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?

Oh my lord you've been sniffing something very funky today.

That team would get mullered IMO and is far worse than we currently have (and nobby doesnt even select the main team)....added to that you'd need to clone aspinwall to get him on the bench as well as on the wing. The only players I would have out of that team that arent still here are briscoe and johnson.

IMO if noble selected our team properly (and had the ability to actually coach more than one out rugby) we would have a team capable of winning the league.....if we had a coach like anderson / mick potter / justin morgan etc. added to the team below I think we would be grand finalists at the very least;

Richards
Roberts
Goulding
Carmont
Ainscough
S Tompkins
Smith
Fielden
Leuleui
Prescott
Mossop
O'Loughlin
J Tompkins
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Hock
Feka
Pryce
Phelps

2 three quarters on the bench



No Hansen



Explanation please

sorry forgot hansen!!!!







replace either phelps or pryce with hansen then!!!

Pryce is clearly the house prob we have been looking for of course

why no o'carroll? hes been our best prop...

and McIllorum of course - always forgotten

How about replace Hansen for Mossop?

McIlorum for Phelps?

Eamon for Pryce?

Gives it a better balance