its true though it was literally our 3rd team

Yeah ok
I'll sit back and wait for the 26 players missing

Hanley Halsall Smith KP Paul Havard Shorrocks O'niel
Bourough all under 21. Partington just praised our young lads he's just turned 22. In a full strength Wigan team Im thinking from tonight's team Marshall Gildart Tommy Singlton Faz Partington and Havard get in. So six or seven first picks guessing your teams not far off that. I would argue we have more quality missing.
French Zak Hastings Bateman would walk into most teams. Maybe Seazer from you of a similar stature. Tonight's game was pretty much two broken teams. I thought if you had played the whole game like the last 20 then you may have looked like winning your two tries apart I can't think of much threat? We wasn't much better but looked in controle for all but 10 minutes after both your scores.
Goulding Mgilvrey Wardle Yates Jones McQueen Peates Petru I'm imagining would be in yours?

Sssshhhhh !
Sit back and wait for the 26 names missing
This should be fun

With the present situation of injuries and suspensions to some of the more senior players which has also resulted in the recall of two young players in the last couple of days from loan spells, the abuse of Tony Clubb is a disgrace, especially when he is making himself available in the present difficult situation of a shortage of players.

Tonight, Wigan fielded a team of mainly young players, twelve of which had graduated from the club's Academy and the result was a credit to them, Clubb as well!

I may have been critical of some of the clubs signings, but I know when to give credit when is credit due!

Evidently, the same moaning minority don't!

I’m not giving them an easy ride on a third team meaning only 26 are missing, I want the subs as well! Anything less than 34 players won’t do.

I think we can be pretty chuffed with that win tonight. Hanley and Halsall stood up, Harry Smith managed the game well at the end, the young forwards did a good job and I was especially pleased with the two young hookers sharing that spot and making an impact.

We could be dead now had we lost these two Huddersfield games but we’ve edged through them and you never know where you can end up. It’s a long shot to think we could achieve something but it’s better to be alive and have blind hope, than it is to be dead and buried.

I take that; it wasn't a pretty watch at the time, but we got the win, and on top of that, as you say, there were some bright spots with the two young hookers and Halsall and Hanley standing up well.

Mist be a long list, still waiting
My daft fault, should have gone to bed to give you time to do the list.

I know I shouldnt, but I just can't help myself.

"Making himself available"? What does that mean?
Has he made himself available against a backdrop of some terrible event ot played through some injury that would have left mere mortals on the sidelines for another 8 weeks?

And as for labelling others as the moaning minority, incredulous

Apologies for going easy on them, I did consider 34, but considering the highest squad number that played was 35 even i thought that would have been a mickey take.

IMO that performance was 100% better than last weeks with possibly a slightly more depleted team.
Thought our opening 20/25, whilst nothing stylish was very solid and laid a good platform
Off the back of some field position and a bit of go forward Harry Smith's kicking game was far improved, amazing what a young half can do with a bit of go forward, territory, time and space.
Hanley and Halsall did well, obviously particularly impressed with Halsall given the circumstances and he looked very Solid.

Gildart started to show glimpses of a return to form, although defensively he looked a bit static at times, but then again the whole team (barr Partington and shorrocks) do a lot of the time.

Both young hookers did well, particularly O'Neil for me.

That was a good effort and enjoyed watching us (unlike last week which was awful imo for 80% of the game) and 3 or 4 wins out the next 5 would set us up nicely for a dig in the play offs if we can manage to get 5 or 6 of the absentees back.

Making himself available? It’s his job.

Why wouldn’t he be available?