Re: Team for Sunday. The mind boggles. : Fri Jun 02, 2017 1:50 pm  

Smiffy27 wrote:

So basically it looks like you'd make one change from the selected squad. I think it's pretty obvious that we can't really make many changes no matter how fed up we are with how we are playing. There just aren't many options. So we are being unrealistic and unfair to expect big changes. So in this matter saying Tony Smith has "lost the plot" is unreasonable.

Which involves dropping two regulars, Correct.

Wigan don't have many options. They're not scared of throwing the young lads in. we should be doing the same.

Re: Team for Sunday. The mind boggles. : Fri Jun 02, 2017 1:56 pm  

[quote="moving on..."]Which involves dropping two regulars, Correct.

Wigan don't have many options. They're not scared of throwing the young lads in. we should be doing the same.[/quote]

We've just loaned 2 to Widnes, reducing our own depth in the process

Re: Team for Sunday. The mind boggles. : Fri Jun 02, 2017 2:02 pm  

Totally understand your frustration but even Wigan youngsters are finding it tough at the moment.
I very much doubt if there is a pool of young talent who are up to it. So I think you are going to have to watch the current players and hope that they suddenly return to the sort of form they showed last year. Hard work isn't it?

Re: Team for Sunday. The mind boggles. : Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:03 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

It's OK they have had a talk and they are not going to knock on or miss tackles any more.

Really?

Re: Team for Sunday. The mind boggles. : Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:21 pm  

karetaker wrote:

I would go with that, maybe at most swap Savelio and Julien around. Doubt either will happen though.

My thoughts too, Savelio is more creative with better hands than Jullien and Jullien carries and tackles harder.

Re: Team for Sunday. The mind boggles. : Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:31 pm  

karetaker wrote:

Really?

no not really, they will continue to miss loads.

Re: Team for Sunday. The mind boggles. : Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:34 pm  

Should make interesting radio listening.

Re: Team for Sunday. The mind boggles. : Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:57 pm  

ninearches wrote:

Should make interesting radio listening.

I use to like listening to Terry Wogan.

Re: Team for Sunday. The mind boggles. : Fri Jun 02, 2017 9:21 pm  

I'm sure I remember a few years ago TS used to field the reserves in a game to rest players and we'd get beaten and there would be outrage on here, "if TS can't take the fixture seriously why should the fans pay full price?".

Re: Team for Sunday. The mind boggles. : Sat Jun 03, 2017 7:20 am  

I think our "fans" are under pressure as well. All fans are hurting. Some are reacting irrationally, some make so much noise and feel better after throwing a tantrum and others stay quite and sulk but can see the problems. It's not nice. It's sport and you have to be able to take the rough with smooth.