Originally Posted by
ScouseMick
If we’re looking for a halfback to be defensively efficient though, we may as well stick James Bell at stand off (ban aside). We don’t need creativity against Wigan, we just need to do our thing. Run hard, tackle hard and roll over the top of them as usual. They are bang average, I’ve not seen a game involving them this season where they’ve won by actually being impressive. It’s been poor ref calls or lazy defenders letting Field walk through who has got them any points. I actually don’t see much difference from last season, other than them having a fast full back. Imagine us being nervous of a team containing Thornley, Bibby and Singleton. It’ll take more than the loss of a couple of halfbacks to get me sweating. I’ll go is by 20 due to the absences, had it not been for the two injuries, I’d have gone us by 30-40.