Utter tosh! I'm guessing you having watched much NRL this season!? Sam Tomkins and Gareth Widdop are head and shoulders the best 2 british backs available, anyone who doesnt have both in their team really dont know what they are talking about. Widdop has literally been one of the form players in the NRL at times this season and isnt outshone by players such as Cronk, Slater and Smith at the Storm. England no 6 this year and many more to come!

Unlucky for you he's the captain and a shoe in on current form

very true!
Tomkin, widdop and roby is a spine worth building a team around. A blend of power and speed to complement that structure should see us compete! But in reality as a nation we can't do the basics right let alone implementing and executing a well structured game plan.

Sam
Briscoe
Yeaman
Reed
Hall
Widdop
?
Graham
Roby
Morley
Ellis
Westwood
Lockers

Would possibly play Sinfield at 6 with Widdop at 7 for his kicking

Subs

Robinson
Carvell
Joel
Burgess if fit. If not then I'm not sure tbh.

You obviously didn't watch Atkins against yourselves and at Hull on Friday. Have a look at his stats for this year.

I'd go....

1. Sam Tomkins
2. BJB
3. Ryan Atkins
4. Kirk Yeaman
5. Tom Briscoe
6. Gareth Widdop
7. Danny Brough (because we need a kicker)
8. James Graham
9. James Roby
10. Adrian Morley
11. Ben Westwood
12. Gareth Ellis
13. Sean O'Loughlin

14. Gareth Carvell
15. Lee Mossop
16. Rob Burrow
17. Joel Tomkins or Jon Wilkin

Guys on the fringe like Ryan Hall, Luke Robinson, Ben Harrison.

I'm not too concerned about the 4 Nations like I have been in previous years, think we won't be embarrassed that much

1. Tomkins
2. Hall
3. Shenton -solid without being a game breaker
4. Atkins- Really come on this season
5. Briscoe

6. Widdop
7. Brough- Good kicking required

8. Graham
9. Roby
10. Morley
11. Westwood- If fit
12. Ellis- If fit
13. O'Loughin

14. Carvell
15. J.Tomkins
16. Mossop
17. Robinson

If Ellis and Westwood don't make it, Id push Wilkin and Sinfield in to the 17.

1.Sam Tomkins
2.BJB
3.Yeaman
4.Reed
5.Whiting
6.Widdop
7.Brough
8.Graham
9.Roby
10.Morley
11.Westwood
12.Ellis
13.Locky

14.Tomkins
15.Carvell
16. Burrow
17.Mossop

If Burgess is fit drop Morley to the bench and Mossop from the team.

I fully appreciate some will raise an eyebrow at Whiting on the wing but for me it is damage limitation at this stage. Charnley will open defences as will Briscoe but they are not in the same class as the NRL lads. Whiting is a very solid player i defence and also has a physical presence height etc, he may not be fashionable but for me he can finish a try and defend the threat the Aussies/Kiwis pose out wide better than any other British outside back.

If Reed chooses the Aussies bring in Bridge.

Thankfully we already have Widdop, but very little chance of adding Reed to the team. I think that the other Mr Burgess at Souths has shown some talent coming off the bench for the last few weeks to merit a seat on the bench.
However after seeing some of the Kiwis (Nightingale, Marshal etc) this weekend, I think we will be fighting for the position of third best team in the world, a distance behind Australia in number 2.

noticed hardly anybody has selected Sinfield. Can't see McBanana leaving him out, same with Peacock. Can't see Mossop making it on this when thinking about it.

I dont see a place for Sinfield. He is vastly over rated. At 6 we have Widdop, at 13 we have lockers, both superior to him in his respective postions. For me his inclusion can only be on the back of his kicking but with Brough in the team we have that covered and Westwood as a back up goal kicker. I was reasonably impressed with him at hooker at last years internationals but for me there are better options to back up roby then him.

I totally agree with everything in you're post. It's McBanana who I think will not have the guts to drop him. We will have to see though.