Castleford v Wigan : Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:06 pm  

What's your probable 17 that will line up against Wigan this Sunday?

Wigan may go with the same as at Bradford.

Tomkins,
Charnley, Goulding, Hughes, Richards.
Finch, Leuluai.
Mossop, McIlorum, Flower.
Hansen, Hock.
O'Loughlin.
Bench of - Lauaki, Lima, Farrell, Tuson.

Injuries are all over the place already, any of yours not available?

Re: Castleford v Wigan : Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:37 pm  

Owen
Griffin
Arundel
McGoldrick
Dixon
Chase
Orr
Walker
Milner
Emmitt
Ferres
Holmes
Jones

Mitchell
Clark
Snitch
Massey

Nash, Millington, Grehan, Youngquest, Thompson, Hudson all as potential back-up options. Millington and Youngquest are outside chances after missing out through injuries.

Also missing Huby, Jackson.

Re: Castleford v Wigan : Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:25 pm  

Cas v Alibert ?

Re: Castleford v Wigan : Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:04 am  

Well, I think we are likely to change very little. There is a possibility that Thompson or Nash could come in depending if there is anyone needing a freshen up, but other than that given the turmoil and emotion around, I can see there being little will for anyone to change much this week.

Terrible game for us and a bad time to be honest to play Wigan I think. If I had to have even the most optomistic bet the only cash I could put on us is ahead at half time, Wigan full time, but I genuinely feel with the disruption of the week and there being a ready made excuse for a team who can't decide if they are "confident or not" to get blown away. I am a pessimist and look for the worst traits in human nature - I would be more than happy to be proven dreadfully wrong.

Re: Castleford v Wigan : Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:49 pm  

Unfortunately like mdean it's looking like heading for a landslide on Sunday.

Re: Castleford v Wigan : Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:07 pm  

I'm not expecting a close game, but hopefully we'll just ... manage to come out of it with our a**es still in our pants.

Re: Castleford v Wigan : Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:41 pm  

Generally, we give Wigan a good competitive game. We have to stick with them like glue in the first half, play the percentages, frustrate them, kick well & complete sets. The longer we're in the game, the more frustrated they'll get.

Re: Castleford v Wigan : Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:49 pm  

There's always a slight chance that the players will use the tragic events of last weekend as a motivating factor and go out intent on 'doing it for the coach'. Whether or not that'll be enough to overcome an in-form Wigan side is another matter...

Re: Castleford v Wigan : Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:04 pm  

Looking at the form thus far, it's hard to see anything other than an emphatic win for Wigan.

Re: Castleford v Wigan : Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:50 pm  

bren2k wrote:

Looking at the form thus far, it's hard to see anything other than an emphatic win for Wigan.

Thanks to Phil Clarke for use of his Margin Meter