As many people are Criticising Steve McNamara's selection over this years 4 Nations, What would your 17man squad be from all the players avaliable for england (Injured/Not injured, Whether they be)?

FB - Sam Tomkins
W - Tom Briscoe
C - Jack Reed
C - Josh Charnley
W - Zak Hardaker
6 - Gareth Widdop
7 - Rob Burrow
PR - James Graham
HK - James Roby
PR - Jamie Peacock
2R - Ben Westwood
2R - Gareth Ellis
LF - Kevin Sinfield
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14 - Rangi Chase
15 - Adrian Morley
16 - Gareth Carvell
17 - Ryan Hall

Burrow at 7 and no Hall?

Thankfully your not the England coach, a winger on the bench????

1. Sam Tomkins
2. Ryan Hall
3. Jack Reed
4. Michael Shenton
5. Jermaine McGillvary
6. Rangi Chase
7. Danny Brough
8. Sam Burgess
9. James Roby
10. James Graham
11. Gareth Ellis
12. Ben Westwood
13. Shaun O'Loughlin

14. Rob Burrow
15. Craig Huby
16. Garreth Carvell
17. Lee Mossop

Some younger players and some returning from injury.

A 6 and 7 aren't the same, that's why we can't beat Australia.

when i say this i dont mean to sound disrespectful, but ive been playing at 6 for 3 seasons now after switching from 7 and it is the exact same, i dont see why switching from 7 to 6 could be any different than switching for 6 to 7.

and i dont mean switching at amateur level, i switched to represent Scotland

1. Sam Tomkins
2. Hall
3. Reed
4. Shenton
5. Hardaker
6. Widdop
7. Brough
8. Burgess
9. Roby
10. Graham
11. Ellis
12. Westwood
13. O'loughlin

14. Carvell
15. Mossop
16. Burrow
17. JJB / Gareth Hock

Option of T Briscoe and Ryan Atkins in the backs too

So your coach is splitting his halfs?

Don't think there was much wrong with the team selection. Sooner or later people are gonna have to face up to the fact that Australia have a bigger pool of better players to select from than England do, hence why they invariably beat us.

1 Sam Tomkins
2 Tom Briscoe
3 Kirk Yeaman
4 Jack Reed
5 Ryan Hall
6 Kevin Sinfield
7 Gareth Widdop
8 James Graham
9 James Roby
10 Sam Burgess
11 Ben Westwood
12 Gareth Ellis
13 Sean O'Loughlin
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R Rob Burrow
R Jamie Jones-Buchanan
R Jamie Peacock
R Adrian Morley

Widdop
Hall
Reed
Watkins
Briscoe

Tomkins
Lomax

Graham
Roby
S Burgess
Ellis
Westwood
Sinfield

Mossop
Carvell
Manu
Houghton

Sorry mate, don't get why you'd have a player who plays at 1 at 6 and a player who plays at 6 at 1.

Watkins over Yeaman, like it.

Basically.

we have the same job to do, our positions are (nearly) exactly the same, the only difference is one of us kicks, the other doesn't and i play down the left and my 7 down the right

Having split halfbacks is a terrible idea, it slows down attacks and you can spot a set move coming a mile off because the halfbacks usually go over to the same side of the pitch for them.