Current thoughts - Mago out or get running up them plantations, get fit or get rid. Maybe a back up halfback, someone with a bit of experience on a short term deal. Big tall strong running second rower, like a McMeekin or Sironen type back rower.
New thread for the season opener, what are your thoughts for the game, score predictions, crowd predictions, how many times before then will Ruddy Duck come up with something negative, team selection etc.
First real game of the season, Wire bringing a good team across with around 4k supporters.
We 'should' have 15k+ on for this. Let's hope for a bit more banter between the two clubs on social media going into next week, get the juices flowing.
The team we’ll see won’t be the one I’d pick but pretty sure the 17 will be made up of-
French Marshall Hardaker Bibby Burgess Leuluai Hastings Clubb Powell Flower Isa Farrell Lockers
Subs G Burgess Partington Byrne Smithies
Bullock should be in for me but I can’t see it. The make up of the starting pack and bench us the only thing I can see being different (same players but maybe a different run on team).
Crowd-13,400
Score-Wigan 22 Wire 8
I think we’ll get the win in a scrappy game. Wire are as under cooked as us and I expect t home advantage and the better luck we seek to have had with injuries should see us home.
The team we’ll see won’t be the one I’d pick but pretty sure the 17 will be made up of-
French Marshall Hardaker Bibby Burgess Leuluai Hastings Clubb Powell Flower Isa Farrell Lockers
Subs G Burgess Partington Byrne Smithies
Bullock should be in for me but I can’t see it. The make up of the starting pack and bench us the only thing I can see being different (same players but maybe a different run on team).
Crowd-13,400
Score-Wigan 22 Wire 8
I think we’ll get the win in a scrappy game. Wire are as under cooked as us and I expect t home advantage and the better luck we seek to have had with injuries should see us home.
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The_Enforcer wrote:
Most idiotic post ever goes to Grimmy..... The way to restart should be an arm wrestle between a designated player from each side.
FB 6 French RW 2 Marshall RC 1 Hardaker LC 23 Bibby LW 21 Manfredi SO 31 Hastings SH 7 Leuluai P 14 Flower H 9 Powell P 10 G.Burgess SR 16 Smithies SR 12 Farrell LF 13 O'Loughlin
S 8 Clubb S 11 Isa S 15 Greenwood S 19 Bullock
Close eyes on Clubb and Greenwood. I've got them in there because I know what they are capable of, but if they're average in this one then they're out and Clark/Partington get a shot.
Gells has stoked the fire by saying that Wigan did indeed try to sign him.
Team wise....
French Marshall Zak Bibby (had that left edge link with Hastings and will be the one most likely to drop out when Gilly is fit) Manfredi Hastings Leuluai Burgess Powell Flower Isa Faz Lockers
Smithies Partington Bullock Byrne/Clark
Not too concerned about results at this stage as last year showed. Crowd lower than it would be on a Friday by 2 or 3k
Gells has stoked the fire by saying that Wigan did indeed try to sign him.
Team wise....
French Marshall Zak Bibby (had that left edge link with Hastings and will be the one most likely to drop out when Gilly is fit) Manfredi Hastings Leuluai Burgess Powell Flower Isa Faz Lockers
Smithies Partington Bullock Byrne/Clark
Not too concerned about results at this stage as last year showed. Crowd lower than it would be on a Friday by 2 or 3k
If you are going to have Marshall and Manfredi on the wings, surely Marshall on the left and Manfredi on the right? Marshall is only on the right to accommodate Burgess?
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