right decision. As for Wakefield, we all know that Kear is a decent tactician and i'd hate to see SA get murdered by Wakey's kicking game. Seeing that it's a cup game I'm not surprised Noble has decided to leave him out.

oh that really

I personally have sympathy for Noble in respect of making these decisions, it can't be easy.

He's now got tough calls all over the place. I can see his reasoning in leaving out Ainscough from the 6 outside backs but I could equally see the logic in leaving out Amos Roberts.

Mcilorum was great at the weekend, possibly his best game ever for the club. But I am also of the opinion (and I realise I may be in the minority) that Riddell has been pretty decent in the last couple of months and does the side really want to be without his experience in the pressure of a cup game? That would be a 50/50 call for me as well.

Harrison Hansen and eventually Eamonn O'Carroll will also eventually provide further competition for first team places and this is just amongst the established first teamers, some more kids in the academy I'm sure will also start to make claims as well.

It is pleasing in the sense that this is Wigan and players should have to fight tooth and nail to get their place. This hasn't been the case whatsoever in recent years.

To drop the lad from the 17 is pretty poor imo but Noble had his reasons i suppose but to drop him from the 19 is just plain poor.

It sends out a bad message to the lad that he doesn't warrent a place in the best 19 we have to offer which is simply wrong.

But based on your theory he shouldn't play again this season. Surely every coach will have his players bombard the little wing man?

Tell you something else that wouldn't surprise me whatsoever at the weekend that would probably further anger some Wigan fans - Noble dropping Sam Tomkins.

Surely that can't happen the way that the triangle of Smith, Leuluai and Sam are playing and rotating along with a starting hooker.

It wouldn't suprise me though as i'm not sure if Noble will have the nuts to tell Riddell he'll have to wait his chance for a place.

Noble must take other factors into consideration when picking his team. ie, the opposition team, the tactics they generally employ, the importance of the match, the strengths of the oppo kicking game and those of the wingers who SA could be facing, Picking a team isn't as black and white as we'd like to believe...

Just in case you guys are interested, this is our squad:

1. Matt Blaymire
3. Tony Martin
4. Ryan Atkins
5. Matt Petersen
7. Danny Brough
8. Jason Demetriou
9. Brad Drew
10. Danny Sculthorpe
11. Steve Snitch
12. Oliver Wilkes
13. Scott Grix
14. Sam Obst
16. Ricky Bibey
17. Kevin Henderson
18. Frank Winterstein
20. Tevita Leo Latu
25. Richard Moore
28. Kyle Bibb
29. Jay Pitts

At this stage Noble stands or falls on his results. If everyone's prepared to hound him over losses than he's well within his rights to back his judgement and select the team that he thinks will do the job best for him. I think folk should stop finding things to outrage themselves with - after all the wailing about Ainscough last week his team selection was spot on and took St's apart.