Wigan squad for Castleford (R14)

[Wigan_forever1985]

Great win considering it’s the week after a final

[Firestarter]

Its quite obvious that french to fullback does upset the rythm of the team please try someone else there

French as played fullback brilliantly in the past so i reckon the problem was elsewhere

[Hattster]

Its quite obvious that french to fullback does upset the rythm of the team please try someone else there

French as played fullback brilliantly in the past so i reckon the problem was elsewhere

Agreed, the problem was at halfback . Hampshire has had 2x chances now at both fullback & standoff and has been woeful on both occasions. He’s had his opportunity and now it’s time to bring young Farrimond in for his chance.
I used to like Hampshire but unfortunately he’s way past his sell by date.

[Wigan_forever1985]

Must admit my view on Hampshire was that he was a solid super league pro who when we needed cover would be able to plug a gap

His last two appearances haven’t been that and has felt like he’s been less solid than a youngster would have been

[Suzieb]

When keighran is free i would try eckersly at full back

[Southern Softy]

Well, it was awful ......... but we won. That's about it really. Lucky we had Thompson, Cooper, Ellis playing at something like their true form.
Never like to be rude about a pro but it seems obvious that Hampshire can't do it at our level anymore. He's old enough and experienced enough not to be making the same mistakes - dying with the ball - hesitating before passing etc. that he's done in the past and he's not going to change now. Time to say thankyou and play one of the lads against London at FB with French back in the halves.
Incidentally, can anyone explain the bizarre decision to penalise French for some kind of obstruction offence? French was always ahead of everyone on our side and I didn't see a Cas player moved out of the way.

[fozzie58]

Must admit my view on Hampshire was that he was a solid super league pro who when we needed cover would be able to plug a gap

His last two appearances haven’t been that and has felt like he’s been less solid than a youngster would have been

I’ve never been convinced by Hampshire never will be the argument that he covers positions maybe he does but can young players not be brought in and given a go?last night was to me a prime example of giving the kids a go against a very poor Cas side,missed opportunity for me.

[Ipinwigan]

Its quite obvious that french to fullback does upset the rythm of the team please try someone else there

French as played fullback brilliantly in the past so i reckon the problem was elsewhere

Agreed, the problem was at halfback . Hampshire has had 2x chances now at both fullback & standoff and has been woeful on both occasions. He’s had his opportunity and now it’s time to bring young Farrimond in for his chance.
I used to like Hampshire but unfortunately he’s way past his sell by date.

Completely agree.
I have kept saying that Hampshire is not good enough.
We should never have re-signed him and Thornley and he should have been out the door at the same time as Thornley.

[Ipinwigan]

Well, it was awful ......... but we won. That's about it really. Lucky we had Thompson, Cooper, Ellis playing at something like their true form.
Never like to be rude about a pro but it seems obvious that Hampshire can't do it at our level anymore. He's old enough and experienced enough not to be making the same mistakes - dying with the ball - hesitating before passing etc. that he's done in the past and he's not going to change now. Time to say thankyou and play one of the lads against London at FB with French back in the halves.
Incidentally, can anyone explain the bizarre decision to penalise French for some kind of obstruction offence? French was always ahead of everyone on our side and I didn't see a Cas player moved out of the way.

It was another Thaler decision to try and keep us as close to Cas as possible.
He must absolutely hate Wigan.

[Firestarter]

Jake conner straight swap for ryan hampshire haha