https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... ow-2940958 I wonder if Jamie Peacock has any thoughts on this

https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... ow-2940958 I wonder if Jamie Peacock has any thoughts on this

Wigan's 21-man squad: Zak Hardaker, Liam Marshall, Chris Hankinson, Joe Burgess, Bevan French, Sam Powell, Willie Isa, Liam Farrell, Joe Greenwood, Morgan Smithies, Joe Bullock, Liam Byrne, Dom Manfredi, Mitch Clark, Jake Bibby, Harry Smith, Jack Wells, Ethan Havard, Jackson Hastings, Amir Bourouh, Joe Shorrocks

Id go

French
Mandfredi
Hardaker
Bibby
Marshall
Smith
Hastings
Byrne
Powell
Bullock
Farrell
Greenwood
Isa

Smithies
Clark
Havard
Borough

I was sat pondering the team earlier and I did exactly the same and put Isa in the middle. He’s sort of ended up in the second row via necessity over these last few seasons but early doors for us he played centrally quite a bit and the Widnes fans always said it was where he was at his best. The only change I’d made to that team would be to put Greenwood in the right sided slot. If he wants a place he’ll have to try and find it there because you can’t move Farrell from that left side.

Get Jack Wells in for Smithies . Wells had a good game for Toronto pre lockdown scoring after breaking the line 20 metres out . I've not seen Smithies break any lines despite his raw enthusiasm. Wells won't give as many pens away either

Smithies had a shocker last week but that’s his first in the top grade and hopefully he’ll put it behind him this week. I certainly wouldn’t drop him but by the same token I’ve been a huge fan of Wells for a long time and I’ve been really disappointed to see him struggle to overcome injuries and force his way through. There’s time for him to do that yet and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him play and not Greenwood on Sunday.

Could Wells be effective at prop? In the current format this may be a route into the the starting 17
I hope he can kick in after his injuries
I’m not going to criticise Smithies but Wells May well be a better prospect as his all round game may be better
Hopefully both will be regular first teamers going forward

Wells has played as a 'middle' quite frequently. Technically it may have been as a loose forward but it's the same role. I'd love to see him get a chance now as he's had rotten luck with his foot injury. He's not on our retained list for next season and I can understand why, but I'd love to see him get a chance, put in some good performances and change peoples minds. Whether that's as a middle or playing in the second row (freeing Isa to play in the middle).

He's got the size, he's great at breaking through gaps in the defence, can offload and has a good work rate. I just think he needs the chance to prove himself in SL as he's been so unlucky, first with missing a year through injury and then having his loan at Toronto cut short.

Speaking of our loans to Toronto, I'm assuming Ben Kilner is still at the club. Another player hit by injury but he looked really promising in pre-season. If he goes through this year without any game time it's going to be a real shame.

I seen that with the retained list about Wells but when he signed his new deal last year, it was reported as being for 2 years. I hope that is the case because I think he could be a guy a Saints, Leeds, Wire etc pick up and he then goes on to be a top class player.

After watching Catalans destroy Wakefield it puts more emphasis on tomorrow IMO. The win last week looks more lucky than deserved after that and given Leeds were taken to the cleaners last week by Saints, it really is a test for us to see where we really are. If we can’t put a poor Leeds side to the sword it’s worrying IMO.

Yeah today's result does not bode well.

We could always cling to the old "teams never back up after they've played Wigan" card.

Not sure what todays result has to do with anything. The only result that does really is Leeds taking a hiding last week and how they react

Greenwood on the bench, along with Joe Shorrocks - surprised at that.

Hicks is literally clueless. How was that a tackle in the air? Both grabbed the ball at the same time.

Yet another f**k up, embarrassing

Goes to the screen to check the colour of the grass normally as well.

Massive f*** up from the touch judge too. The lads got bright red boots on.

Never takes his eyes off it

We look 2nd best at min in everything

That was a great try.

Commentary team couldn't sound less enthused.

O'Connor - "Sometimes you just have to ride your luck" - STFU you moron.

Quite happy with that half, 2nd run out and playing quite a few of the young lads. Hope Byrne is a prop here for a very long time. I just see Skerrett whenever i see him without the grubbiness.

Our pack still worries me

Aren't Aussie clubs sniffing around him already?

And then Manfredi gets touched in the air at the other end and nothing. The foot in touch is just embarrassing from the officials. Everyone can see he went close enough that you’d check it with the VR.

As for how we’ve played, it’s the same again. Total effort, individual skill but they look unorganised and as if they don’t know what the plan is. Hastings needs to be given a licence to roam more and not just be stuck on that left hand side.

It should realistically be a min of 16 - 0 to us at HT, which is a different ball game entirely.

Hicks is clueless!!!!