I actually agree with you on players not being fit where I disagree is that you said McGuire had no impact when he clearly did

Ok

Jealous are we, be a while before we are using Bradford Bulls and WCC in the same sentence so I wouldn't worry too much.

And what do you think will happen if we play someone else at 6 in the WC and they're playing behind a beaten pack and been giving no time on the ball? Do you honestly think they'll somehow raise above that?

The problem last night (and for England looking at how they'll probably line up) is other players kicking. Last night it was always 'give it to Sinfield on the last' and Melbourne always went after him. Their was no need to always go to Sinfield for the kick as Burrow (a great 40/20 in the GF) and McGuire can also kick well at times but we didn't put any doubt in the minds of the Storm about who would recieve it on the 5th. Like I mentioned above England will probably have the same worry because of just leaving all kicking duties to Sinfield. If you know one player is going to end up with the ball 90% of the time on the 5th it makes things a lot easier to read.

Are you one of them?

Agree with this, I thought Widdop was the most disappointing player on the night and many would have him nailed on for the 6 jersey for England for only one reason... he plays for the NRL champions

it is only one game at the start of their season so i wouldnt write him off just yet.

That game is why ours is the best sport in the world. Great spectacle. I think Kevin Sinfield is a very fine rugby league footballer but he went 'missing' on Friday night.

I agree, I thought Widdop was very poor and looks like an average player in a very good team. Melbourne need cheap, and lets face it average, players like him in the team so they can keep the Slaters, Cronks and Smiths. Put him at a Hull or Bradford and no one would even be mentioning him for England.

Reed is another who is massively over hyped, every game I saw him last season he was poor and weak defensively but he plays in the NRL so lets make him a shoe in.

When Leeds needed him in the last 20mins he couldn't step up to the plate. A sign of a truly great player is to dig your team out of a hole and win the game. Sinfield is a quality player but not a great player imo.

He's done that in plenty games for Leeds, just not this one. He is a great of the game, and history will prove this. He has actually won MOM in a win against Melbourne.

He's done that in plenty games for Leeds, just not this one. He is a great of the game, and history will prove this. He has actually won MOM in a win against Melbourne.

Oh look, it's the old English sporting disease again.

The good players are brilliant, until they have a bad game and then they're rubbish.

It's waiting in the wings for the likes of Joe Root and Owen Farrell, it'll be their turn for it soon.

Sinfield has stepped up in countless big games for Leeds. Last Friday wasn't his best performance in a Leeds shirt, but it was far from being as bad as some are making it out to be.

In direct comparison to one of the other contenders for the England number six shirt in the World Cup, he looked like Lockyer and Benji Marshall combined. I'll give Widdop another year at Melbourne before he's hawking himself around SL looking for a deal

Hear hear to this. Don't ever be any good at what you do, because you'll finish up with more critics than admirers. I am not, and never will be a Leeds fan, but Sinfield for me never lets them down and has won many a match for them.

My god all these people agreeing with me now after I was slated a few weeks ago for saying the same kind of thing. He's a great goal kicker no doubt but it's only because he has a decent team behind him that he wins all those accolades. The amount of last tackle kicks he puts out on the full, the amount of knock ons and forward passes he throws will never make him a worthy Golden Boot winner. I said there would be at least 50 NRL players worthy of that title before him and we saw 17 of them in a Melbourne shirt on Friday. For those that say it's for his leadership skills then where are those skills when the Rhinos have been getting beaten on a regular basis for the first 2/3 of the season in the last 2 years. While we have him as an England captain we won't have a cat in hells chance of winning the world cup.