Ferriol is under rated

He's a player I'd love to see playing for us.

1. Webb
2. Donald
3. Gidley
4. Carmont
5. Ainscough
6. Tomkins
7. Dobby
8. Burgess
9. KFC
10. Graham
11. Hock
12. Peacock
13. O'Loughlin (for his defensive efforts really)

14. Tommy (interchange hooker)
15. Feka
16. LMS
17. Lynch

Gone for size, think that pack would murder teams.

Come on you must be able to think of someone better than Gardener though. Ainscough from Wigan?

If we had to keep Noble, maybe I would go for...

FB - Greenshields (Catalans)
RW - Fox (Hull KR)
RC - Gidley (St Helens)
LC - Bird (Catalans)
LW - Ainscough (Wigan)
SO - Bosc (Catalans)
SH - Tomkins (Wigan)
PR - Graham (St Helens)
HK - Leuluai (Wigan)
PR - Peacock (Leeds)
SR - Morley (Warrington)
SR - Puletua (St Helens)
LF - Westerman (Castleford)

SB - Palea'aesina (Wigan)
SB - Hock (Wigan)
SB - Lauitiiti (Leeds)
SB - Elima/Ferriol (Catalans)

5: Wigan
4: Catalans
3: St Helens
2: Leeds
1: Warrington, Castleford, Hull KR

Bird left centre? He hasn't the speed or agility for centre, he is a loose forward.

Wasn't claiming he was made for the position, but Noble appears to only do well with a big squad, and Bird seems to have decent enough hands to be able to handle centre, and I couldn't for the life of me think of a centre who is both decent and powerful, I reckon Bird could do a job at centre and provide the sort of power Noble likes outside of the pivots.

I like this thread

i would turn the clock back to 1995

Paul
Robinson
Connolly
Inga
Offiah
Botica
Edwards
Cowie
Hall
Skerret
Farrell
B J Mather
Clarke

Lol nice try but I dont see 5 current wigan players, and I'm kinda guessing its on current form, atm they dont have any

I tell you what the sides some of you have picked on here, Mick Potter must be a miracle worker having us 4 points clear and top of the league with such an average side to work with.

Same here, I wish we had Amos Roberts and Joel Tomkins, like some people have picked on here.

And played SO for Australia and Origin? Hmmmm.

not burgess....1 season wonder.

why he is 1 of the worst scrum halfs of the game.

richards
mogg
gleeson
gidley
donald
leon pryce
tommy l
graham
newton
feka
wilkin
hock
sinfield

carvell
buderus
webb
peacock

freekin awesome

1.briscoe
2.ainscough
3.gidley
4.shenton
5.hodgeson
6.pryce
7.tomkins
8.graham
9.cunningham
10.peacock
11.hock
12.wilkin
13.westerman

14.feka
15.roby
16.puletua
17.tomkins

wellens
richards
gidley
gilmour
meli
pryce l
long
graham
cunningham
cayless
flannery
wilkin
clough
hock, leuluai, o'carroll, feka

Shane Webke played SoO and for Aus, does that mean he can play centre?



Greg Bird would never play centre in the memory of man!

He is pushing it at 6, he is a loose or a ball playing second row like Solomona.

To be fair, he did say We (Wigan fans that is as it's a Wigan Board) HAD to pick 5 current Wigan players.

I said he played Stand Off for Aus and Origin. Did Webke play centre for Australia?

Yeah mate, I know that. Just with some people picking 2,3 players from Saints when were 4 clear at the top doesn't really make a lot of sense to me.

Sorry, missread, thought you meant Bird had played for Aus and SoO so that meant he could play centre.

Greg Bird isn't a 6 by the way. He is too slow and fat!

Feka? Who would be your replacement prop to play the remaning 75 mins?

But if the 5 players They HAD to pick from Wigan were in similar positions to where you also have strong players i.e picking Gleeson over Gidley, it doesn't mean we think Gleeson is better than Gidley, Just that Gleeson could be considered one of OUR best 5 players.

I think it's a pointless excercise and would have been better if for example he said you had to keep 10/11 players from the existing team and improve it with 6 from others, although as you will see I don't think it needs to be that Drastic!
Surely a more realistic turnover in numbers of players???? I'm basing mine on keeping 10 Wigan players!

Webb (Like Greenshield too I just think Webb has the edge)
Ainscough
Gleeson
Carmont
Richards
Pryce/Bosc (Dependant on what the Judge thinks!)
S Tomkins
Graham
Riddell
Peacock
O'Loughlin
Pulateau
J Tomkins

Feka
Roby
Hock
Prescott

The ones in Bold again aren't necessarily the Best players in the country in those positions but given experience/time I think they could grow into Very Useful SL players & maybe even international in Tomkins/Ainscough's case!

TBH If you look it's mainly Front row where the problem lies!
If we had those 2 x front rowers (Or 2 of equal staure/ability) then it wouldn't matter too much to put Roberts on the wing, Richards Full Back, Lulu on Bench instead of Roby and Hansen instead of Pualteau (Although I think Pulateua is obviously far better/intimadating etc) meaning we had 14 Current Wigan players in the team.

Richards
Roberts
Gleeson
Carmont
Ainscough
Pryce/Bosc (Dependant on what the Judge thinks!)
S Tomkins
Graham
Riddell
Peacock
O'Loughlin
Hock
J Tomkins

Feka
Lulu
Hansen
Prescott

Main Point is, were 2 x 50/60 min Front rowers and a 6 Short of being a Very Good team!
Something I'm sure you'll agree with and something I told Mr Leneghan Last November!