If he was paired with someone with a kicking game then they'd work well together. But Widdop has Cronk and Smith doing most of the kicking at Melbourne, so the Aussies would be starting every set 40 metres out with Lomax and Widdop as our halves.

Brough had an outstanding first half of the season, not sure he's got back to the same level since his layoff.

Lockers at 6
Sinfield at 7

Players like Brough look good in the highlights but do not give a team enough over the 80 mins. He isn't a young man either so picking him would be a short term move. He does have a better kicking game than the other candidates but needs to show he can do it in a big game. He needs to show what he is made of against Leeds next week to stand a chance in my opinion.

Lomax is a player that needs to be included to look towards the future. His utility value would make him a good bench player in the early rounds. He is not the best kicker and neither is Widdop so therefore you would need a kicker like Sinfield.

Myler is starting to look a better player but has a lot of support at Warrington with Hodgson, Monaghan and Briers doing the playmaking also. Myler has great potential but needs to take a bigger role at Warrington if he wants to push into the England side.

Widdop, it is hard to exclude the starting stand off from the NRL minor premiers. He has looked good in the NRL games I have seen this year.

Lomax is all class and should definitely be in the 4N squad,probably in the subs,would start Widdop and Brough as half backs at this minute in time.

And some Saints fans want to play him at FB.

Lomax should be no 7, no doubt about it!!!

Nah. Widdop at 6, Brough at 7, Roby at 9, Sinfield at 13. I think Robinson and Lomax switching for Roby and Widdop or Brough.

I too thought Brough should be England scrum half earlier this season but he hasn't got going since returning from his ankle injury, Lomax on the other hand just gets better and better.

Jonny Lomax should be England's number 7 in the Four Nations.

Sinfield at 13.........Give your head a shake will you, tell him to book his Hols.

That may be the only way Lomax will play scrum half, if Sinfield (or someone similar) is there to be the main playkicker.

I'm not disagreeing..... I would have him start at 7 for england... he is a much better option than brough.. and Myler, as good as he has been this year, isnt ready yet.

I was pointing out the OP's ridiculous statements in regards 'superleagues best defence' and he has not 'seen myler do it in any game this year'... which is frankly a bit silly... as he has had a great season for us./.. maybe he just doesn't watch much rugby league.

Yeah, 4 times grand final winning captain, Lance Todd and Harry Sunderland trophy winner, super leagues leading point scorer, Leeds rugby league all time highest goal kicker,etc etc - what's he ever done to deserve an international shirt ?

Irrespective of who plays, we have to have a very strong kicking game.

(Sorry, that makes me sound like Phil Clarke, stating the obvious).

I agree, I've been saying Brough all year but he's lost form. I'd go Lomax now, he needs to get used to the setup as he's probably the favourite to be our 7 in 2013.

On the other hand kicking could be an issue if we played Lomax instead of Brough, you'd have to be relying on part-time kickers again in O'Loughlin, Tomkins and Widdop.

It's a tough call, we all remember what happened when Sinfield kept kicking to Slater on the full at Elland Road in '09.

Sadly though, we won't.