Moving Bateman into the 3/4s ain't a bad idea.
We could get another forward in the team. We're going to need it.
However, we need an x-factor guy...the only one is Ratchford.

Halves are an issue but centres even more.
ONeil and Ferguson were superb on the right side last week.
And you've got the small matter of Inglis on the left.
We may be able to match them up front but not in the backs.
I'd love to see Bateman and Ratch in the centres but cant see it happening.
Probably be Percival and Watkins. The latter has done very little so far.

He got the ball on the edge on several occasions during the grand final and came up with sod all

How true my web footed friend but will Bennett have the nouse to play him & is Ratchford's utility tag getting in the way of selection. Bennett seems be to following the tried & tested formula that if you've played NRL you are the greatest & i wonder if he is reluctant to try anything different. Ratchford's style of play & being unknown to the Aussies could blow them apart.

Either way Id rather England loose but be entertained than see them win but bored senseless with 5 drives and a kick to the corner. Watching England in this 4 nations has been like watching paint dry.

I think we just need to win even if it's ugly.
Bit like us in the gf.

do any pubs show premier sports round town

FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE BY SCOTLAND

BRILLIANT

THEY SHOWED ENGLAND HOW TO DO IT

Conditions awful, but the same for both teams.

The best match of the tournament by far.

Is there anything else Sam Burgess can do to help Australia beat England?

The standard of our passing is absolutely loving atrocious

Where's Clark? I've not seen one good bit of exploiting of space behind the ruck once today

I came on here, straight after the WCC games 2015, and said we (Super League) do the basics of RL, appallingly.

I'm not talking about knocking on with the line at their mercy, or forced passes.. I'm talking about the bread and butter passes. You have a set of six tackles, and in each set, you can guarantee there'll be at least 3 tackles where a pass will be round the receiver's ears/knees. The others will be dipping into player's hands. Counter this to the Aussie's passing. Crisp, and straight to players hands, at pace.

The sooner English RL gets back to basics, and we do some basic drills of passing and tackling, instead of doing video analysis and personal development classes, we'll ALWAYS be behind Australia (and NZ).

Quite simple, really.

Unless Clark is injured ,Bennett has made a major boo boo with his team selection today.He may play in the NRL but Hodgson seems pretty one dimensional to me.

Positives from the series though are Perceval, Lomax & McGillivray & i thought Williams & Brown were our best halves .

The saddest thing about today, was Burgess' post match interview, when he rolled out that old line "we weren't that far away"....AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH

Stop blowing smoke up your collective ar5eholes, and look at the scoreboard. We ARE that far away. Scoreboards don't tend to lie. I'd say the margin of defeat was appropriate. We were second best at everything.

p.s. If that was a Test Match level of performance from Widdop (especially first half, what a display of atrocious "kicking", that was), I'll eat my (and anybody elses) hat.

Pish.

our game as gone dull since this man as taken over