Oh I am sure he will turn out great but I was saying on the evidence Eddie is coming across as barking mad.

I'm not really sure why people are comparing Atkins and Watkins anyway - they play on different sides of the pitch (otherwise they wouldn't of been against each other last night).

So, technically speaking, Watkins isn't ahead of Atkins - Cudjoe and Hardaker are - Chris Bridge is up for the same spot as Watkins!!!

As an outsider looking in, I would have picked Atkins in the squad, but anybody bracketing him with Watkins is missing the point.

Watkins already looks the best centre the country has produced in a generation - he should be a shoo-in for year's to come.

It's Kris Welham, Zac Hardaker and, in particular, Kirk Yeaman who you should be concentrating on.

Yeaman just fell short in the Four Nations and, at the age of 28, is not going to improve - there is no conceivable reason why he should in the squad above Atkins!