Having your tired old material blow up in your face with the Rhinos for most of the last seven years it must be a comfort to you Keith when the internationals start and you can dig out your old tried and trusted material.
You're like a seventies comic desperately searching for another TV show to repeat your old jokes.
Keith swiftcorn, rlfans very own Jim Davidson.
We get it, you don't think McGuire is as good as the Aussies.

I've merely called you on your selective interpretation of players performances in the national shirt. You can't call for the dropping of a player (Briscoe) on the basis of his poor performance against Australia (being replaced at half time) when arguably, another player (McGuire) was also replaced just after half time (and booed off the field) in the very same game for an even poorer performance!

Had you not included McGuire in your selection (which made a mockery of your assertion that Briscoe shouldn't be considered for England given the reasons you cited) then I wouldn't have responded at all.

For an individual who has gone on record on several occasions as not being interested in international RL, may I suggest you rehash one of your tired old Buderus/Diskin threads instead? Or how about another one of your trusted material threads on 4-times SL Grand Final winner Ian Kirke? I'll start you off shall I?


FOUR.

That's 4 Grand Final rings for Diskin.

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FOUR.

That's 4 Grand Fin.... erm, no... that's 4 drives from Ian Kirke

Give us your chalky impression Jim,sorry Keith

Swoosh, yet again the point is missed.

McGuire is in my 17 as we simply dont have adequte/available alternatives. Briscoe (in my opinion) is not good enough at test level, in a position where we do have adequate & available alternatives.

Racist comedians aren't my cup of T. Neither was an evening with another notorious one which was due to form part of a testimonial season some years back

I'm suprised you dignified it with a response. I thought you were too good for the likes of me?

Mcguire hasn't been great but he's certainly not been utter rubbish and hopeless for a decade. Everything is black or white with you, no middle ground.

There aren't adequate alternatives for Briscoe either.

What we have available is a number of players at halfback and wing positions who are Super League class, and that's all they are. None of them are adequate for international duties, and that includes McGuire, Briscoe and Hall. The last time Hall played against Australia, England were badly exposed on his wing where we conceded a glut of tries in the last 20 minutes. Neither McGuire, Briscoe or Hall are much better or worse than any of the alternatives for England. If you are arguing for Briscoe's non-selection for the reasons you cited earlier, you have to apply the same logic in the case of McGuire. But you didn't and you continue not to do so.

Sam Tomkins
Ben Jones-Bishop
Jack Reed
Carl Ablett
Tom Briscoe/Ryan Hall
Gareth Widdop
danny mcguire
James Graham
James Roby
Jamie Peacock
Gareth Ellis
Chris Heighington
Kevin Sinfield

sub
Rangi Chase
Ryan Bailey
Adrian Morley
Ben Westwood

You forgot about JJ-B.

Still... 7 out of 8 is a good effort.

And right on cue.........

Enough about Briscoe, I'd like to know why the OP decided to put Yeaman on the wing and other people dropping him just so they can fit Ablett into the team. Oh dear!

sam Tomkins
ryan hall
Jack Reed
kirk yeaman
Tom Briscoe
Gareth Widdop
rangi chase
James Graham
James Roby
Jamie Peacock
Gareth Ellis
Ben westwood
Chris Heighington

sub

Ryan Bailey
Adrian Morley
Ben Westwood
Kevin Sinfield.

Regarding Chase as mom and his perfomance I thought he was hit and miss last night, certainly felt he didnt deserve mom, should have gone to roby or ellis. Also i dont think he offered us anything extra on what we already had available to us in the likes of myler who i would rather have in the team than chase. I also feel hes wound up too easily like at the end when he slapped the french player after the tackle, no need for it and we cant afford silly things like that against better teams. I would still play him against the welsh with widdop as we havent got any better options in the squad at the moment.