shame, i would have preferred to beat a full strength wigan side

I genuinely think you've got a good chance. The big issues for you are in the pack but we're missing three of our starting (starting 17 that is) players in the pack so that might bring that battle a little closer.

Brough is obviously a huge miss but there's plenty of quality and experience in that back line.

not really, it looks like we will have a backline of
Murphy, out of position at full back
Leroy & Jerry, but possibly on opposite sides
Jamie Foster!
and an academy lad Sam Wood in the 3/4's, with Connor also out of position at 6.
i would say the backs are going to be a totally unknown quantity, our entire left side is decimated, which leaves us vulnerable in defence.
as for the pack, yes, we still have Rapira, Hinchliffe, Lawrence(unless he plays in the backs) and patrick, but we also have 3 young lads possibly making up the numbers there.
i'd say that we are likely to be missing at least 7 who would be in the starting team tomorrow, i hope we keep it close and give a good account of ourselves, and you never know, ol big gob himself might just get too carried away and motivate us even more


i would rather have Wigan's injury problems than ours!

Tonights result at Salford hopefully will keep us focused.
Huddersfield's injury list is much deeper than ours and you would like to think with the 2 squads listed we have a strong chance tomorrow for a win.
Hopefully SW will use Saints poor attitude tonight to avoid any complacancy on our part because Huddersfield have a point to prove after last seasons play offs.
I think we will see Burke replace Sutton from last week's squad but other than that I don't see any other changes being made.

We're certainly in better shape injury wise and you'll have a few kids out there but I look at your potential side and see enough about it to make the game a scrap.

I think a lot will depend on what attitude we turn up with.

I feel sorry for Gildart. I thought he played really well last year and now he has just been dropped.
I would much prefer to play Sarge at full back and have Gildart at left centre. I'm not really sure what Tierney has done to deserve selection ahead of Gildart at the moment. He never ever seems confident under a high ball, we just have to be thankful that Brough isn't playing tonight.

Spot on!

How many chances does Tierney need to get at Wigan. He has far many than others in the past

I tend to agree, but we are only one game into the season and I'm sure Gildart will feature soon enough.

I can recall Tierney playing at Widnes once and playing on the wing away at Salford last year. I'm sure he's had one or two other opportunities in between but he's hardly been given chance after chance after chance.

I'd go Sarge fullback with Gildart centre but Tierney hasn't exactly been given an extended chance to shine at any point.

I would strongly recommend not to swallow architectural coatings.

I didn't notice the things in brackets were sponsors. I thought Jermaine McGillvary was actually going to be driving someone called Lynda to and from the match

George Williams a late withdrawal, with Nick Gregson taking his place in the 19....

Great game to make his debut in, good luck to the lad.

Gregson not in the squad, disappointing.

20 mins gone, Flower and Lockers off and we concede the very next set. Awesome.

George Williams certainly being missed in attack, where we don't seem to have too many ideas.

He takes on the line and asked questions. I've seen Powell do it only once and Smith not at all.

I stand by what I said about Tierney. He did defend ok tonight but he doesn't attack the line he just passes early. I think we'd be much better off with Gildart in the team.

One thing Tierney does need to learn is that he doesn't need to go the full David Beckham backlift when kicking a ball dead! Toe poke it, boot it with your wrong foot, jump on the thing but for christs sake get a move on and get rid. It's cost us one try last week and was millimetres off doing us again this week.

Other then that I think he's done ok. He's limited in terms of making play for others which isn't ideal when we play a style which revolves around a fullback making space for others but he's not let us down.

Last minute disruption with GW missing out but our real problem was attacking their best defensive side of the field rather than their weakest. We should have gone right and attacked Wood and Foster, new guys to their team. Instead we went at McGilvary and Cudjoe who are regulars in their team.
Tierney did ok tonight I thought he had a good game.
We got away with that one disallowed try but Bentham had a shocker, absolutely awful.

I think so. Sarge at FB and Gildart in at left centre.

just want to say how well TT has done so far given the slatings he got in pre-season.
I thought he was excellent last night, and with the error count down he's adding a bit of bite into the collision that isnt being nullified by silly mistakes.

however, a piece of praise will prob get stamped on as we are obv , the standard is , sl is and why oh why there arent more suicides over the quality of wigan is SL is beyond me.

If that keeps you warm at night good on you.

According to the SL website stats TT hasn't missed any tackles, made any handling errors or conceded any penalties in the two SL matches so far this season.

He's certainly turned his pre season showings around so far. I thought he was excellent on Friday.

If he rids those errors from his game it's plain to see he can be a handful.