Form states he is not worth a spot over the others, nothing funny about that. Its fact.

It is often not so much him trying things that ensure the ball goes to ground, it is simply a very lose carry. I dont mind the ball hitting the deck if he is chancing his arm but firstly he needs to learn when to attempt it and secondly as said above often his mistakes come from a loose carry nothing to do with him trying something off the cuff.

If he plays i hope he does go well, if he does not i hope he goes well next time he gets a chance and earns his shirt back.

Its called having a squad with depth, no player has a devine right to play, especially in the secondrow where we are so strong.

Optimistic ey? Work it out - you had an allocation of just over 5000, of which 600 were returned.

Warrington have sold out 4 different batches of tickets, so therefore the makeup should be around 8000 Wires, to 5000 Pies.

Have A Good Day All! - Might see a few of you in the Alehouses.

Hock and Lockers went through the same problem with poor ball retention and knowing when to stick and pass, its become more of a problem with Tomkins since those two are not in the team, Because of all our back row hes the one with anything aproaching the same ability with ball in hand. If you droped him for the semi it would send the wrong message in my oppinion, and for the long term prospects of the lad he has to play.

Wire's 19 man squad...

Louis Anderson, Vinnie Anderson, Matty Blythe, Chris Bridge, Lee Briers, Garreth Carvell, Jon Clarke, Mike Cooper, Ben Harrison, Chris Hicks, Paul Johnson, Matt King, Richard Mathers, Lee Mitchell, Michael Monaghan, Adrian Morley, Paul Rauhihi, Chris Riley, Ben Westwood.

Injuries;

Mickey Higham - torn bicep
Brian Carney - broken arm
Paul Wood - broken leg
Simon Grix - shoulder

Wigan RL 19 man squad

Amos Roberts, George Carmont, Pat Richards, Thomas Leuluai, Stuart
Fielden, Mark Riddell, Iafeta Paleaaesina, Phil Bailey, Sean O'Loughlin,Joel Tomkins, Andy Coley, Harrison Hansen, Paul Prescott, Karl Pryce, Cameron Phelps, Martin Gleeson, Lee Mossop, Sam Tomkins, Mark Flanagan.

Phelps
Roberts
Gleeson
Carmont
Richards
Tomkins
Leuluai
Prescott
Riddell
Coley
Hansen
Bailey
Lockers

Feka
Fielden
Mossop
Flanagan

I'd go with that.

And me.

I would like us to go with that BUT I think Noble will go with Flanagan missing out with J Tomkins on the bench.

So do I. I think Flanagan was outstanding but Nobby has proved time and again he reverts to previous selections asap. Great to see such depth at the club though.

Does that mean I get the job next year if BN leaves?

I think it'll test Mossop, but it won't test Fielden at all, because I think he'll go missing on Saturday. Feel free to save the quote, maybe Fielden will have a stormer and Mossop a stinker and I'll have to eat my words, but I doubt it.

Also, as far as I know Morley and Carvell aren't going to play 80 minutes at prop. I'm not familiar with how Warrington rotate their forwards as they seem to have three back rowers on the bench, but if Mossop starts the game on the bench and we bring him on after 20 minutes or thereabouts at least we'll either have a Morley and Carvell combo who have just played 20 minutes in a challenge cup semi v a fresh Mossop and an on form Paleaaesina (who should lighten the load a lot) or one of the two might be subbed if we're lucky.

It's far from ideal, and I agree that I'd prefer not to play him at prop at all this season but I honestly think Lee Mossop would offer more to the cause than Stuart Fielden. Let's not forget, this lad isn't made of glass, he looked and played like a brick house on Friday.

ermmmm no

heard that this is the team tomorrow:

Phelps
Roberts
Gleeson
Carmont
Richards
Sam
Leuluai
Prescott
Riddell
Coley
Bailey
Hansen
O'Loughlin

Feka
Fielden
Flanagan
Joel