Amos

Pat

Carmont

Gleeson

Goulding

Sam

Tommy

Fielden

McIlorum

Coley

Joel

Bailey

Lockers



Presscot

O'Carrol

Mossop

Feka/Deacon



Hoping that Coley and Sam are both fit enough, but its a shame to be missing Riddell!



I'd like to see Feka come back in but, i think Deacon will be required to cover for Leuluai/McIlorum.

looking for an omen and we actually beat warrington without phelps and riddell so maybe we could do the double and beat saints without the pair aswell. For me we need to keep tommy and sam at 6 and 7, against warrington we looked more threatening when we had deacs at 9 so thats the way i would go, id go with.



1. Roberts

2. Goulding

3. Gleeson

4. Carmont

5. Richards

6. Sam Tomkins

7. Leuluai

8. Fielden

9. Deacon

10. Coley

11. Bailey

12. Joel Tomkins

13. O'Loughlin



14. McIllorum

15. O'Carroll

16. Prescott

17. Mossop

A deal leg can take a few weeks to heal. hope we get phelps back soon. I think feka might get a run out this week. Its going to be won and lost in the forward battle this one. Hope feka comes back to make his mark

And the reason you're not getting too far is because you seem to think he is better than he is (awful grammar but you get the point). Best at Wigan certainly but that doesn't take much. Overall I'm happy with him now but he's certainly not exceptional. His biggest asset up to now has been staying fit (unlike Buderus, who is plainly in a different league in terms of ability but has been dogged by injuries). Let's hope he's back soon before Micky Mac proves he is in fact dispensible!





EDIT: By staying fit, I mean his availability week in, week out.

Shall we get a banner made up saying



WEVE GOT INJURIES, PLEASE HAVE SYMPATHY!

HOPE YOU MENTION ARE INJURIES EVERY MINUTE EDDIE!

Do you think we'll miss him on Friday?

there's no doubting that this will be a fantastic, bruising and intense game. i'll be sky + it as i'll be at the HJ. IMO the battle will be won in the halves, with eastmond and tomkins, if eastmond steps up like he did against us then saints will win and if tomkins does then wigan will win. i don't care who wins i just hope they knock seven bells out of each other and i'm looking forward to seeing graham vs fielden.

Tomkins will not be 100% which is a huge worry

Yes. I think his omission could well be the difference between winning and losing. FWIW I actually chose him for sponsors' MOM last season. I think it was against Salford. I remember someone posting on here that whoever chose him needed his head examined lol.

However, I recall a post of yours comparing him favourably to just about every hooker in the comp whereas IMO there are plenty of his standard or better. As I said earlier, though, that's not to say I'm unhappy with him atm. Is he doing a good job? Yes. Could he be replaced easily by other (not all) hookers in this comp? Again, yes.

it is. oustanding player with a huge future. i'd be worried aswell going into this game (if i were a wigan fan) imo Leuluai doesn't have the same creativity and drive as Sam.

Why would there be? He is at Castleford for the season.



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On the subject of Deacon/McIllorum, Deacon has to be in there as Micky Mc is only just back from injury and to go with no back up in a game such as the one on Friday is a huge risk.