Massive loss is Mossop.

It is a blow it does help that Prescott had a run out Sunday. Lets hope the pack work better as a unit this week

No Mossop worries me

Flower and Hughes to miss out for me.

I'm not suprised Mossop is out but it's a blow all the same. We need 4 props on Friday and the more I watch Flower the more I feel he's a decent grafting backrower filling in. Tom Spencer is an out and out prop and a very good prospect.

If one of the pack was to miss out for Spencer I would drop Tuson, Flower may not be making meters going forward but he puts in a decent defensive effort

Flower's work rate is excellent but he's made quite a few very costly defensive mistakes. Tuson hasn't had much time on the field so it's little wonder his stats are low during games but he's a very mobile player and I'd be a bit more confident with him defending behind the ruck than Flower, given the danger posed by Monaghan in that area.

We are missing Carvell, Harrison and Solomona from our pack though which should help you. Interestingly, Higham is available after his ban but Brad Dwyer keeps his place in the 19 ahead of him.

Higham got a two match ban after the Leeds game so was not available for this game.

Even though we're missing Mossop, I'm much more confident about this one now the two squads have been named. In particular, I think their bench will be weak. I think Wane will go with Tuson over Spencer but I think it should be Tuson who misses out along with Hughes.

Not having Mossop for this game is a huge blow. Our best prop by a distance.

As Hughes is a 2nd rower, maybe he should be on the bench ahead of both Tuson and Flower?

Carvell not in the Wire squad. Good news.

Wire

4 Ryan Atkins
18 Matty Blythe
3 Chris Bridge
6 Lee Briers
17 Mike Cooper
33 Brad Dwyer
15 Simon Grix
20 Chris Hill
1 Brett Hodgson
21 Tyrone McCarthy
5 Joel Monaghan
9 Michael Monaghan
8 Adrian Morley
7 Richie Myler
2 Chris Riley
11 Trent Waterhouse
12 Ben Westwood
22 Rhys Williams
16 Paul Wood

Our forwards need to be greatly improved from last week for this game and Mossop being injured is a big blow for us going forward and making the hard yards.

We can't look at who's not playing but yes 'The Moose' is a loss. We have more than enough grunt and power up front to match Wire. We just need all 17 on top of their game and if that happens we'll pick up a win. If we are 10% off we'll lose! Come on Wigan!!