Cockayne is there on form. Don't see why he is singled out.

I haven't ever liked Ablett especially in the centre but he was very dangerous against melbourne so hard to say he shouldn't be in.

The thing about the squad is that it show that the average player in the league is better than they used to be so the squad as a whole is much better.
It does look a bit light on star quality but the aussie based players will help a little with that.

Are we going to beat Austalia? Well even when we were at our best and did beat them we didn't fancy ourselves.
But Leeds have recently shown that we can mix it with them. I think it is more about getting the right blend of players and right game plan as much as the individual players.

Eg.
Are JJB and Ablett the best in their position? No.
Are they as good as the Farrell and Sculthorpe's of yester year? No
Do they perform in big games and manage to outplay better opposition? Surprisingly they do.

Agreed. How did Sir Kev drag his side out of the battering a long with the other 8 England internationals...

When Danny Brough can lead his team from 5th in the table to win the SL title, twice, then lets start comparing.

As stated Brough is a great player and in his day can tear teams apart (when they are on the front foot that is) but to start claiming superiority after a rainy march night in headingley maybe a bit much. Sinfield had been there and fine it in the big games, Brough hasn't even been there, and in his one game for England he was outplayed.

You mean like every other england player was that day

and like Sinfield has been in every international he has played in at 6

Nobody has. He got knocked out halfway through the week 2 game at Cas and then broke his thumb in the week 3 game against Salford. It's good that we have a few good FBs around though when in previous years we have struggled to get 1.

...has won a Challenge cup, just thought I'd finish your sentence for you