1 Richards
2 Roberts
3 Goulding
4 Carmont
5 Ainscough/Pryce
6 S Tomkins
7 Smith
8 Fielden
9 Tommy
10 O Carroll
11 Hansen
12 Lockers
13 J Tomkins

14 Feka
15 Hock
16 McClorum
17 Pryce/Ainscough/Prescott

I'm unsure about starting Sam, but against Cas at home with injuries to Riddell it might be the right time.
I want to see as many young Wigan lads given a chance as possible throughout the season. Many players in the starting 13 are stale.
I want a team that looks full of energy and fight, I don't see that at Wigan anymore.

I really wouldn't care less if I never saw Mathers or Coley in a Wigan shirt again. I'm far more interested in Ainsough, both Tomkins brothers, Prescott and O'Carroll getting more first team game time. With more on edge.

Pryce is an interesting one. I don't know if its a case of fitness or something else which is keeping from the 1st team.

For me Tommy is a 9, never thought he was a world beater at 7. Would like to see a new 6 come in with Smith being the regular 7 with Sam as a back up.

Big disapointment for me so for is Riddell, came over with excitement and anticipation and has looked unfit and offered nothing to date.

Roberts
Ainscough
Goulding
Carmont
Richards
Tomkins
Smith
Fielden
Leuluai
O'Carroll
Hansen
O'Loughlin
Tomkins

Feka
Riddell
Hock
Prescott

That's what I'd go with although the right side defence is admittedly a concern.

No no.9 on the bench to intechange? right side does look a little weak.

i thought riddell was still unfit.
what about tomkins on bench and mcilorum at hooker?
when tommy goes to hooker sam goes to half back

Poss. But I don't like the idea of moving players around for 1 subsitution.

Noble is quite the opposite to myself, I see injuries to first team players as an opportunity to give younger lads a chance. Especially at home to Cas (no offence to Cas)

I would still love a Wigan based team with minimal quality overseas players maybe in the future.

1 Richards
2 New winger
3 New centre/Goulding
4 Top quality New centre
5 Ainscough
6 S Tomkins
7 Smith
8 O Carroll
9 Tommy
10 Precott
11 Hansen
12 Lockers
13 J Tomkins

14 Feka
15 Hock
16 Top quality hooker (Divine Brown perhaps)
17 Up and coming talent.

There's only Tommy at 9, Smith, Feka and Richards who I honestly rate who are not English. Caromont is getting on a little and won't be around forever.

Farrell, Flanagan, Mossop maybe

I'll go with that

Roberts
Ainscough
Goulding
Carmont
Richards
Smith
Leuluai
Fielden
McIlorum
O'Carroll
Bailey
Tomkins
O'Loughlin

Feka
Prescott
Hock
Hansen

Why not!



I would like to see something like this

1 Richards (Save hands goal kicking machine)
2 (CAP space) Speedy winger different to the dodgy quick step winger like Ainscough is. (Think of the difference between Offiah and Robinson, (Ainscough being Robinson)
3 Goulding (Could be a good GB centre given time and confidence)
4 (CAP space) (World class centre with experience think Gasnier/Cooper)
5 Ainscough (Quick step winger)
6 Tomkins (Teamed with Smith to lead the team round the park)
7 Smith (With Tomkins 2 natrually skilled halvebacks)
8 (CAP space) (Enforcer prop with experience think Ruben Wiki etc)
9 Tommy (Will be an awesome 9)
10 O'Carroll (Smashing the ball up swap with Feka)
11 Hansen (Work horse strong def tackler)
12 Lockers (Work horse strong def tackler)
13 J Tomkins (Creative strong true loose)

14 Feka (Impact to swap with O Carroll)
15 Hock (Impact to swap with one of the SR
16 (CAP SPACE Hooker) Very key role, someone quick off the mark lead the team around the park with tommy
17 Precott (Good prop to swap with number 8 enforcer)

Squad to be build up of young based players all fighting for their chance to break into the first team.

