Wire Team vs Wigan : Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:08 am  

The team that lost at home to Castleford at the end of the season was as below. How will the team differ for the Wigan game do you think?

Ratchford;
Lineham,
Goodwin, - Gelling?
King,
Charnley;
Austin,
Patton;
Hill,
Clark,
Cooper,
Currie,
Clark,
Hughes.

Interchanges:
Murdoch-Masila,
Philbin,
Mamo,
Westwood. ???

Re: Wigan Team : Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:33 am  

Worth noting that the team which beat Wigan at the Magic Weekend was;

Mamo
Lineham
Goodwin
King
Charnley
Austin
Patton
Hill
D Clark
Cooper
Hughes
Currie
Philbin

J Clark
Walker
Murdoch-Masila
Akauola

So, whilst the absence of Widdop is clearly a disappointment, it's not the team sheet that's the problem - it's about which team turns up on the night. Hopefully not the one from the back end of last season.

Re: Wigan Team : Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:35 am  

After last year's league capitulation i wait to be convinced. We have the manpower but the tactics need a kick up the booty.

Re: Wigan Team : Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:15 pm  

If that's the Wigan team...who plays for Wire?

Re: Wigan Team : Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:35 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

If that's the Wigan team...who plays for Wire?

I have removed the confusion for you.

Re: Wire Team vs Wigan : Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:04 pm  

Just thought i'd cast my eye over the squad & apparently ,according to the club web site , Bryson Goodwin is still available at number 3.

Re: Wire Team vs Wigan : Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:37 pm  

ninearches wrote:

Just thought i'd cast my eye over the squad & apparently ,according to the club web site , Bryson Goodwin is still available at number 3.

Come on, we know there is a new one in development give them a bit of slack.

Re: Wire Team vs Wigan : Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:38 pm  

We are weaker than last year

Re: Wire Team vs Wigan : Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:31 pm  

Wirefan wrote:

We are weaker than last year

How on earth do you work that out?

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Wire Team vs Wigan : Wed Jan 22, 2020 1:30 pm  

Captain Hook wrote:

How on earth do you work that out?

Whilst I was sorry to see Goodwin go I'm curious about Gelling on his day I think he offers something a bit different we might even get a ball or two to the winger. I agree with you Captain that we should be better off with the short term injured Widdop rather than the long term injured Brown. Hopefully we will see better form from Currie and BMM and more decent stuff from Philbin, Clark, Austin, Ratchford......

I think our first choice 17 isn't that bad, my reservation is strength in depth but that applies to most teams and banishing the form that we ended on last year