For Leeds (eeeerm I mean Wigan thanks FIL) I'd stick with pretty much the same pack. If Fifita is fit I'd play him but only if fit.
Pauli would not play back row for me. He's either an impact prop or not at all for Wigan.
The slide defence is obviously worrying and the second rows have a big part to play in that. I think Arundal and Batch did ok but I'd be interested to see if there was a communication issue on the slide with them as it isn't a winger thing. Apart from BJB slipping for one try, all the others were caused by defence issues two players inside them.
I have to say, Tupou is not right yet but i think it's a game time thing for him.
Hampshire needs a rest in my opinion. Max if fit plays.
Crowther is excellent in defence but needs to just concentrate on running hard with the ball. I feel like he's always caught in two minds of whether to run it in or give the pass. His game needs to be simplified.
Brough has to play as he's the only one with a long kicking game and at the moment, we need to keep the opposition as far away from our line as we can. Miller puts a lot of effort in but I'm losing faith in him. I wonder whether it is a captain thing.
I was listening to Kirmond recently and he was saying he was really proud to be named captain and it was a player vote that put him there but he said he was actually second choice. The first choice didn't want to be captain. I wonder whether Miller should have taken that call too. (personally I always thought he would be a good captain but no longer sure, though no one else jumps out either)
It's going to be tough but we are improving, just not quickly enough.
