Shaun Wane says he wants to coach Wigan in the WCC again and I hope he does.
He therefore has to get his squad together for the Wakefield game which is the start of the rest of our season.
He may have a few absentees though.
It's possible Pettybourne may be suspended.
Lockers looked in trouble with strapping on his thigh and knee so he may well not play.
Also thought Goulding appeared to be struggling with injury.
SW could go with four props but when Lockers doesn't play usually starts with Flower at 13.
Could he switch Clubb to prop perhaps? Gelling in for Daz if he's not fit.
Plenty time as he only has to name his squad on Friday.

FWIW my guess he'll go with :-
Bowen,
Charnley, Goulding/Gelling, Sarginson, Burgess.
Green, Smith,
Dudson, McIlorum, Taylor,
Farrell, Hughes,
Flower.
Bench - Crosby, Clubb, Bateman, Hampshire.

We need a win of course but I think SW will be looking at some better games from a lot of his squad after the Roosters and Giants defeats.

I wouldnt play Bowen again for a few weeks. he doesnt seem to have any clue about our systems at the moment

On the other hand it may be just the type of game to help get his confidence back...

As well as pettyboune's possible suspension he came off injured with a dodgy shoulder so may not play anyway.

Re Bowen it is a difficult one. I have no doubt he will come good, and against a team struggling it could be an ideal opportunity to get him up to speed and give him that confidence.

For me him getting more familiar with our systems is something that needs to be worked on, on the training field and once he has grasped them it's then time to give him a run again.

Rocky I know will be very keen to play in this vs his hometown club, and I personally think he needs to play, if Bowen is still not grasping our systems on the training park.

I don't think we'll see the majority of people who played on Saturday. I can even see some of the lads who didn't travel (Connor Farrell and Hopkins for example) getting a game.

Hasn't Hopkins gone to London on loan?

And not playing him for a few weeks would solve this problem then would it

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Hampshire
Manfredi
Gelling
Sarginson
Burgess
Williams
Smith
Taylor
McLlorum
Flower
Clubb
Farrell
Burke

L Tomkins
Dudson
Crosby
Hughes/Bateman

The team need to get last Saturday out of their system IMO and whilst I wouldn't play a full team I do think we need to put a strong side out.

I'd be looking at something like-

Hampshire
Gelling
Thornley
Sarginson
Manfredi
Green
Smith
Crosby
Tomkins
Taylor
Clubb
Hughes
Farrell

Subs
Hopkins
James
Burke
Williams

Rests for Goulding, Charnley, McIlorum and Lockers who must be short of 100% and I'd pull young Burgess out of the fire for a week and give Manfredi a shot. I'd also look to rest Flower who'll be very important this year and give Bateman time to recover before playing at Cas next week. He's going to be a top class player (I noted how he dumped SBW on his backside in the 2nd half on Saturday forcing an error) but they won't rush him.

That's an exciting team overall.