How do you know what Radlinski's duties are? I wonder whether he had a role in retaining both French and Hastings when everyone thought they would both be gone.

I think it was Hastings call on his second year?
I suspect the late confirmation led to signing Field which tied money up in a player we didn’t need and meant no new prop to replace Burgess
We’ve certainly got a squad that is unbalanced

He’s had about 7 years to sort out the pack. What he’s done elsewhere is of little consequence when we can’t get the best out of everyone else because of the decisions made about our front row.

Any chance of Gildart coming out of cotton wool and playing this week/month - or is he saving himself for the NRL?

1-2 weeks.

Can you watch this game on the our league website if you are a Wigan season ticket holder?

Can I pay on the gate?

Looks like it

Yes, but you can't take your own food and drink in.

Will I be able to use my Wigan Season Ticket? If so I'll need to chase them up as they haven't come yet.
Any idea when they'll be sending them out???

Can I reserve 18 tables in the South Stand bar?

I haven't had mine yet actually now you mention it. BLOODY RUBBISH WIGAN!!!

And where's the car parking pass?

Sack the lot of them!!!

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Not right, I have just bought a crate of Moretti!

Why waste money, climb over the wall.

Or watch from the bridge

At £30 to get in I’ll give peg up’s for a 5er

I just think Farrell plays left centre before isa does personally. I would keep smithies left edge and go isa at 13 or bench.

Need to put 50+ on them, try and catch up with Saints points % or whatever it's called

I would genuinely take any win against them. They’re falling in to their usual trap of throwing everything in to games against Saints and in particular Wigan and they’ll do so again. The fact fans will be back in can’t be underplayed as well and they’ll buzz off that, especially against us. They also seem to be getting players back and on paper are much stronger than the Leigh side we were fortunate to beat on opening night. A Wigan reaction from last Saturdays dross will come hopefully but I don’t have a great feeling about this one at all.

More than anything I just want to see some good rugby over the next couple of months. We've obviously put some wins together in the league but in every post-match interview the coach is talking about 'winning ugly' and grinding out games. There can't be any excuses for a lack of attacking rugby now - we're essentially missing a left centre in Gildart and that's pretty much it.

I’ll be happy with the win but we need to have one dominant game in our bank to build off. I think more for the players than the fans.

We need a strong performance from the props. Need them making meters after impact, if we can’t do that at least get offloads going (genuinely haven’t seen one yet) In past games all it takes is one good run and it elevates a team.

I’d like to also see some more expansive attacking rugby. Especially if we can’t make meters in the middle of the field. There has been glimpses of this (Hastings kick to French agains Cas)

We could do with a performance like the away game against Catalan last year. Although we did do a lot of defence we ended up turning the tide and marching them down the other end with strong carries and skill.

No players back this week by the sounds of things but both Leuluai and Gildart should be right for the next game after this. Liam Marshall back in full training today as well Lam said and should be back in contention in a couple of weeks.

Going off that and after having time to calm down from Saturday, I would go-

French
Manfredi Hardaker Farrell Bibby
Hastings Smith
Havard Powell Bullock
Isa Smithies Bateman

Subs
Singleton Byrne Partington Pearce-Paul

We can keep getting pinned in our half in the first half hour of every single game, so the biggest metre makers starting through the middle. I’d give Pearce-Paul the last bench spot. Shorrocks has done a good job but they need to start giving a couple of the younger lads a go now, like Pearce-Paul and McDonnell as they have nowhere else to play.