if he picked who was on form not who his mates are we'd have done better

He hasn't picked any Leeds or Saints players yet. They are still in the competition so none of their players are named. So including them is kind of irrelevant.

I was simply pointing out that there are 6 Warrington players in a 20-man train-on squad. This is comparable to no more than 2 from any of the other 9 clubs he has to choose from (if we discount that Gareth Ellis is also in there, from an Oz club).

Make of that info what you will.

Next you'll be suggesting that just because he's French, Arsene Wenger would stuff his squad with frogs, oh hang on . . .

I think any coach would have players he feels he can rely on and he is always likely to keep going back to those players. The strange thing is that Warrington haven`t been a team that even the most biased Wire fan could describe as `reliable` so it does seem a little strange. I think Noble was a little similar when he was in charge, though it must be said that the Bradford team at the time was a bit more successful.

As I remember this sort of thing has happened forever. Whichever coach GB/England have will have their favourites.

It's great with hindsight. Who were his mates who weren't form players? The top teams generally seem to have more form players, funny that.
1
WELLENS
Paul
2
GARDNER
Ade
3
GLEESON
Martin
4
SENIOR
Keith
5
SMITH
Lee
6
PRYCE
Leon
7
BURROW
Rob
8
GRAHAM
James
9
ROBY
James
10
PEACOCK (C)
Jamie
11
HOCK
Gareth
12
ELLIS
Gareth
13
SINFIELD
Kevin
14
MCGUIRE
Danny
15
FA’ASAVALU
Maurie
16
MORLEY
Adrian
17
WILKIN
Jon