Graham my force Royce's hand with props on the bench too.

If Graham is realistically only up to 50-55mins instead of 65+ as usual then we may be forced to start with 2 on the bench to rotate better.

It's about time the club showed some metal. Drop Wello, he's not up to a game like this. Play him=lose, simples:

7. Kyle Eastmond
28. Thomas Makinson
3. Michael Shenton
5. Francis Meli
22. Jamie Foster
6. Leon Pryce
20. Jonny Lomax
11. Tony Puletua
9. James Roby
10. James Graham
4. Sia Soliola
13. Chris Flannery
12. Jon Wilkin

14. Scott Moore
15. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
16. Paul Clough
25. Lee Gaskell

Wellens and Dixon to miss out. .

Bold statement.

I can see your reasoning, but I'd be absolutely amazed if he doesn't play.

No way will wellens not play Last week he was MOM in the papers. We need him for his positioning and his rugby brain.

The kicking game could be vital especially if it is wet.

Just kicking for touch may gain ground but gives them possession without any pressure. nless it is a 40-20]

We need the type of kick which puts their full back under pressure so that we can compete for possession whilst the ball is in the air, or at least 'hit' the receiver as soon as his feet touch the ground.

Make no mistake they will do that to us, possibly a case for playing Wellens. Maybe recently he may not have been at his best but that has been in wet days and possibly carrying some injury.

Added to that Wigan will be kicking to the left wing - Pat Richards. So we need to work out the best way of combating that weapon. Saints have not been at their best when defending kicks.

For the type of kicking we want - see Bobby Golding at Wembley - I think it was 1996 or thereabouts.

Best wishes Saints

for that to work wigan would need an inept full back like Bradford had that day in Nathan "bomber" Graham. Would imagine he still has sleepless nights remembering that match

To beat Wigan you need to win the ruck.

Far easier said than done, but they control that area with such dominance that if you get on top you can cause them some serious problems.

Agree with you.

There's no real excuses (although the 7 injured players Royce talked about is a concern), but with that squad we should at least compete. Let's hope we turn up Saturday, because if we do it'll be an absolute cracker.

I agree, we do need a new fullback but for Saturday I think wello has to play. Eastmond did a great job at fullback but for this game I'd go with wello.

Even with your best 17 out you still won't beat 1 of the 2 best teams in Rugby League.

You are has beans get used to it and stop all this hollow we have got a chance posturing

You're funny. What do you think your chances are in the semi's? Oh wait........

The best teams in RL fight it out in the GF at Old Trafford every year. Wire have never played in a GF. If you need me to make it any clearer, please let me know.

I like Wire fans banging on about their incredible run of 2 CC wins as if it's never happened before. The year they won the first of the 2, Saints had only just finished winning 3 on the spin, and 4 in 5 years!

Lovely little club though. Nice ground too - like a nice little cheapy version of what we're building. Good on them for trying to better themselves.

Not sure if Saints players eat beans. Although it could be a good ploy against Wigan on Saturday. You know what they say: beanz meanz fartz. If we can't beat em by dominating the ruck then farting in the ruck might be one way of getting rid of three gristly pies in one go.