If that's your semi-final team I'd put a big lump on Wigan

Sam Tomkins
Manfredi
Gildart
Charnley
Tierney
Wiliams
Shorrocks
Crosby
McIlorum
Mossop
Farrell
Joel Tomkins
O'Loughlin

And then
Sutton
Bretherton
Powell
Burke

plus
Sarginson
Smith
Clubb
Bateman

We could also add
Gregson
Waterworth
Higginson
Wells

All played first team this season.

Who cares, wanes a complete coccck, ref let cas slow you down hahaha what a complete joke. Wigan the worst team in sl for it, awful team to watch, cant wait to hammer you in the semi

"They are unbeatable"

Joel Tomkins, the penalty machine, is worth at least 2 scores for us. FC can wind him and every other Pie forward up, it's easy, you just have to tackle them and they get upset, throwing hissy fits. Wane's got a private deal with every ref on the books, if they don't lean towards his team, he'll put his new movie on repeat, "Tarzan of the Apes", just to help you out spotting him in the crowd, he's the big one with the silver back.

Err who said about team for semi,I was just saying that we have enough home grown in our squad and its not all Aussies or pacific islandersost of the players I qouted stopped Warringtons unbeaten run and we had at least 4 missing when we batterd Sts in the cup.We have now got a nice balance with Quality overseas with good homegrowntalent,quite enjoying the fact that wiganers are questioning our recruitement policy

and all those players are under the £1.85m salary cap

no doubt Wigan will be playing the new prop they have signed from the NRL is this allowed or do you have to sign by a Certain date, hang on this is Wigan so it will be ok and if they have a player suspended before the semi just appeal the rugby league will let him off just to give them a bit better chance

No wonder everyone hates wigan fans

So NOT 10 NRL stars then?

That was the sensational bit. Pretty obvious I would have thought but it seems not

I rather have our settled team than bring someone in half way round the world to take someone's place that could unsettle the squad

Are they all Wigan born as wasn't Charnley born in Preston and mcllorum Leeds?

Id still fancy our chances with a all English team as you still wouldn't be able to handle our pack.You may have the edge in wingers but our half backs are easily on par with yours and on current form,Sneyd id far better than Smith.

McIlorum is definitely from Leeds. Neither of the Tomkins' are originally from Wigan. Suspect half the others aren't either. Wigan have a great youth set up and fair play to them for that, but to your point I'd give us more than a fighting chance with a team of Shaul, Landaster, Logan, Yeaman, Naughton, Pryce, Sneyd, Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Ellis, Hadley, Thompson, Bowden, Green, Washbrook and Turgut (10 of whom are Hull born by my reckoning) against any team Wigan can put out.

We'll not find out, though, because of the rules allowing us to play our excellent overseas contingent, something Wigan have used as a key component of their success over the last 30-odd years.

No they're not all born in Wigan, but baring Mossop and McIlorum in those first 17 names played amateur in Wigan. Wells started at Folly Lane and Higginson in Rochdale but joined Wigan at scholarship U15/U16 level.

Don't really understand what all the fuss is about. Wane spouts this sort of rhetorical rubbish all the time. He's obviously not happy at facing us in the semi's. Probably expected to play Wakey (no disrespect to them) at Widnes at a time of their choosing, given how important the are. All that matters is winning. I'm confident that we'll be within the rules with the side we put out. Couldn't say about Wigan either way. The winner plays in the final. I BELIEVE that it will be us.

Great post. Let's let the bookies decide who the favourites are and crack on with the league campaign for the next few weeks. Exciting times.