with gleeson almost certainly gone carmont, coley, hoffman, Richards,marsh , prescots contracts up at the end of the year what wud u like to see happen. for me we must try to keep hoffman richards for a few more years . Bring in a new prop and centre to replace carmont n coley . Put Charnley in the other as i think he is going to be a fantastic player . I wud like to see sam back at 6 and a world class full back in the team ( i dont think sam is the answer at full back )keep prescot dont think he is doing a bad job not to sure about marsh . Ben Davies , Karl Pryce , Eamon O'Carroll are also up at the end of the year i wud defo let pryce go he just hasnt got the passion for the game anymore not sure about o'carroll as he hasnt played for a long time now but isnt a bad player when fit if they can get him wright ?

Hate to say it but imo Marsh is the problem here. Reckon Madge has a big problem with the 3/4trs now that Gleesons gone. He's already intimated that Marsh isn't a winger but neither is he up to SL standard at centre. With Amos reverting back to his 2009 form he'd be reluctant to play him on the wing, which just leaves Goulding.



Personally, I'd go with Charnley as Gouldings centre and try Roberts with Carmont. If this doesn't work, then the only option is to bring Pryce back and hope he shows what he's capable of.

Aye, our full strength team didnt do that gooda job vs Sheffield last year did they? I expect players like Crosby, Marsh, Charnley, Mellor to play vs Barrow, giving the older players a rest eg coley, carmont, deacs, amos etc



Something like



Sam

Goulding Marsh Charnley Pat

Finch Leuluai

Prescott McIlorum Mossop

Hoffman Hansen

Lockers



Faz Crosby Mellor Lima

A winger, whatever his standard, will always struggle without a good centre and Gleeson is a very good one, as proved by the fact that he made Henry Fa'filli look half decent at Wire....





From what I can see, Goulding isn't a bad winger, he just isn't the type to bust a few tackles and run 70 yards for a sensational try....Saying that, there isn't a lot of them around at all today, which makes it doubly important you have a couple of good centres.



Sadly, the days of Offiah, Drummond, Robinson, etc, scoring tries that have crowds rubbing their eyes in amazement have long gone.

A little OTT team selection for me.



Whilst we did struggle against Sheffield last season I can’t see Barrow posing a problem. Lets face it a home tie should get advantageous to us as well as the pshycological edge of our reserves beating them pre season.



Lets simply be smart about this and use it to give game time to those that need it and rest those guys that have played week in week out.



I’d go for



Amos

King

Goulding

Charnley

Pat

Finch

Mellor

Mossop

Tomkins

Lima

Tuson

Joel

Faz



Crosby, Tommy, Hansen & Prescott



Some may scoff at that team but for me it’s the right balance of strength and youth.

For me Goulding has come under a lot of un due stick on here lately.



Alright hes no Jason Robinson for his speed and trickery, or Pat Richards for his all round game or even a Brian Carney for the tackle busts and strength but hes a very good player who wants to play for Wigan.



Last season, when played outside of a good centre he scored about 30 tries. Not bad at all, he always looks decent under high ball and makes valuable yards from 1st and 2nd plays in our 20. Hes a natural finisher - anyone remember his try at Leeds last year? Great anticipation and eagerness to get there.



If we see him outside Carmont this weekend as rumoured, I expect a try or 2 off him and an all round better game - How many passes as he recieved of Marsh with any type of 'theres space, go go go'? like he was recieving of Gleese last year?



And before anyone mentions about hes only good outside a good centre.. which wingers aint? Only world class wingers can play to a good level without a good centre inside them, and we havent got the cap space for them so lets go as we are.