Wigan Warriors 19 Man Squad

Sam Tomkins, George Carmont, Pat Richards, Paul Deacon, Thomas Leuluai, Michael McIlorum, Andy Coley, Harrison Hansen, Joel Tomkins, Sean O'Loughlin, Paul Prescott, Jeff Lima, Ryan Hoffman, Brett Finch, Lee Mossop, Liam Farrell, Chris Tuson, Stefan Marsh, Josh Charnley.

Finch and Tuson to miss out.

Still no Amos then

And no Goulding.

And no Goulding.

I reckon Amos has slipped behind Marsh and Charnley in the pecking order, after his poor recent displays.

I'd rest Hoffman for this one too.

Good to see Lima, Deacon and Farrel back. Just need Tiny Tim and his inside info now.

Tough to pick a side from that squad. I'd like to see Marsh in the 17 for the sheer effort he showed last week against Catalans, but I have a feeling he won't make the team.

Do doubt we'll hear why Goulding isn't there.

Which is a disgrace IMO. What is his problem? We've all seen what he is capable of over his famous 6 weeks last season but he is proving to be a huge, expensive mistake. All with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, of course.

From that squad, I'd go with:

Sam Tomkins
Josh Charnley
Joel Tomkins
George Carmont
Pat Richards
Paul Deacon
Brett Finch
Andy Coley
Thomas Leuluai
Paul Prescott
Liam Farrell
Harrison Hansen
Sean O'Loughlin

Michael McIlorum
Jeff Lima
Lee Mossop
Stefan Marsh

He dropped Charnley after the Wire game therefore he had to drop Goulding after last weeks showing.

Good to see Deacs back so we can finally move Leuluai out of the halves and have proper rotation at hooker. Really hope Madge deoes this anyway and he doesn't start messing about with everyones positions.

im not sure Goulding has played bad enough to get dropped,
its doing a solid role out there and is being left well open by his inside men not working together and for eachother.
Goulding seems to be a scapegoat, i guess the fans need one every year - no matter how false

He didn't play well against Catalans and was dodgy under the high ball. Madge dropped Charnley after Wire so its no surprise hes dropped Goulding this week.

So every time a player is criticised they're a scapegoat? I haven't really heard much criticism of Goulding this year anyway. Where I sit at Wigan there's only one scapegoat and that's Brett Finch, some very embarrassing comments getting shouted about him on Friday.

Goulding looked like he picked up an injury against Catalan. He was limping heavily at one point.

He dropped two relatively easy kicks on Friday which led to tries. Roberts and Charnley have been dropped for similar.

Goulding also limped off, which may be the reason he has not been selected, I guess we'll know when the U20 team plays over the weekend.

Finch will come good - just needs a few more games. At the moment he looks like he's trying too hard. Hopefully MM will partner him with Deacs this week, who should be a calming influence on him (and the team).

And rest got scored down the opp side didn't they ? He wasn't the worst player out there