Wigan Warriors 19-Man Squad

John Bateman, Matt Bowen, Joe Burgess, Josh Charnley, Tony Clubb, Liam Farrell, Anthony Gelling, James Greenwood, Dom Manfredi, Michael McIlorum, Lee Mossop, Larne Patrick, Sam Powell, Dan Sarginson, Matty Smith, Ryan Sutton, Taulima Tautai, Joel Tomkins, George Williams

Referee - Tim Roby

Bowen

Charnley
Gelling
Sarginson
Manfredi

Williams
Smith

Sutton
Mcilorum
Tautai
Tomkins
Farrell
Bateman

Mossop
Clubb
Greenwood
Powell

Patrick and Burgess have been very underwhelming so far and should be dropped imo. Manfredi definitely deserves a chance on the wing.

Sutton needs pulling out of the firing line a bit IMO. He's definitely not doing enough to justify starting anyway. I'd either use him off the bench or give him this week off and start Clubb or Mossop. I'm pretty confident Patrick will come good, I agree it's just not happening for him so far though.

No news of Cas squad on either their old or new websites. Lynch has got a be a doubt. They'll probably name him but not make a decision until Friday.

Castleford Tigers (from): Dorn, Clare, Shenton, Carney, Roberts, Gale, Lynch, Milner, Millington, O. Holmes, Cook, Massey, Boyle, Moors, Wheeldon, Finn, McMeeken, Crossley, Gibson.

This is from BBC Sport, so you might want to take it with a pinch of salt as they stated Thornley scored a try last week. So did Sky Sports actually. They had George Williams squad number, but the wrong name.

Quote: Toosmooth "Castleford Tigers (from) 19 Man Squad Dorn Clare Shenton Carney Roberts Gale Lynch Milner Millington O Holmes Cook Massey Boyle Moors Wheeldon Finn McMeeken Crossley Gibson Read more at www.superleague.co.uk/preview/11 ... MUrpMZA.99 This one from super league.

Quote: Toosmooth "Castleford Tigers (from) 19 Man Squad Dorn Clare Shenton Carney Roberts Gale Lynch Milner Millington O Holmes Cook Massey Boyle Moors Wheeldon Finn McMeeken Crossley Gibson Read more at www.superleague.co.uk/preview/11 ... MUrpMZA.99 This one from super league.

I agree with your 17 but you have our 2 best props on the bench. I'd start one of Mossop or Clubb, play Tautai at SR. with Faz benched.

Bowen
Charnley Gelling Sarginson Manfredi
Williams Smith
Clubb McIlorum Mossop
Tomkins Farrell Bateman

Subs- Tautai Greenwood Patrick Powell

Burgess and Sutton to miss out.

They have decided to play the game on Sunday so no rush
Or they have forgot the game is on Friday

What did Rocky do wrong? Is he injured?

We *could* go with Sarge at full-back, then a choice of JT, Faz or Bateman to replace him in the centres.

I'll get shot down for saying it but I would leave Burgess in. He has made an error or two but is scoring consistently and had a good game last week bar one error (which was hardly a shocker anyway to be honest it was a horrible bounce which would have seen plenty other wingers conceed). The amount of stick he gets now is disgraceful, it's like some fans have totally forgotten he is a Wigan lad going out to do his best for our team. Don't buy this rubbish that his head is in Australia either. He already knew he was leaving last season when he played brilliantly. It's the fans attitude to him that has changed, not his attitude to the game. Hopefully IL will learn from this and keep us in the dark until the end of the season next time.

I think Manferdi is in the 19 not to play this week but to bring him in from the outer and play him at home next week. Cas away is not the place to make your first appearance of the season.

I reckon Shaun will go with -
Bowen,
Charnley, Gelling, Sarginson, Burgess,
Williams. Smith,
Mossop, McIlorum, Sutton,
Tomkins, Farrell,
Bateman.
Bench - Clubb, Tautai, Patrick, Powell.

Selection is one thing it's also how we play.
Give away another 15 pens and we'll lose no matter the team selection. 30 mtrs a penalty x 15 = 450 mtrs, give Cas 450 mtrs on their patch and we've two chances - fat chance and no chance!
Cut that right down and two League points are well within that squad's abilities.

He's another (Hampshire) who didn't get much chance to shine due to us not having much ball.

Overall pretty solid and a couple of decent passes to his winger but he should have held Dixon up for the winner.

Bowens the better fullback IMO.

He's a Wigan lad? What difference does that make?