Loads of people back pretty much out starting 19 less couple names - brough batch ,
Walker
Johnstone
Tupo
Lynne
Bjb

Gigot
Miller

Fifita
Wood
Arona
Ashurst
Pitts
Westerman

Crowther
Tanginoa
Walker
Copzcak


Green
Tangata
Navarette

Absolutely no excuses now

Wait for it. Wait for it.

Gigot ! Really ? After his defensive masterclass against Huddersfield ... unbelievable !
Looks like Jowitt is scapegoated again !
Hope the captain stands up to the plate

And there we have it

Walker is in twice - do you mean Jowitt at fb?

Strange that we have only named 20 in our '21 man' squad.
Are they implying that we have no other players available?

Brad Walker is also in the side.

Pretty much full strength, a few omissions that raise an eye brow but it is what it is. That team should be putting up a decent account of itself and I see no reason why it shouldn't be confident of a win (on paper at least).

Cheers Dreadnought

The full side not in squad format:

Alex Walker
Tom Johnstone
Bill Tupou
Lyne
Ben Jones-Bishop
Jacob Miller
David Fifita
Kyle Wood
Tinirau Arona
Matty Ashurst
Joe Westerman
Jay Pitts
Craig Kopczak
Chris Green
Adam Tangata
Jordy Crowther
Brad Walker
Kelepi Tanginoa
Romain Navarrete
Tony Gigot

Not short of props and nice to see Arona back.

Be interesting to see Brad Walker out there. Tough game to bring a lot of those guys back into the front line.

Yes he was at Newcastle and we brought him back I seem to recall he was a back row forward tbh hope he gets a game as it’s good to see some of the players that are on the fringes

If there fit feel for josh wood and max both for me been our best performers

does seem odd twenty man squad

That pretty much means back line is as squad number with Gigot in the halves.
I'd personally leave back row as Tanginoa Pitts and Westerman.
Which leaves props and subs to be decided.

1. Zak Hardaker
3. Chris Hankinson
4. Oliver Gildart
5. Joe Burgess
6. Bevan French
7. Tommy Leuluai
9. Sam Powell
11. Willie Isa
12. Liam Farrell
13. Sean O’Loughlin
14. Ben Flower
15. Joe Greenwood
17. Oliver Partington
20. Liam Byrne
23. Jake Bibby
28. Harry Smith
29. Jack Wells
30. Ethan Havard
31. Jackson Hastings
32. Amir Bourouh
33. Joe Shorrocks

Manfredi missing from Wigan squad is about the only positive I can see from Lams selection there.

Agreed.
Thought he would rest/rotate a few after their game last week


Although we have quite a few on the comeback trail, hopefully we can keep it closeish.
Wigan for my money are the best side in SL at present.

They may not have the same flair as Saints or Wire but, they look vey very tough to beat.

He's a hooker isnt he?

I think that's the Walker of the same name who is at Warrington.

Bullocks

Sacrilege to some over here but I'd imagine next week against Saints we'll be pretty unrecognisable compared to the squad against you with the semi-final being four days later.

Well if you look at The Wakefield squad it looks the strongest its been since lockdown. No more excuses, I would say Mr Chester.

I see on Skytbet we are getting 20 pts start. A couple of season ago I would have put a large amount on us with that handicap. Especially considering that Wigan are due to face their old enemy, the Saints in the cup in four days time. However even with our crap form and the fact I would expect Wigan to take their foot off the gas if they are well in front I still think we will keep the score to within 20pts.

If we cant even do that, then I would expect Chester to fall on his sword if he has an ounce of self respect

And 1/20 for a straight Wigan win.



Nice certain tenner there if you have £200 to gamble.