That would literally be the worst back 5 in super league... have you actually seen Blythe play because he is awful. I could see dropping Evans for Livett because he is terrible as well, and it would give a youngster some experience.

We currently have to worst back five anyway so why not.

If you care to re-read the point of my post its not the fact I think they're better players but that our two 'first choice' centres need a massive wake up call.

You mean 2 debutantes and a guy on his second game.

As opposed to Warrington playing with a few guys with only a couple of first team games played? Although the injuries to the Warrington squad are no excuse for the performances at the start of the season, it's fair to say we are missing more strike power and experience than Wigan at the moment.

Can never win on this argument... if Wigan win it's because they have strength in depth with a wonderful youth system, if they lose it's because they had to field kids instead a couple of the regular threequarters.

Interestingly Wigan still have more internationals on the field on Thursday.

Evans doesn't need a wake up call, he is just rubbish.

So if you think he's Rubbish then why are you arguing about me thinking we should drop him for Blythe who you also claim is 'awful'? If they are both rubbish/awful then what does it matter who is picked?

I'd be very surprised if it wasn't

Gidley

Russell (Johnson if unfit)
Evans
Atkins
Lineham

Brown
Patton

Cooper
Clark
Sims
Hughes
Savelio
Westerman

Dwyer
Philbin
Westwood
Livett

if Ratchford was back I would probably look to give him a run in the centre ahead of Evans, but the squad just simply isn't healthy enough / big enough to make wholesale changes at this stage. Evans, for all his faults, is better than Blythe.

Hopefully that right edge defence has been doing plenty of work this week, Am I right in thinking Hughes is playing on the left currently? Is iot worth him moving over to the right?

Seriously? Missing more Strike power than :-

Sam Tomkins - Manfredi - Gildart - Tierney - Burgess - Bateman (Plus Sutton & McCollorum Which I don't class as Strike power but Experience etc.)

I agree to an extent about the centres needing a kick up the botty (well the whole back line really). However, you wouldn't have an inexperienced, or non match fit player against Gelling would you? So for me, Atkins has to stay in the starting line up. Also IMO, Livett has shown he can more than hold his own. Id swap him for Evans.

Looking at Wigans squad, this is a great opportunity to get our season back on track......by god we need to.

At least we will have the benefit of Russell's scoots from dummy half this week. He is surprisingly effective at breaking the defensive line.

Because Atkins is comfortably better than both whether in bad form or not... and livett is young, with potential, he would benefit from the experience, and cannot be any worse than Evans.

Whats the point in playing Blythe who is 28 years old and awful? He isn't going to suddenly improve.

Our backline worries me, on the defensive side, but I think we have the advantage in the pack and the halves. I'm getting the feeling of a high scoring close one.