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Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Fri Apr 08, 2022 11:19 am  

Jowitt
Johnstone
Lyne
Miller
Lino
Battye
Hood
Arona
Ashurst
Tanginoa
Pitts
Crowther
Whitbread
Batchelor
Gaskell
Kay
Adebiyi
Bowes
Murphy
Hall
Fifita

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Re: Squad for Wigan CC : Fri Apr 08, 2022 11:25 am  

I'd go with
1 Jowitt
2 Johnstone
3 Hall
4 Lyne
5 Kay
6 Miller
7 Lino
8 Fifita
9 Hood
10 Arona
11 Ashurst
12 Pitts
13 Batchelor

14 Gaskell
15 Whitbread
16 Tanginoa
17 Battye

Really torn on Crowther as I want to play him but both Whitbread and Batch have stepped up so I may be saving him for Easter.....and I think we need Gaskell

Re: Squad for Wigan CC : Fri Apr 08, 2022 11:26 am  

Assumptions… TJ not fit as Murphy is in the Squad… Fifita is fit as Aydin isn’t in squad

Team against wigan : Fri Apr 08, 2022 11:29 am  

So here’s my 17 for Sunday out of the 21 man squad given out

1 Max Jowitt
2 Tom Johnstone
3 Corey Hall
4 Reece Lyne
5 Liam Kaye
6 Jacob Miller
7 Mason Lino
8 Eddie Battye
9 Liam Hood
10 Tinirau Arona
11 Jordy Crowther
12 James Batchelor
13 Jay Pitts

14 David Fifita
15 Kelepi Tanginoa
16 Jai Whitbread
17 Lee Gaskell

Would love to put Marty Ashust in but think the younger ones deserve a crack at Wigan and with his age would like to give him a rest for the upcoming Easter fixtures also with Bowes I’d have him in my starting line up but just think Gaskell gives that bit extra cover in most back positions and would love for Gaskell to get a belter under his belt in a big game for us (hopefully)

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Fri Apr 08, 2022 11:46 am  

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Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Fri Apr 08, 2022 11:49 am  

Putting Crowther into 2nd row would be suicide…

There’s only one big decision to make and that’s 4 forwards on the bench or 3 and Gaskell…

I’d go

Jowitt
Johnstone
Hall
Lyne
Kay

Miller
Lino

Fifita
Hood
Arona
Ashurst
Pitt’s
Crowther

Gaskell
Tanginoa
Batchelor
Battye/Whitbread


Harsh on Battye or Whitbread but that’s how I’d go…

Re: Squad for Wigan CC : Fri Apr 08, 2022 12:06 pm  

Spookisback wrote:

Assumptions… TJ not fit as Murphy is in the Squad… Fifita is fit as Aydin isn’t in squad

Reasonable but it may be more a precaution, I reckon TJ will play with painkillers. Looked like a bruised back, I've had that and it 't painful for a few weeks but manageable.

We'll see soon enough I suppose.

Re: Team against wigan : Fri Apr 08, 2022 12:54 pm  

comeontrinity wrote:

So here’s my 17 for Sunday out of the 21 man squad given out

1 Max Jowitt
2 Tom Johnstone
3 Corey Hall
4 Reece Lyne
5 Liam Kaye
6 Jacob Miller
7 Mason Lino
8 Eddie Battye
9 Liam Hood
10 Tinirau Arona
11 Jordy Crowther
12 James Batchelor
13 Jay Pitts

14 David Fifita
15 Kelepi Tanginoa
16 Jai Whitbread
17 Lee Gaskell

Would love to put Marty Ashust in but think the younger ones deserve a crack at Wigan and with his age would like to give him a rest for the upcoming Easter fixtures also with Bowes I’d have him in my starting line up but just think Gaskell gives that bit extra cover in most back positions and would love for Gaskell to get a belter under his belt in a big game for us (hopefully)

Think putting J C and Batch in second row at the start of match and at the expense of Ashurst is stupid .same as having Gaskell on bench J C to miss out for me.And they will be no way Gaskell will be in final 17 will not be match fit for a start .

Re: Squad for Wigan CC : Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:00 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I'd go with
1 Jowitt
2 Johnstone
3 Hall
4 Lyne
5 Kay
6 Miller
7 Lino
8 Fifita
9 Hood
10 Arona
11 Ashurst
12 Pitts
13 Batchelor

14 Gaskell
15 Whitbread
16 Tanginoa
17 Battye

Really torn on Crowther as I want to play him but both Whitbread and Batch have stepped up so I may be saving him for Easter.....and I think we need Gaskell

Happy with that

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:09 pm  

Seems an odd decision though doesn't it...'saving' a player for Easter?

Forget about Easter this is a massive game...bigger than any league game coming up!

Just think about it...it's the challenge cup...who would it mean most to out of all our squad? The homegrown local lads without a doubt...Crowther and Batchelor have been brilliant this season and surely both should play....it's the little things these two do that spurs on others....Crowther starts and Batchelor can give us a real lift when coming on from off the bench...

Surely Gaskell has to be involved too? He got the 80 minutes in the reserves and showed his class in that. We won't beat this Wigan side bulldozing them through the middle with 4 forwards on the bench...it could take a touch of class from a player like Gaskell to open up their very mean defence...also gives us covers in the backs as losing backs through games has proved costly to us twice...once losing us a game and once nearly throwing a game away!