Lets see if the pub/armchair brigade can actually bring themselves to the early games and swell the gates.

Dave

<t>JohnM: While I agree we need Connolly more than Ainscough I can't see Ainscough not coming back.<br/> <br/> The squad was announced with him in it - at centre - so for him to be withdrawn at this late stage after the squad has been fixed would be a big surprise and a big screw-up on the clubs par...

<t>His performances for GB show what we will be missing next year.<br/> <br/> What a GREAT player and it always made me smile when he came up against Newlove who never got an inch against him.<br/> <br/> Of the two I would pick Connolly every time.<br/> <br/> Good luck to him at Orrell.<br/> <br/> D...

<t>Bilko, I don't think Wilde got a raw deal in terms of lack of starts at the end of the season because I know he was injured.<br/> <br/> Where he did get a raw deal in my opinion was in not getting Furners no. 12 jersey. Before his injury he was playing very well involved with the full (as opposed...

<t>Blame him.<br/> <br/> It's a stupid idea. The ref now has to interpret what went on and decide accidental or not.<br/> <br/> Any time you rely on someones interpretation yiu get inconsistancy from one person to the next.<br/> <br/> Its obvious that is so and why this is a stupid idea.<br/> <br/> ...

<t>The best way for 19 year old players to get experience is not be expected to take over such a crucial role for a full season of SL, but to be eased into the role gradually.<br/> <br/> I don't think any of the likes of O'Loughlin, Tickle, Briscoe or Robinson are capable of holding down their prefe...

<t>I don't think the club will play Farrell in the second row because they will think loose forward is a pivotal position, Tickle is only 19 and therefore not experienced enough to do this at SL level for a full season.<br/> <br/> If we had Phil Clarke or the like in the side, fair enough - put Faz ...

<t>If the numbers represent the playing positions these three are in the wrong spots.<br/> <br/> Wilde should be the automatic second row replacement for Furner. Wilde is a second rower, Tickle is a loose forward.<br/> <br/> Are the club trying to upset Wilde now? Jones went to Saints and now Wilde ...

<t>JohnM said: "I would like to see his passes given and Kicks in general play for this series and last years when he was at Loose Forward.I bet he passed the ball much more and did more kicking last year."<br/> <br/> His stats show he is not high up in the offload rankings - which are the only pass...

<t>I don't think Farrell should go to second row at Wigan unless O'Loghlin and Tickle are up do doing as good as job as Farrell in that slot. I don't think they are.<br/> <br/> For the latter half of last season Farrell stayed pretty clear of the play making most of the time at loose forward. When t...