www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... _Team.html I really hope he realises Widdop has to start at 6 before the Australia game

www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... _Team.html I really hope he realises Widdop has to start at 6 before the Australia game

the only two plus points to this is:

He realised the team needed a game together to gell.

They did get a game to gell.

Bad points well i dont have enough time to say but i will try. The team looked worse against france than the knights squad. Hes going to try and take on the aussies with 1 prop on the bench. when will he actually believe what bull he sprouts out and give the players who deserve there shot such as mossop carvell and a few others and drop wilkin and jjb. I hope he realises that widdop should be at 6.

The most important change we need is a change of coach.
The guy's just hopeless!

Won't beat aussies with Sinfield at 6.

1 - Sam
2 - Charnley
3 - Reed
4 - Yeaman
5 - Briscoe
6 - Widdop
7 - Chase
8 - Morley
9 - Roby
10 - Graham
11 - Ellis
12 - Westwood
13 - Sinfield

14 - Carvell
15 - Bailey/Griffin
16 - JJB
17 - Mossop

I wanted to see Widdop/Sam at 6.

i'd have widdop 6, sinfield on bench, JJB or wilkin for another prop. plus may swap Morley for someone else. But other than that totally agree with the head coach

Widdop or Sam at 6.
Sinfield at 13.
4 props in the 17.

Something like:

Sam/Widdop
Hall Reed Yeaman Briscoe
Sam/Widdop Chase
Morley Roby Graham
Ellis Heightington
Sinfeld
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Carvell Peacock Westwood Wilkin

Won't beat Aussies with Widdop at 6.

It's highly unlikely but we stand more of a chance with Widdop at 6 than Sinfield, Widdop is the second best player in that England team in my opinion.

Can't pick the team I would want to play because half the best players are not in the squad given banana's frankly pants selections - picking from the current squad though the best team we could pick is as follows IMO;

1. Sam
2. Hall
3. Reed
4. Yeaman
5. Briscoe
6. Widdop
7. Chase (begrudgingly as we have no other scrum halves FFS!!)
8. Peacock
9. Sinfield
10. Graham
11. Wilkin
12. Westwood
13. EDIT: Ellis
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14. Roby
15. Morley
16. Carvell
17. Jones-Bishop

steve, if you choose to have 3 props in the team against Aus/NZ then you should just kill yourself

No Gareth Ellis ? surely that must be a mistake Wilkin isn't half as good.

I'm not looking forward to this series at all.

If we lose by less than 30 points against the Aussies with that line up, I'd be amazed.

We have a respectable, if not brilliant, pack but our backs are just so ordinary. Only Tomkins is up to international class and he's playing way off his peak because he's injured/contemplating RU.

We always used to say that the thing about the Aussies was that they have strength in depth and could pick another 17 that was almost as good as the first team. Sadly we can now say the same about England, but it's mediocrity in depth, I'm afraid.

I seriously think Ben Westwood would be a revelation at prop against the Aussies, I think he should have a bash at prop