Re: 21 man squad for Wigan. : Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:41 pm  

Good squad on paper but unless SP has introduced some decent tactics - which we didn't see in the 2nd half of last season except the cop matches - then I fully expect a Wigan win.
Not really excited about this season I'm afraid until our coach shows that he has learnt from last season.
Obviously still.want a Wire win though.

Re: 21 man squad for Wigan. : Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:12 pm  

First game of the season, anything can happen. I don't expect either side to be firing on all cylinders, soft pitch (although no rain forecast), new halfback combinations for both teams, new refereeing directives, a few players out on either side.

Re: 21 man squad for Wigan. : Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:05 pm  

I have to confess the heart is starting to quicken, for me Wigan are and always will be Public Enema No1

Re: 21 man squad for Wigan. : Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:41 pm  

Captain Hook wrote:

Wigan are and always will be Public Enema No1

Magic. Nice one.

Re: 21 man squad for Wigan. : Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:31 pm  

mark_m wrote:

Ashton
Lineham
Gelling
King
Charnley
Austin
Ratchford
Hill
Clark
Cooper
Currie
BMM
Clark

Davis
Philbin
Akuola
Burrell

Can see Gelling costing us tomorrow with his indiscipline in the defensive line.

I don't...I see him as the key creating attention as he always has to create space for Charney...as he always did.

Re: 21 man squad for Wigan. : Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:18 pm  

Captain Hook wrote:

I have to confess the heart is starting to quicken, for me Wigan are and always will be Public Enema No1

Seeing their line up in the Hanley/Bell/Edwards days did loosen the bowels somewhat.

Re: 21 man squad for Wigan. : Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:51 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

Seeing their line up in the Hanley/Bell/Edwards days did loosen the bowels somewhat.

For me it was Offiah, I couldn’t breathe when he had the ball until he was tackled (or scored because otherwise I would be dead as I can’t hold my breath very long).

Re: 21 man squad for Wigan. : Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:50 am  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

It means we can use D Clark as a forward if needs be

D. Clark is already a forward.

[Winslade's Offload]

Re: 21 man squad for Wigan. : Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:48 am  

moving on... wrote:

D. Clark is already a forward.

True. But because of the way the modern game is played I tend to think of him as a SH. Similarly the old SH seems to have mutated to become a second SO. Perhaps I should have said 'an extra forward'.

Re: 21 man squad for Wigan. : Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:00 am  

I'd rather utilise Daryll to play 9/13 and play 3 props. Put all 3 props in the front row of the scrum (like Jacko Tamati and Boyd) and Daz puts his head in at the back.

We don't need to look for a traditional type loose because our 1 gives us the extra pivot.

Note...before some bright spark says Tamati was a hooker...
He was a prop that wore 9.