There's no one who knows the youngsters better than Wane does, that's for sure. But I seriously hope we don't under-estimate Widnes too much, these changes can spur them on. But, in Wane we trust.

All depends on the start now. If we get off to a goodun we'll be fine, however if we let Widnes get a sniff, we may well be in for a tough afternoon.

I have actually gone very nervous with this news.

resting tomkins and lockers is going to far IMO

Well had to check it myself, but Sam definitely isn't playing. Confirmed by himself on Twitter.

Strangely I'm more excited about the game now than I was earlier in the week when it was thought that we were playing our strongest team. Gonna be interesting viewing today.

Only time will tell if this move pays off but it does make me a little nervous considering two of our best players are in the stands.

Sooner or later Wane's going to have to find out if the fringe players are good enough for first team rugby, better off playing them by choice rather than chucking them in through necessity when injuries occur.

Agreed. Great that we are playing the youngsters.

My source must have been correct then. Think we will still have enough

I'm all for blooding the youngsters but would have preferred to see them come on for the last 30 rather than the full match. We'll probably win it with our forwards but that's an easy tram talk for Betts today.

Having thought about it. Why not play them? These guys are gonna be needed next year and won't gain enough experience just playing the last 30 minutes of games. They need to play full games a few times this year. That's what the squad is for

Never worry about what they are saying or thinking, just concentrate on what you do, and let them worry... We can learn a lot from this...

So it would seem.

Pi$$ taking decision from the coaching staff today.

Oh dear.

Big lesson so far today you play your best players and blood 1 youngster at a time and most of the best players you have available.. Not take a side for granted and risk losing it.

Horrific. To rest every single playmaker apart from Finch is just asking for trouble.

It's not even half time guys, chill...

Agreed.

Can't you see that this is an investment in the future!!!!

Lot of knees jerking here. We were 2 points down at half time last week to a much better team than Widnes. That turned out ok didn't it? Don't panic!

All I can say is Wane has got this horribly wrong! There's a reason Maguire always played the strongest squad available, you can't take any team for granted in this competition I hope Wane learns from what could be a very costly lesson!

5 games into a new season and you rest your 4 best players.

awful awful decision by Wane.

Our last two coaches always stuck with the experienced players and many moaned. Now we get a coach who will give youth a chance and everyones still moaning.

I'm all for blooding new players I think that's great but at risk of losing a game we should be winning that's terrible judgement by Wane, if we played just one youth prospect of the bench today I would have been satisfied.

We need to compose ourselves and stop trying to push every pass when we get infront.

The Widnes crowd are like an extra man and were giving them a leg back in the game time and again.

Tough second half from here. I think we need the first score. On a plus note the best player on the field is a Wigan player.....Steffan Marsh! He's killed us so far.