The "relief" of non of our players replacing Moz is a key indicator of why the international game in this country has little relevance.

agree
Sums up mcbanana tho. You can captain your country one day, not get selected the next for the squad and two weeks later still be overlooked as injury cover.

the guy is a clown and will be sacked within a month. he will end up somewhere like gateshead...

And sadly, it's the same across the entire game in this country. Watching Twitter I saw absolutely loads of people from all different clubs, thankful he hadn't called up their player.

Personally I have attended every domestic England/GB game, except the ones in Wales, for the last 10 years. I hate the club bias that you get from so many about the international game. But even I'm starting to think I'm glad he didn't call up Lynch or Scruton, as I'm SO pessimistic about England's chances in this year's tournament, I'm not sure I want them risking for a lost cause. Don't like thinking that way, but it's difficult to surpress it.

James Graham as Captain??? The mind boggles..

rlAt least two of his team mates seem perfectly happy with the idea.rl

Maybe so, but nobody in camp was ever going to say it was the wrong appointment were they? So only time will tell whether it is the right choice.

McNamara is obviously best placed to make the call but from the outside I'd would have picked a couple of players before Graham. He has began to get a bit of a reputation for losing his cool, I hope this extra responsibility has a positive effect on this area of his game.

No, but they could have all refused to comment.

Perhaps the other 20 or so did?

And allow the Aussie media to undermine them and twist it's inference.

Do you actually read what you write before you click "submit"?

Might be worth it.

Bitter much?

You're consistent.....at making zero sense.

Still bitter.

You'll have other Grand Finals.

It will get easier with time.

Very bitter.