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| Quote thebloodbath="thebloodbath"No JJB or Burrow???
Wunt have Gilmour anywhere near it - Westwood offers enough moronicism for our England team. Surely that would be taking a huge step back? What about Paul Johnson as utility man on the bench??
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Jjb has had a knee op and is out till pre-season
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| Quote rhinoms="rhinoms"Briscoe
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T.Briscoe
Mcguire
Tompkins
Morley
Roby
Peacock
Ellis
Gilmour
Sinfield
Graham
Burgess
Burrow
Crabtree/Carvell.'"
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| Quote Richie Ramrod="Richie Ramrod"You should be drug tested!!'"
C'mon then "uber coach" lets hear your wisdom!!
P.s Don't forget you are way down with damo in the credabillity stakes!! |
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| Quote Serge A. Storms="Serge A. Storms"I am not sure what else Smith could do I would go with the following
1. Owen
2. Shenton
3. Ellis
4. Smith
5. Hall
6. Sinfield
7. McGuire
8. Morley
9. Diskin
10.Graham
11.Gilmour
12.Peacock
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15.Roby
16.Eastmond
17.Crabtree
I personally would not have Tomkins anywhere near this side - I think the Aussies will destroy him tomorrow - this is the big league.
We will not beat the Aussies by free flowing rugby the only chance we have is to control their forward motion and beat them in a tight game.
To do that we will have to defend like the Kiwis did last week hence Ellis and Gilmour to defend on either side
We need a boring structured attack hence Sinfield at 6
Pity Owen isn't selected for me he is the most exciting young player in SL.'"
There's a lot of merit in what you say in this post and I agree that Owen has to be a future England full back. But in reality that team isn't massively different from the one that will be playing on Saturday. |
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| Quote rhinoms="rhinoms"C'mon then "uber coach" lets hear your wisdom!!
P.s Don't forget you are way down with damo in the credabillity stakes!!'"
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Price
Fox
Tompkins
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Morley
Diskin
Graham
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| Quote Richie Ramrod="Richie Ramrod"Smith
Hall
Senior
Price
Fox
Tompkins
Eastmond
Morley
Diskin
Graham
Peacock
Ellis
Burgess
Roby
McGuire
Bailey
Carvell.'"
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| Quote rhinoms="rhinoms"So you think myler has been the form 7 this year over burrow and Brough or deserved his start before Tompkins??
Shenton should be picked over Senior or even Gilmour??
Sykes i won't even go into this one it speaks for itself if he's picking on form then he shouldn't be there.
He stated re-Brough that he wouldn't be interested in players that switch"countries" yet he selected ireland pair Harrison and Bridge.
The club bias accusation clearly comes from the Myler selection over Tompkins and Burrow who on form are clearly ahead of Myler.
I'll be more than happy if England win and prove nearly everyone wrong but when a coach states himself he's picking "on form" and for the "future" then selects the squad he has then criticism and differing opinion on that squad is warranted nd expected.'"
Brough isn't eligable. Shenton is the form centre in SL after Senior (who's 33 by the way). I don't agree with Myler's selection over Burrow's but I can understand it. ATEOTD barring the odd selection Smith has picked the best squad he can with the players he has available. I think Smith knows that England arn't in a position to win any tournament and he probably sees it as his job to try a build a side capable of winning major tournements in the future. Why can't people just give the guy a chance. |
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| Quote Richie Ramrod="Richie Ramrod"Smith
Hall
Senior
Price
Fox
Tompkins
Eastmond
Morley
Diskin
Graham
Peacock
Ellis
Burgess
Roby
McGuire
Bailey
Carvell.'"
Is this the same Diskin you've dismissed as past it and cr#p all year???
Re-Eastmond how many games has he started at 7 at SL level and excelled in? so i don't agree he should start at 7 for england
I actually think Smith at FB is good call btw 
As for Fox,Briscoe "outplayed" him imo and rightly should start.
Again there is an issue with Pryce many fans bang on about him whilst many others myself included don't think he cuts it anymore and hasn't for at laest 2 seasons.
Not a bad squad given who's available but i'd like to hear yer counter reasons other than "you should be drug tested" |
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| Quote leicester_rhino="leicester_rhino"Bench too light. No such player as price. Bailey
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Yikes, spelling mistakes make you laugh, god you must have a thrill ride of a life.
Anyway.........
Plenty of options to rotate the players around that are actually on the park which is always good when facing the likes of Australia and New Zealand.
My side would put 30 points on rhinoms (his looks as dangerous as a water pistol on the streets of Helman Province). |
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Interesting that a lot of you would select Diskin over Roby? Any particular reason for that?
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| Quote The Nihilist="The Nihilist"Brough isn't eligable. Shenton is the form centre in SL after Senior (who's 33 by the way). I don't agree with Myler's selection over Burrow's but I can understand it. ATEOTD barring the odd selection Smith has picked the best squad he can with the players he has available. I think Smith knows that England arn't in a position to win any tournament and he probably sees it as his job to try a build a side capable of winning major tournements in the future. Why can't people just give the guy a chance.'"
I'm more than happy to give him a chance but didn't he get that at the WC?????
Like i've said more than once i hope i'm proved wrong and believe it or not it's not a TS witch hunt at all.
All i'm saying is that when he makes his statements about form and future etc he contradicts himself with his selection policy.
When things like this happen fans are gonna question it and offer differing opinions and players.
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| Quote rhinoms="rhinoms"icon_lol.gif
Is this the same Diskin you've dismissed as past it and cr#p all year???'"
His is when compared to Buderus however with the shocking quality banging around in SL he is the only option - Roby aint a 80mins hooker and Moore is gash.
Quote rhinoms="rhinoms"Re-Eastmond how many games has he started at 7 at SL level and excelled in? so i don't agree he should start at 7 for england
I actually think Smith at FB is good call btw
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Fast and an exceptional talent, better and quicker than anything currently available.
Quote rhinoms="rhinoms"As for Fox,Briscoe "outplayed" him imo and rightly should start.'"
Briscoe is lazy, Fox continually looks for work and is exceptionally quick.
Quote rhinoms="rhinoms"Again there is an issue with Pryce many fans bang on about him whilst many others myself included don't think he cuts it anymore and hasn't for at laest 2 seasons.
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Pryce is a top quality player, absolutely shocking he is not in that side.
Quote rhinoms="rhinoms"Not a bad squad given who's available but i'd like to hear yer counter reasons other than "you should be drug tested"
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