I know its early but despite last night im really looking forward to next week. We cant afford to rest anybody but a few changes need to be made and we need a good team performance to boost the confidence & team morale:

Richards
Roberts
Goulding
Carmont
Ainscough
Stomkins
Leuluai
Prescott
Riddell
Coley
Hock
Hansen
O'Loughlin

Feka
McIlorum
Bailey/Fielden (which one played worse...)
Jtomkins

Roberts
Pryce
Goulding
Carmont
Ainscough
Sam
Tommy
Prescott
Riddell
O'Carroll
Locky
Mossop
Joel

Feka
Coley
Smith
Flanagan

Rest Richards & Hock. Mix the rest up a little. We will win regardless.

i would play a few kids we have nothing to lose im sure with a few old heads we will win this for example at full back josh veivers, lee mossop and chris tusson in the second row and play mark flanagan at loose forward and keep sam n sean in n the likes of pat,tommy and bailey.

Isnt he injured?

Pick one of the kids at prop then and put them on the bench.

With Saints and Catalan just after the Barrow game we need to rest a few key players. Richards & Carmont are our only backs who are actually an attacking threat and we can’t afford to lose them in a game that we should win.

Pryce, Goulding, Farrell and Mossop all deserve the same chance Tomkins got last season against Whitehaven don’t they?

We should be strong enough to blood a few youngsters and still come away with the W shouldn’t we?

Mathers
Ainscough
Carmont
Goulding
Roberts
Tomkins
Leuluai
Prescott
McIlorum
Coley
Hansen
Bailey
Lockers

J Tomkins
Ben Davies
Thornley
Mossop

With such a short turn around before I can see several big names rested and fringe youngsters/those who are dropped from first team regualarly. I would go with:


Mathers
Roberts
Goulding
Pryce
Thornley
Phelps
Smith
Prescott
Riddell
Davies
Farrell
Mossop
Flanagan

Tuson
J. Tomkins
Coley
Mcillorum


This should be good enough to beat what will be a spirited and determined Barrow shirt, purely because the youngsters will play with pride and show the first teamers that play what it means to play in a wigan shirt.

Roberts
Pryce [if fit
Goulding
Carmont
Ainscough
Tomkins
Smith
Prescott
Tommy
Coley
Mossop
Hansen
Tomkins

Feka
Farrell
Davies
McIllorum

A good mix of youth/experience. And i'd like to see what Sam/Smith will do at the halves.

If Noble is daft enough to pick a 2nd team to come up to Cumbria then he is taking a massive risk and might as well box his belongings up ready for the heave ho. Wigan are low on confidence and if Barrow beat Halifax tonight they will be very confident going into the Wigan game. Even with your strongest 13 I think it will be a lot tighter than your supporters anticipate (based on recent performances) I am looking forward to a cracking game all the same.

Play a team of kids and im confident Barrow will turn you over. Im not trying to antagonise, im just giving my opinion.

better quality players than they had last year. I'm not saying that there is no respect here for Barrow or saying they are a bad side - but it would take nothing short of Wigan's worst performance in the last 25 years to let Barrow get the win in this match. Your boys may put up a good fight for 40-60 minutes but they will fade away after that...such is the difference in fitness between the two divisions. I hope its a cracker of a game...but I don't see anything other than a comfortable Wigan victory.

Strongest team possible. Our only hope of a sniff of some silverwear is now the Challenge Cup.