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| McIlorum is not even among the best 8 hookers England has. Slow hands, slow feet, slow brain. Runners/playmakers have to stop to take his passes. He has no guile. It's no coincidence that Chase and Sinfield look slow and lumbering with McIlorum on the pitch - we start most of the plays pretty much static. And the lad isn't even a good defender.
One thing McIlorum does do, is make the interchange dummy half look brilliant. 45 mins of McIlorum against Fiji, 0 points; 35 mins of Burrow, 34 points. Burrow and Roby both come out of dummy half and ask the defence to make a decision, whether that be off a scoot, a short run and flat pass or quick ball to Chase, Sinfield. Burrow is also an unconventional opponent for NRL players and earns penalties. He misses tackles, of course, but he can be taken out of the heavy traffic at right centre and you only want to play him for 30 mins anyway.
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| Quote: The Yellow Giraffe "No McIlorum or Chase in the squad for Saturday.
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| Quote: The Yellow Giraffe "No McIlorum or Chase in the squad for Saturday.
I agree with this. Better late than never for Widdop, and Burrow brings far more attacking threat than does McIlorum. OK so Mickey Mac adds 'biff', but we've enough big guys to take care of this part of the game. Let's just hope that the entire RL community can finally get that his name is Burrow, and not 'Burrows' .
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| Is McNamara begining to make some correct selection decisions?
Chase was awful last Saturday and the McIlorum dummy half to Sinfield first receiver just doesn't work.
Best squad selection so far for our coach IMO.
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| That's the strongest squad named so far, but I find it baffling that the coach has decided to look at another half back combination when he's had games against Fiji, Ireland and possibly France to do this. With all the preparation that's gone in to building this squad, we shouldn't just be working out what our best side is in a WC semi final.
Hope Widdop plays out of his skin if he's selected to start.
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| Granted it's nit game time but they've been living in each others pockets, you'd think they have their combos and plays worked out now, I have faith that a player who regularly plays with 3 of the best players in the world week in week out will have no problem on Saturday.
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