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| Quote El Diablo="El Diablo"Rangi Chase does have saome virtues as a player. Logically it sort of feels like a combination of his off-the-cuff wildcard style of play and Sinfield's more rigid pivot role ought to work. Sadly it hasn't so far. Chase for the most part looked lost in last Autumn's tests. Whether that was because other players were not used to linking with him in the way Cas's are or because that kind of bouncing around across the defensive line just isn't productive in the intensity of a test match I'm not sure. What spark we did have came from Tomkins.'"
Rangi Chase isn't as good as the Media and McBanana the Leader of the Band would have you believe. Plus I thought Lomax and Brough should have been 6 & 7. |
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All 4 Rhinos players (Hardaker, BJB, Clarkson, Lunt) in the Knights squad are still in after it got trimmed down to 19.
Lomax (Saints) Patrick (Hudds) Houghton (Hull) Watts (KR) are the 4 to be lost from the original 23 man squad, would think possibly injury reasons for their non inclusions.
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| Quote Middleton_Loiner="Middleton_Loiner"Is that a Hint you want Big Keith Back as the Best British Centre?'"
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| Quote ThePrinter="ThePrinter"Wouldn't put Tomkins at 6 until he plays there again at club level, which could actually happen in 2013 if Wigan can't bring in replacements for Finch and Leuluai in the halves and they go for playing Matty Russell at Fullback. If you were to move Tomkins now that also bring up the question of who would then play at 1 now? In 12 months time the likes of Eden, Russell, Hardaker (if moved there by Leeds), Makinson (if he replaces Wellens at Saints) all possiblities but not quite yet.
Some fans of other teams are really upset by Ablett inclusion and i could understand about being starting centre but i think he'd be a good choice for subs bench, a back row option who could slot in the three quaters quite comfortably if you get an injury in the backs.
People are also bemoaning the Leeds selections by saying the team isn't on form atm (1 win 4 losses), whilst at the same time the same people are calling for Brough from Huddersfield (5 losses on the trot) to be played instead. I'm not saying all the Leeds players should be picked, would rather see Mossop in place of Peacock with possibly Hill from Wire on the bench, and obviously JJB benefitted from no Westwood, Burgess, Ellis. As for the centre position Reed is almost certain to play when he's available and Watkins too if fit before any possible Goulding or Cudjoe selection so i'm not too bother by that one.'"
Printer for England coach  ...you make far more sense in your selections than yet another incumbent hopeless hapless coach. |
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Shame Watkins is injured again. He would have looked good partnering Atkins.
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| Quote Teddy Picker="Teddy Picker"That would definitely highlight the lack of quality British centres in Super League.'"
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Ablett is a fanatstic player (who is in a poor run of form these last three or so games). His place is fully deserved. He's a better rugby player than any fit alternative for the centre. Cudjoe may be a better athlete but he doesn't have an ounce of Ablett's rugby skills.
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Surely you would put Goulding in at centre ahead of Ablett, he has formed a good partnership with Charnley who has been selected on the wing!! Sinfield is not a SL 6 let alone an international 6. Chase looked lost last year and hasnt excelled this year so i dont know why he is selected. JP is lacking at SL level so he wont be much good against the exiles let alone the Aussies. Surely this game is part of the preparation for the world cup in which case why is JP playing and why havnt more youngsters been given a shot?
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Charnley Goulding Atkins Hall
Lomax Brough
Crabtree Roby Mossop
Hock JJB
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Burrow, Prescott, Hill, Tickle
Something along those lines is what i would have gone with!!
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| Quote jarvis12345="jarvis12345"Surely you would put Goulding in at centre ahead of Ablett, he has formed a good partnership with Charnley who has been selected on the wing!! Sinfield is not a SL 6 let alone an international 6. Chase looked lost last year and hasnt excelled this year so i dont know why he is selected. JP is lacking at SL level so he wont be much good against the exiles let alone the Aussies. Surely this game is part of the preparation for the world cup in which case why is JP playing and why havnt more youngsters been given a shot?
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Charnley Goulding Atkins Hall
Lomax Brough
Crabtree Roby Mossop
Hock JJB
O'Loughlin
Burrow, Prescott, Hill, Tickle
Something along those lines is what i would have gone with!!'"
Again you make more sense than our incumbent buffoon.....although I would draw the line at Crabtree and Tickle Pretty desperate barrel scraping in some positions I'm afraid. Ablett is just a little better than Tickle for international status I would suggest. |
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Take out the likes of Charnley and Tomkins, and this must be close to the oldest England side since Peter Fox's Dads Army of 1978. Planning for next year's World Cup is clearly well under way. Steve McNamara - the little coach that couldn't.
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Absolutely spot on.
Half that team or more are either not good enough or wont be around for the World Cup.
We would be better letting the England team play the Exiles in one game and then play the Knights in another.
Back to the old Rugby Union fixture that had the Probabales versus the Possibles.
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| Quote G1="G1"Ablett is a fanatstic player (who is in a poor run of form these last three or so games). His place is fully deserved. He's a better rugby player than any fit alternative for the centre. Cudjoe may be a better athlete but he doesn't have an ounce of Ablett's rugby skills.'"
I don't disagree. However, I do wish Ablett would play to his potential more often than he does. Too often for me he's just solid when he has the skill to be so much more. He's 26 now and its time he started to develop into the player his ability warrants. |
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