Wigan week #1 : Tue May 28, 2024 12:26 pm  

Play the best team imo.

We have quality cover outside the current 13 if we lose a player.
And all these players deserve a chance to play at Wembley.
Their chance will only come at the misfortune expense of the current 13.

Ratchford hb
Wrench cente
Lindop wing
Bullock prop
Crowther backrow

By playing the current 13 shows no player gets favouritism. It means no player is bigger than the team!

Thus being the psychology of Burgess that got him pushed out of Souths.

How would if feel to you as a player pushing for a position at a final to be told that you are going to be dropped from a winning team because your considered not good enough?
That happened to Briers at Saints.

If you lose your spot through circumstances like injury, it makes it acceptable that you may not get back into the team.

Burgess upheld his thinking with Williams return from injury earlier in the season.
Williams started back off the bench!
He couldn’t drop Ratchford who was sensational and breaking records!

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Wigan week #1 : Tue May 28, 2024 12:55 pm  

I kind of get what you are advocating here and so might Burgess, so a valid strategy, but if Ratchford steps in at 6 and is again "sensational" what happens to Williams?

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Wigan week #1 : Tue May 28, 2024 1:01 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

Play the best team imo.

We have quality cover outside the current 13 if we lose a player.
And all these players deserve a chance to play at Wembley.
Their chance will only come at the misfortune expense of the current 13.

Ratchford hb
Wrench cente
Lindop wing
Bullock prop
Crowther backrow

By playing the current 13 shows no player gets favouritism. It means no player is bigger than the team!

Thus being the psychology of Burgess that got him pushed out of Souths.

How would if feel to you as a player pushing for a position at a final to be told that you are going to be dropped from a winning team because your considered not good enough?
That happened to Briers at Saints.

If you lose your spot through circumstances like injury, it makes it acceptable that you may not get back into the team.

Burgess upheld his thinking with Williams return from injury earlier in the season.
Williams started back off the bench!
He couldn’t drop Ratchford who was sensational and breaking records!

did he?

Re: Wigan week #1 : Tue May 28, 2024 2:14 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

did he?

Pretty sure he started on the bench then got re-injured and missed the week after….
I’m not 100% on it though.
He couldn’t get in the team because Hayes and Ratchford were in the halves and we kept winning.

Re: Wigan week #1 : Tue May 28, 2024 2:17 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

If you lose your spot through circumstances like injury, it makes it acceptable that you may not get back into the team.

Burgess upheld his thinking with Williams return from injury earlier in the season.
Williams started back off the bench!
He couldn’t drop Ratchford who was sensational and breaking records!

Williams missed round 2 v Hull FC and round 3 v Castleford, but started in round 4 v Hull KR. He then missed round 5 v London and the cup game v London, but returned to the starting line-up for round 6 v Catalans, and has been ever-present since then. He has not started from the bench in any game.

Re: Wigan week #1 : Tue May 28, 2024 2:27 pm  

Uncle Rico wrote:

I kind of get what you are advocating here and so might Burgess, so a valid strategy, but if Ratchford steps in at 6 and is again "sensational" what happens to Williams?

I think we’ll see Williams go to 6 in the CC and Ratchford getting a bench spot over the 18th man spot.

Re: Wigan week #1 : Tue May 28, 2024 2:30 pm  

The Speculator wrote:

Williams missed round 2 v Hull FC and round 3 v Castleford, but started in round 4 v Hull KR. He then missed round 5 v London and the cup game v London, but returned to the starting line-up for round 6 v Catalans, and has been ever-present since then. He has not started from the bench in any game.

So he started at KR.
My gaff. In true RD style.
Thanks.

Re: Wigan week #1 : Tue May 28, 2024 2:36 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

So he started at KR.
My gaff. In true RD style.
Thanks.

No problem, RD!

Re: Wigan week #1 : Tue May 28, 2024 4:27 pm  

Yeah i think Burgess will play the same Squad, Ratch at 6 with Williams back for the CC regardless of how Ratch plays.
If crowther is back this week, he comes straight on to the bench, with wood or Bullock taking Philbins spot.
But you never know, some might need a break before the CC so may be rested. Either way it's an exciting few weeks

Re: Wigan week #1 : Thu May 30, 2024 11:25 am  

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