Very happy to get Williams on loan as he's some player, I don't think I can think of a quicker back line in SL currently than Murphy, Williams, Williams, Gibson and Broughton.

Pretty certain I've seen Mcgoldrick play stand off so maybe Theo at 7?, talking of Theo I more than think he deserves his starting chance as he's some precocious talent and I'm sure that Longy will have drilled it into him he has the talent to be out there on merrit never mind a weak squad.

Do seriously worry for our front row and it is a concern that of all the players we've been linked with I've only seen one prop mentioned and he isn't much bigger than McPherson.

As others have said Friday is a day to make merry in as far as we've got a team and a squad to watch, we've got an owner with a vision to make the team a competitive one and well we're watching Salford and players who want to ear the shirt.

As I keep saying extremely exciting times in the comes days, weeks and months.

Godwin?

Maybe we have got a new half signing tomorrow?

I thought Murphy kicked?

Surely that's a preliminary squad that features the players it's common knowledge we've signed, with a view to swapping and changing it come Friday when the final 18 man squad is announced. I know there are rules against this but I'm sure that Wigan would be made well aware of the actual squad as opposed to this 'official squad,' so not to disadvantage them.

I can't imagine any other team having an issue with an arrangement like this as it's fairly obvious the circumstances dictate it cannot be done any other way, with a view to maximising the impact of tommorow's announcements.

Just a thought...

Young Jack kicked 81 goals and scored 17 tries in his 19 games for the under 20's last year

J Murphy

J Broughton
A Gibson
C Nero
D Williams

R McGoldrick
T Fages

L Jewitt
L Godwin
S McPherson
M Ashurst
A Dixon

S Wild

Replacements :-
B Gledhill
G Owen
R Boyle or James
R Williams

J James- A Neal

That's how I think it will end up , had to name the squad today , so this is it , McGoldrick has kicked for Cas , Fages & as mentioned Murphy aswell ,
Bit of a kick the nuptuals for Evalds & Sneyd though.
Can't see Veivers bringing in Williams R , with 3+ years SL experience and not throwing him in , big enough to play Centre, but think Nero will start inside Williams D

I'll be disappointed if Sneyd or Evalds miss out because of McGoldrick.

Disappointed?
How about we just allow the coach to pick a team that he feels will compete with Wigan

I don't care if he can kick goals Mark Sneyd is not good enough to play at 6 or 7 in Super League. Is Howarth injured? I prefer Wagga & Owen anyway just asking.

On what basis is Sneyd not enough? His 10 (rough guess) appearances over 3 seasons?

He was woeful after Smith left alongside Holdsworth last season, what will he be like next to Fages? Would you be happy playing him there all season? Its only my opinion I can be proved wrong!

Anyways I sounded really negative already when we should all be buzzing so I apologise!

All about opinions mate! Would like to see him have a run of 5 or 6 games before making a judgement personally.

He got two and a half games after Smith left until he got injured at Hull. In those games we beat HKR away, and everyone was awful against Widnes. Not really enough to make fair judgement.