I don't buy the having more in the tank arguement.
It was not a quick turn around and the players knew they would get the monday off.
Leeds maybe a distraction excuse (along with the league process) however, some of the stuff was just plain sloppy. That is about having your mind right, which has diddly to do with having the body right.
Not going to compare squads as the teams on Friday where not 1st choice for either team.
But from Friday's line up, my combination would be
Lomax
Makinson
Thornley
Jones
Burgess
Green
Walsh
Walmsley
Roby
Taylor
Sia
Farrell
SOL
Masoe
Bateman
Richards
MM
However, like I say that is from the 2 line ups.
But then you throw in an Amor Manu and some of the Wigan blokes would drop out. Charnley would have factored but probably replaced Burgess.
Percival would need some game time to see if he is enough to force out Thornley as he has been out for a good month now.
As for this thing of Wigan keep beating us, this is over a very short term. So far this year we have played one competitive match. The cup will be a factor. I was quite surprised how soft our defense was. It was the one part I expected to hold up.