Re: INT | GB Lions & England : Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:53 am  

Agree gotcha there would have been no harm in trying widdop is useless I can't see him being around for the 2021 world cup. On another note what about Williams and trueman in the halves next week

Re: INT | GB Lions & England : Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:34 am  

He's got it wrong from the selection onwards. Even as an informative exercise for England it's been a shambles. Does he intend to rotate the 3 remaining halves v PNG (a side who will be nowhere near the WC final? That's not going to tell you a lot, that said with the outside backs you can't fully learn from any halves combination. What a shame for the return of such a prestigious shirt.

Re: INT | GB Lions & England : Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:44 pm  

Halves are useless. No kicking game and no organization. I'd also say that some of the basic skills are dreadful. So many passes took momentum out of the runner. The pass Graham dropped start of the second half from Hodgson was thrown with all the straightness of a delivery from Shane Warne. The guy can't throw a simple ball.
Not that any of that mattered, there's no point in trying to get on the front foot and win a collision when you can have 3 guys lie on top of you until they get the signal that the defence is all set. I thought I was watching American Football. GB could have gone into a huddle between each play the ball and called a play.
I guess my main gripe is not that GB were poor, it's that the game itself was completely boring to watch.

Re: INT | GB Lions & England : Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:33 pm  

I'm not sure the game was boring. I think GB are boring. NZ looked good when they shifted it out wide. We look so one dimensional.

I think they've bought into the BS admit having the best pack and they can bully teams down the middle. This tour had proceed that's not the case

Re: INT | GB Lions & England : Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:40 pm  

End of the day the GB/England playing squad just isn't good enough at the moment.

Too many older players past their peak, and not enough young talent in there - I bit similar to Leeds in some ways.

And like with Leeds we might be a few years away from seeing the new generation come through.

Re: INT | GB Lions & England : Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:47 pm  

KaeruJim wrote:

End of the day the GB/England playing squad just isn't good enough at the moment.

Too many older players past their peak, and not enough young talent in there - I bit similar to Leeds in some ways.

And like with Leeds we might be a few years away from seeing the new generation come through.

But at least we saw Leeds win something at their peak. GBL/England always flatter to deceive. A clear out needed for the World Cup. We might as well stick with English through and through and forget the Aussie imports. Has Hastings proved that he is simply a big fish in a little pond. Wigan supporters must be a little worried with Hastings' weak performances.

Re: INT | GB Lions & England : Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:10 pm  

Well we're going to have to buck our ideas up a bit for next year or the Aussies will embarrass us on home soil.

There are problems right across the side now, and we're several world-class players short of being competitive with the top tier.

We're desperate for outside backs and more halves too.

Re: INT | GB Lions & England : Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:27 pm  

ant1 wrote:

But at least we saw Leeds win something at their peak. GBL/England always flatter to deceive. A clear out needed for the World Cup. We might as well stick with English through and through and forget the Aussie imports. Has Hastings proved that he is simply a big fish in a little pond. Wigan supporters must be a little worried with Hastings' weak performances.

Ditto Warrington's with Widdop

Re: INT | GB Lions & England : Sat Nov 09, 2019 5:26 pm  

The good news for Wigan and Warrington is that they won’t play Tonga or NZ each week, but they must be a little disappointed with their purchases.

Re: INT | GB Lions & England : Sat Nov 09, 2019 5:37 pm  

Widdop looks shot. I think the team spirit looks off. I do not think bringing in the likes of Austin and Hastings has gone down well imo as the squad is better than that. Also time for Bennet to go.