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27542_1296773722.jpg RICHARDS IS SUPERMAN!!!!
Wire_91 wrote:its your first final in about 8 years and now you ravin and rantin about it F**k off, and ill be going old trafford tomoz cheering on the saints and ill be writing on this forum givin you loads of shi* when your drying you eyes and the wire fan will be here handing out the tissues in the thousands, thats if you do take that many fans cause now it looks like its your fans who have jumped on the band wagon now your in a final, this time last year there was only 1000 people in the jjb and now its fillin up cause youve won the league hahaha proper true supporters you are:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_27542.jpg |
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England Men's World Cup squad
How many of these players would you say are in there prime?
Sam - past his prime which was 10-12 years ago
Akers - prime but untested
Batchellor - prime but untested
Bateman - not in form he was 3-4 years ago
Burgess - not in form he was 4-5 years ago
Cooper - past his prime in his NRL/peak wire days
Herbie - probs a few years away from his prime
Hall - 7+ years past his prime
Hill - still a great player but 5+ years past his prime
Knowles - in his prime
Lees - in his prime
Makinson - in his prime
McIlorum - 5+ years past his prime
McMeeken - in his prime
Oledzki - maybe a few years off his prime
KPP - still developing, years off his prime
Radley - prime
Sneyd - not seen enough, untested at this level
Thompson - prime
Watkins - playing well but a few years later his explosive best at Leeds
Welsby - playing great but untested and will probably been even better at the next World Cup
Whitehead - prime
Williams - prime but out of form
Young - will be in his prime at the next World Cup
Farrell, Walmsley, Newman, Lomax, Percival are big misses to the squad.
Gone are the days off stalwarts like Farrell, Peacock, Morley, Ellis, O’Loughlin, Burgess, Sculthrope
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1230.gif “You are playing a game of football this afternoon but more than that you are playing for England, and more even than that, you are playing for right versus wrong. You will win because you have to win. Don’t forget that message from home. England expects every one of you to do his duty.”:1230.gif |
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2000– Semi Final Exit, Wins against Tier 1 Nations
Team in last tournament appearance
Team in last tournament appearance
Team in last tournament appearance
Team in last tournament appearance
2021(2)
Team details – Semi Final Exit, Wins against Tier 1 Nations
Team in last tournament appearance:
Tomkins, Young, Watkins, Farnworth, Makinson, Welsby, Williams
Burgess, McIlorum, Hill, Whitehead, Bateman, Radley
McMeeken, Knowles, Thompson, Cooper
Coach: Shaun Wane
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30596_1286642206.jpg If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
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| Well, that hasn't cheered me up, I was just starting to get over Saturday.
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| Would any England player get in the Aussie or Kiwi teams?
I don’t think so.
What about Samoa or Tonga,
I doubt that too.
Not a very helpful post, I know.
But I think it reflects the current situation.
English Rugby League is in a poor state in my view.
Problem is, no one wants to take responsibility.
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| The issue here is that England built their self belief on playing nobody. Greece, France and a poor (at that time) Samoa. When finally they come up against a team of worth it just wasn't there.
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| We beat PNG convincingly which was the opposite to the result when GB last played them.
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