Wigan away : Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:41 am  

Might seem a bit early considering but for first time since cas I’m excited to see how we get on. No more excuses, big names back, a win under our belt and 2 weeks to prep. Whereas, Wigan have a few injuries and about 8 players in the England squad. I hope we start to turn a corner and see some grit, win or lose. Our attack should be more fluid and hopefully resilient in D. For me, I’d line up like this:

1. Tex (better than litten in attack)
2. Litten (just needs to be on pitch to develop)
3. Carlos
4. Sutty
5. Swift
6. Trueman
7. Clifford
8. Sao
9. Houghton
10. Fash
11. Savelio (far better option than lane, enough said)
12. Griffin
13. Cator
14. Dwyer
15. Satae
16. Taylor
17. Scott (covers litten if Truey or Cliff can’t make 80 mins)

Re: Wigan away : Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:47 am  

Id go the same. If Andre doesn't play he's as good as gone.

Re: Wigan away : Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:58 am  

mwindass wrote:

Id go the same. If Andre doesn't play he's as good as gone.

I just don’t get it, he’s not been 100% fit and still outperformed other forwards. He’s the one forward we have who can make something happen out of nothing. I’m not sure what smith’s issue with him is, he was the one who signed him at Warrington.

For me, it’s black and white here. Is his output better than lane, yes… then he plays unless he’s had a big disciplinary issue (which would’ve broke by now)

Re: Wigan away : Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:05 am  

I honestly cannot see Trueman playing this game. Hi Jake.....you've been injured for a year, and you are coming back in to play Wigan without any time to get your match fitness, against a team that is renowned for putting pressure on legs and limbs.

Re: Wigan away : Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:28 am  

Irregs#16 wrote:

I honestly cannot see Trueman playing this game. Hi Jake.....you've been injured for a year, and you are coming back in to play Wigan without any time to get your match fitness, against a team that is renowned for putting pressure on legs and limbs.

He’s been in full training for a while and we’ve been playing it safe with recovery. He was also supposed to be ready this week so it’s an extra week down the line as well. We should get some minutes under his belt before we play wakey.

Re: Wigan away : Fri Apr 28, 2023 10:42 am  

Also, we are playing them at home, now away

Re: Wigan away : Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:19 pm  

1. Litten
6. Tex
14. Trueman

Give Trueman 30 or so mins, unless we get injuries in the backs.

Re: Wigan away : Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:35 pm  

BIMBOWIFE NO7 wrote:

1. Litten
6. Tex
14. Trueman

Give Trueman 30 or so mins, unless we get injuries in the backs.

Having him and Dwyer on the bench would leave us lightweight, unless you drop Dywer and use Cator at hooker for a spell

Re: Wigan away : Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:37 pm  

Irregs#16 wrote:

Also, we are playing them at home, now away

It’s very lucky you pointed this out, for some reason I had it in my head we were having the ‘no home game’ part of season till pitch get a re-laid and that we were away until the salford home game

Re: Wigan away : Fri Apr 28, 2023 1:39 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Having him and Dwyer on the bench would leave us lightweight, unless you drop Dywer and use Cator at hooker for a spell

Going on TS's recent history of not playing to his standards your dropped, then Dwyer should not be any where near the 1st team for this one. His cameo role v Hudds late in the game was total garbage. Agree on Cator to spell Mint if needed later on.