Roby is Roby and does what he does. Wigan and Wire know how to handle him.
The Walsh/Burns combo looks good. Walsh has to hit the top by staying injury free.
Still reckon Longy's coaching will have a greater effect than either of those two.
With Manu, Soliola and Laffranchi gone that really could affect the pack, so how the halves and backs perform will depend on how the pack goes, as with all teams.

Know how to handle him? That's genuinely funny. Good one mate!

Laffranchi won't be a miss at all. We have brought in Vea and Luke Thompson has huge potential. Don't worry about us, we'll be fine

In the League Express, Ian Lenagan said he felt this is the best squad he has had at Wigan since his tenure began. Can't say I agree but interesting to read the comment.

In truth Roby has had a pretty quiet time of things against a Wigan side that has clearly targeted him in the past 2-3 seasons but he looked back to his very best towards the back end of last year.

I agree on Laffranchi, awful player in his time at Saints but Soliola and Manu are big losses and it's far from certain a player like Vea can plug that gap. There seems an air of confidence over St Helens way and why not but I see a real weakness in that back row and it's an area I think Wigan especially can exploit. Vea is unproven, LMS has always been rocks or diamonds, Wilkin is solid enough and Young Thompson, whilst a cracking young talent will get far more attention this year.

The quality in the rest of the side is high though and I see you going close to all the trophies.

I think most Saints fans have been saying we'd like an extra forward in an ideal world but I think we'll be OK.

You're right about LMS, he's one of the most inconsistent and frustrating players I've ever seen. What I would say is that most of his poor games have come at prop and his better games have been in the back row. It's expected he won't play much at prop this year so hopefully we'll see the best of him for larger chunks of the season.

I think 2011 we had our best squad, full of experience.

S Tomkins
Charnley
J Tomkins
Carmont
Richards
Finch
Deacon
Mossop
Leuluai
Coley
Hansen
Hoffman
O'Loughlin

Lima
Farrell
McIlorum
Hock

Most looking forward to - seeing how Rocky has progressed.

I'd go with 2011 as well, although Prescott was generally on the bench rather than Hock, who wasn't really much of a factor until the following year. Beating Wire, Saints and Leeds one after another within a month to win the challenge cup was a hell of a feit. Even more impressive considering it fell within a 13 game unbeaten streak which also included league games against Saints, Huddersfield and Leeds.

Season ticket sales must be struggling now.

Roby is a fine player but not one that I personally fear. Your fullback offers more in attack and if he gets an injury free season is the player who I would genuinely fear and would have to be a serious candidate for regular representative honours.
Just an opinion