Wigan to lose

Mathers
Phelps
Roberts
Riddell
Bailey
Coley
Fielden

Bring in

Winger-(maybe keep Amos)
Top centre
Enforcer prop
Quick hooker for interchange.

sorry, just have to laugh at that. This is not a realistic team, is it. Like Gasnier or Cooper would come here! and get rid of Fielden, are you taking the miches our best prop at the minute, O'Carroll isnt good enough yet, Paleaaesina is improvingand Prescott is short of game time

That squad would get 6th in SL at the most.

I said like Gasnier or Cooper. it was an example. Not actually them
This is a future team, Fielden is 29 now and on a chunk of the cap.

Have you added up the available funds from the departure of the players I listed? more than enough to afford 3 top players in key positions.

O Carroll's not good enough? a) we're taking about a team for the future 2-3 years down the line. Is O'Carroll's not good enough what is Coley?

An unrealistic team?

1 Richards (Already plays for us
2 WINGER
3 Goulding (Already players for us
4 TOP CENTRE
5 Ainscough (Already plays for us
6 Tomkins (Already plays for us
7 Smith (Already plays for us
8 ENFORCER PROP
9 Tommy (Already plays for us
10 O Carroll (Already plays for us
11 Hansen (Already plays for us
12 Lockers (Already plays for us
13 Tomkins (Already plays for us

14 Feka (Already plays for us
15 Hock (Already plays for us
16 (NEW HOOKER
17 Precott (Already plays for us

So out of 17, 13 already play for us and you say this is unrealistic?

Now I'm the one laughing.

If we'd of kept those bright prospects that we got rid of to bring in average aussies we'd have a great team now. Adding them with the british prospects we have now and i think this could challenge the current Wigan team. Apart from Hansen who was English at one point but did come through the ranks

1. Briscoe
2. Calderwood
3. Hodgeson
4. Goulding
5. Aspinwall
6. O'Loughlin
7. Robinson
8. Fielden
9. Higham
10. Hargreaves
11. Gilmour
12. Johnson
13. J.Tomkins

14. Hansen
15. Aspinwall
16. S. Tomkins
17. Brown

What a w@nk team!

Noble said after the match that Bailey and Riddell should not have gone back out but had to as they were short of bodies.
Bailey's shoulder was busted and Riddell had an ankle injury.
If neither are available then we have cover for Bailey in the back row.
McIlorum to start at 9 and Sam Tomkins bench for the interchange.
I'd go for Richards at f/b for the balance of the team.
Mine -
Richards,
Roberts, Goulding, Carmont, Ainscough,
Smith, Leuluai,
Fielden, McIlorum, O'Carroll
Hansen, O'Loughlin,
J Tomkins.
Bench - Feka, Hock, Coley, S Tomkins.

Trouble with that line up is I can't see Noble going with Ainscough & Sam in the same game. One of them but not two.

And that team is relegation fodder.

it could be called 'rejects and playing players out of position warriors'

Mate, that team would get munched by our current team.

Really? Granted you'll have seen him play a lot more than me but could he really cope defensively at full back in his first SL game? On second thoughts I agree with you about Vievers, maybe Bailey at centre with Goulding or Carmont at full back would make more sense if Roberts, Richards, Phelps and Mathers are all out of contention.

Sam Tomkins at FB? Someone incredibly high?

It isn't feasible at all.
How much would it cost to buy out the contracts of
Roberts - contracted until end 2012
Rddell- contracted until end 2010
Fielden - contracted until end 2010

THIS IS A FUTURE TEAM! 2010 is next year!

Robert possibly could be the winger anyway.

It's HIGH feasible considering 13 of the 17 players listed already play for the team!

End of 2010 before those players are off contract, two years away.

FUTURE team!

Plus we all know there are ways around contracts thesedays. Ask Trent Barrett if you don't believe me.

But the team is very realistic considering the amount of current Wigan players in the line up.

I hope you see it as a potentially good team with many good reasonings for it.

The fact is that I've managed to make a pretty decent team from players we offloaded to other teams and become a success. Luke Robinson is better than Leuluai. Oh and forgot about Danny Orr too, he was a class player and he got rid of him. Also, Danny Tickle, he is far better than Phil Bailey is. And are you saying that you'd rather have mathers or even that usless peice of so and so Roberts at Full-Back?