Wigan away : Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:51 am  

Afternoon chaps and chapettes

After what was a great team performance on Friday night, what are we thinking about wigan on Thursday?

I think Bradford beating them has put to rest any way we were going to beat them, they are going to be put through the mill this week at training, I would guess, and wanting to prove a point.

I will still be there as the lads deserve as much support as we can muster at the moment the amount of effort they are giving!

I am going for wigan to beat us 38-12, hopefully a bit more closer though.

Looking forward to seeing you there

Re: Wigan away : Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:04 am  

Yeah I think you’re right. Sundays result will have done us no favours that’s for sure, and what was already a very difficult task has turned into a near impossible one. As long as the player show the same commitment and desire they have been doing in recent weeks then I’ll be happy. Hopefully we can keep it close and keep our confidence high, ready for the remaining 4 games, which in all honestly we should be looking at winning. Play offs are just out of our reach for this season IMO, it’s all about building momentum for a massive season ticket drive for the start of next season.

Hopefully though, given our recent form there will be more than our usual dismal following at Wigan. The lads in recent weeks have shown glimpses of what we can expect in the future, so with a decent following behind them, who knows the impossible could become possible!!

Re: Wigan away : Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:29 am  

Yep, Bradford have fooked our chances..
If we can keep it close, play with the passion, desire, confidence and quality of recent weeks, then I for one will be a happy foreigner!!!!!!

When you look back to May, there was absolutely nothing between the sides in it in the 1st half, Wigan just killed us for pace out wide in the 2nd half - we had no pace or guile in the backs, now we have, however, up until the weekend, Wigan were averaging 50 points a game, and they will be determined to make a statement against us..

Another 1st half containment is required if we are still to be in the game come 60 minutes IMO

Re: Wigan away : Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:11 pm  

Bookies only giving us 10-12 start, nowhere enough imo.

Re: Wigan away : Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:17 pm  

Was talking to a friend who's a Wigan fan earlier and I had too admit that I think we will get a bit of a kicking Thursday.

I also hope the club don't try and rush Locke back for this and stick with Evalds who from what we've seen is quicker than Locke currently anyway.

Re: Wigan away : Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:46 pm  

Wane is probably one of the best in the business at firing his team up, any measure of complacency will have been kicked out of that Wigan team this week. No doubt about it we'll be facing a fired up bunch.

Re: Wigan away : Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:37 pm  

T'squad:

Matty Ashurst
Mason Caton-Brown
Rangi Chase
Niall Evalds
Theo Fages
Darrell Griffin
Josh Griffin
Harrison Hansen
Greg Johnson
Tommy Lee
Kevin Locke
Adrian Morley
Tony Puletua
Steve Rapira
Junior Sa’u
Lama Tasi
Logan Tomkins
Jordan Walne
Jason Walton

Lee and Tasi back in, I guess. Not sure who would drop out though.

Re: Wigan away : Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:50 pm  

It depends on Locke's fitness i reckon. Me personally i would rest him and go with

Evalds
Johnson
Sau
Mason-Caton Brown
Griffin
Chase
fages
Morley
Lee
Tasi
Hansen
Ashurst
Puletua

D Griffin
j Walne
Walton
Rapira

Locke & Tomkins to miss out

Re: Wigan away : Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:59 pm  

Easy one this week, Locke and Tomkins to both miss out. No chance Locke can be fit and would rather rest him for forthcoming winnable games and Tomkins was dreadful on Friday.

Re: Wigan away : Tue Jul 29, 2014 2:01 pm  

Fozzysalforddevil wrote:

It depends on Locke's fitness i reckon. Me personally i would rest him and go with

Evalds
Johnson
Sau
Mason-Caton Brown
Griffin
Chase
fages
Morley
Lee
Tasi
Hansen
Ashurst
Puletua

D Griffin
j Walne
Walton
Rapira

Locke & Tomkins to miss out

Probably right but, on the other hand, you'd have to assume Logan Tomkins would be pretty fired up for this one, particularly as Joel is in the Wigan squad. On the other other hand, Logan was a bit ordinary against Leeds and Tommy Lee has been playing really well recently.

It's unusual for us to be wondering who to leave out rather than who to leave in.