Long out?

[Walking in a Wigan Wonderland!]

i agree we need all the wins we can get at the minute if that means taking all their excuses i dont mind
im gettin all exited now can you imagine if we pulled it off?

[Bring on the Warriors]

We need the 2 points no matter who we take them from! But i agree it would be the biggest shock in rugby league to happen all year! Come on!

[cpwigan]

I actually think Anderson will rest any player carrying a knock. Saints have a substantial lead in SL, Anderson has already rested players this season and constantly criticised the number of fixtures and finally, Saints have very bad memories of what happened last year re; injuries.

I have read somewhere that Roby will not be fit either. No bad thing.

[boovey2006]

from watchin rugby all my life i not saying sts r rubbish without long but they r hell of a lot worse

[mike binder]

so are we with moran in lol

[Dawber]

The pratt who we all know as Sean long stated in an interview a couple of days ago that this St helens team is the best he's ever played in, He also said that they had so much strength in depth, So there should not be a problem for the Stains regardless of how many players they rest, (cocky git) If thats the case then what happened at Huddersfield ?, They rested a few there and look what happened, Lets not forget this is the best local derby in superleague and anything can happen, Come on the lads!

[Dawber]

And guess waht folks??? He's been named in the 20 man squad, Surprise surprise.

[GeoffN]

Dawber posted:
And guess waht folks??? He's been named in the 20 man squad, Surprise surprise.

Have the squads been announced? haven't seen them anywhere yet...

[turf]

Ours has't been anounced yet, but according to the Saints offical site, Long IS in the 20 man squad, but that has to be narrowed to 18 before Saturday, and Long could be the one to drop out.

[GeoffN]

On the Wigan club site now:

The Wigan 20 is:-

Chris Ashton, Kevin Brown, Brett Dallas, Bryan Fletcher, Wayne Godwin, Darrell Goulding, Bryn Hargreaves, Mick Higham, Danny Hill, Gareth Hock, Scott Logan, Nathan McAvoy, Dennis Moran, Sean O'Loughlin, Danny Orr, Iafeta Paleaaesina, Pat Richards, Jerry Seuseu, Danny Tickle, David Vaealiki

Earlier in the week Saints suggested Sean Long would be likely to miss the game and be rested due to injury, the scrum half is included in their squad though.

The St Helens 20 is:-

Paul Wellens, Ade Gardner, Jamie Lyon, Willie Talau, Francis Meli, Leon Pryce, Sean Long, Nick Fozzard, Keiron Cunningham, Jason Cayless, Lee Gilmour, Jon Wilkin, Paul Sculthorpe, Jason Hooper, Paul Anderson,Vinnie Anderson, James Graham, Ian Hardman, Maurie Fa’asavalu, Matty Smith.

The referee for the game is Ashley Klein.