Thoughts on this weeks team for Wigan ?

Shaul
Talanoa
Yeaman
Crooks
Crookes
Rankin
Miller
Green
Houghton
Pea
Ellis
Thomson
Horne/whiting

Subs
Carvell
Feka
Aza
Watts/Bowden/Hadley

probably best to wait for the squad announcement tomorrow but going on your line up:

Green wouldn't start, for me Bowden would

Whiting at 13

Bench of Azza, Feka, Hadley and one of Watts/Green/Carvell

Shaul
Talanoa
Yeaman
Crooks
Crookes
Rankin
Miller
Carvell
Azza
Paea
Ellis
Hadley
Horne

Subs
Bowden
Whiting
Watts/Green
Houghton

Shaul
Crookes
Crooks
Horne
Talanoa
Rankin
Miller
Carvell
Houghton
Watts
Ellis
Thomson
Whiting

Feka
Paea
Heremia
Tuson/hadley

Crookes EGP was accepted and he can play this weekend v Wigan.

Long night if we don;t significantly improve our defence. Horne has to come back in. Not sure who I would drop out of miller or rankin as I don't think either are up to much

Wigan are missing a few for Friday particularly at fullback (1st, 2nd and 3rd choice all missing) add to that Charnley, Thornley, Flower, Pettybourne, Farrell and O'Loughlin so I wouldn't throw in the towel yet.

Doubt we could even throw a towel with any enthusiasm.

We will against a team like Wigan, it's the so called 'lesser' teams we don't show up in the right frame of mind.

We don't even have a towel

On paper with the players Wigan have out we should be winning this game.

On paper we should have beaten widnes and wakefield. Maybe it's just teams beginning with the letter W?

It will be interesting what handicaps the bookies give. Missing SOL, Flower, Farrell and Pettybourne out of the pack is a massive loss for us. Combined with Charnley, Thornley and Bowen (also Rock and Tierney so no full back) that's half our team.

we would still feck it up!

we nearly messed up last season when wigan played a full team of reserves at their ground.

horne to come back in this weekend for millar, carvell and watts to start, paea may be the prop rested this time out

Shaul
Crookes
Crooks
Yeaman
Talanoa
Rankin
Miller
Paea
Houghton
Carvell
Whiting
Tuson
Watts

Houghton
Feka
Bowden
Thompson

Difficult this one because if Radford sticks to his don't perform your out then Paea should miss out.
Green will definitely come in as he was left out at Doncaster at the weekend the same as Crookes the previous week.
Think Hadley will miss out this one and Horne will return for Miller
Carvell and Bowden to start Watts and Feka on the bench with Heremaia and Thompson.Wouldnt surprise me to see Green used as a second row with Whiting at 13.
Wigan will pepper our right with high kicks as they have 2 very tall left side players on the wing and centre.
How we will combat this I don't know because Ellis just doesn't perform as well when playing at the right side.He seems much more settled on the left.

I'm very confident that we will win this one. What I'm less confident in is our ability to back it up the week after.

Shaul
Crookes
Crooks
Yeamo
Talanoa
Rankin
Horne
Carvell
Houghton
Watts
Ellis
Thompson
Whiting

Azza
Feka
Paea
Hadley

We lost the last one, which usually means we should win this one right?

Another loss to Rovers followed by a win against Leeds will make for an interesting end to May!

Alternatively we could lose all three then there would be some heat in the kitchen come the end of May.
And if we then proceeded to lose the game on the last day of May it would be a raging fooking inferno.

One thing is for sure, even though Wigan have a lot of players missing,
their structure will not be affected.

My Team

Shaul
Crookes
Yeaman
Crooks
Talanoa
Rankin
Miller
Carvell
Houghton
Paea
Ellis
Hadley
Whiting

Heremaia
Feka
Thompson.
Bowden

Has Danny H got a twin brother and can Ellis now have a game seeing as Tuson is injured?

With Westy looking like he is playing, him at LF, Whiting on the bench in place of Tuson/Hadley.

Doubt Joe will play this week.