Squad for Wigan (Cup) : Thu Jun 06, 2024 11:14 am  

Ashton
Bullock
Crowther
Currie
Drinkwater
Dufty
Fitzgibbon
Harrison
Holroyd
King
Musgrove
Nicholson
Powell
Ratchford
Tai
Thewlis
Vaughan
Walker
Williams
Wood
Wrench

Re: Squad for Wigan (Cup) : Thu Jun 06, 2024 11:20 am  

Dufty
Thewlis
Tai
King
Ashton
Williams
Drinkwater
Harrison
Walker
Vaughan
Nicholson
Fitzgibbon
Currie

Powell
Crowther
Musgrove

Bullock or Wood or Holroyd for final spot think Ratchford will 18th man

Re: Squad for Wigan (Cup) : Thu Jun 06, 2024 12:13 pm  

I'm interested to know which name you look for first in a squad? Mine is Williams, then Vaughan

Re: Squad for Wigan (Cup) : Thu Jun 06, 2024 1:07 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

I'm interested to know which name you look for first in a squad? Mine is Williams, then Vaughan

Similar for me although I'd be tempted to throw Dufty and Fitzgibbon in there at the moment.

An interesting thought - if last week was an audition (based on form on the day) for the final prop spot then there is an argument that both Wood and Bullock get in ahead of Musgrove. It won't happen but I thought they were both better last week.

Re: Squad for Wigan (Cup) : Thu Jun 06, 2024 1:25 pm  

Kevin Turvey wrote:

Similar for me although I'd be tempted to throw Dufty and Fitzgibbon in there at the moment.

An interesting thought - if last week was an audition (based on form on the day) for the final prop spot then there is an argument that both Wood and Bullock get in ahead of Musgrove. It won't happen but I thought they were both better last week.

I`m hoping that Musgrove is one of those players who have an average1st season in Superleague, then come to terms with the different style of the game, living on the other side of the World etc and then shows a big improvement in their second season.

Otherwise he is a waste of a Quota spot.

Re: Squad for Wigan (Cup) : Thu Jun 06, 2024 1:29 pm  

Kevin Turvey wrote:

Similar for me although I'd be tempted to throw Dufty and Fitzgibbon in there at the moment.

An interesting thought - if last week was an audition (based on form on the day) for the final prop spot then there is an argument that both Wood and Bullock get in ahead of Musgrove. It won't happen but I thought they were both better last week.

Just talking with someone that as met Musgrove a few times and he was telling me how big he is close up. So got me thinking he does not make nothing like the metres made after impact Harrison and Vaughan do.

On Bullock he is a bit of an enigma to me, can’t nail down a regular 17 spot but gets a contract extension hmm.

Re: Squad for Wigan (Cup) : Thu Jun 06, 2024 2:56 pm  

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karetaker wrote:

Dufty
Thewlis
Tai
King
Ashton
Williams
Drinkwater
Harrison
Walker
Vaughan
Nicholson
Fitzgibbon
Currie

Powell
Crowther
Musgrove

Bullock or Wood or Holroyd for final spot think Ratchford will 18th man

Crowthers one of my favourite players but i wouldn't pick him this week, unless it was in place of Musgrove.
Holroyd deserves his spot and Bullock played his way on to the bench last week. Wood was in serious pain so doesn't make the squad for me, it's not worth the risk.
I'm not a fan of what Musgrove brings to the table each week, but he hasn't played his way out of the team, he's just a very Average steady eddie.
Bench for me is
Powell
Musgrove
Bullock
holroyd

The starting 13 is exactly the same as you though

Re: Squad for Wigan (Cup) : Thu Jun 06, 2024 2:57 pm  

Wrench, Musgrove, Ratch and Wood to miss out for me. Wrench had a stinker last week, Wood didn't seem anywhere near right with whatever he had, and I just don't think Musgrove or Ratch are worth their spot. Bullock was immense last week and Holroyd runs his blood to water.

Re: Squad for Wigan (Cup) : Thu Jun 06, 2024 3:00 pm  

Or thane wrote:

Crowthers one of my favourite players but i wouldn't pick him this week, Holroyd deserves his spot and Bullock played his way on to the bench last week. Wood was in serious pain so doesn't make the squad for me
I'm not a fan of what Musgrove brings to the table each week, but he hasn't played his way out of the team, he's just a very Average steady eddie.
Bench for me is
Powell
Musgrove
Bullock
holroyd

The starting 13 is exactly the same as you though

So Crowther doesn't deserve to keep his place but Musgrove does even though you admit he is average?? Crowther puts in a massive amount of work and has done all year, not really fair to drop him.

Re: Squad for Wigan (Cup) : Thu Jun 06, 2024 3:11 pm  

WireWireWire wrote:

So Crowther doesn't deserve to keep his place but Musgrove does even though you admit he is average?? Crowther puts in a massive amount of work and has done all year, not really fair to drop him.

Going off how Burgess has picked his team each week no he doesn't. Crowther has missed 2 games now so he doesn't have a place to keep does he, and as Burgess has shown nobody just steps back in to the team unless it's to replace someone who's had a bad game.
Bullock deserves his spot and so does Holroyd, Musgrove didn't do anything wrong and Burgess clearly likes him.
If Bullock didn't have the game he did last week Crowther would take the bench spot, but Bullock put in a big display so deserves to keep his spot, and Holroyd had a great game so deserves his spot.
You can't expect Crowther to simply step back in after 2 weeks out.