Re: England elite squad anounced : Thu May 14, 2009 10:24 pm  

rpw wrote:

Wow...................... what an elite squad that is. My god the Auzzies and Kiwis really must envy our pool of talent..

Pool ?

More like small pond or puddle

: Thu May 14, 2009 10:27 pm  

You mean some RFL big wig spent a fortune on a new scheme just to tell us Tom Briscoe is the best we have!!

Give me strength!

: Thu May 14, 2009 10:50 pm  

Think my 17 would have been when all fully fit:

Smith
Hall Shenton Atkins Raynor (I know he's been out, but englands best winger)
Pryce Brough
Peacock Roby Graham
Wilkin Ellis
Burgess

McGuire
L Burgess
Hock
Scarsbrook

: Thu May 14, 2009 11:36 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

I think that Peter Fox and Ryan Hall can count themselves unlucky, and maybe Tony Clubb too.

He hasn't been selected because he has a foot injury.

: Fri May 15, 2009 3:22 am  

thebloodbath wrote:

Out of five shirts to fill only 3 seem to hit the mark (Atkins, Briscoe, Shenton).

Shenton might hit the mark one day, as might Briscoe. Atkins would be alright were Engalnd playing the Crusaders or Salford a few times.

: Fri May 15, 2009 3:26 am  

rooster_rhino wrote:

Think my 17 would have been when all fully fit:

Smith
Hall Shenton Atkins Raynor (I know he's been out, but englands best winger)
Pryce Brough
Peacock Roby Graham
Wilkin Ellis
Burgess

McGuire
L Burgess
Hock
Scarsbrook

If that's the best side we can come up with we might as well pack in now (I'm not saying it isn't by the way). However my side would be...

Smith
Raynor
Gleeson
Shenton
Fox
Pryce
Myler
Burgess
Roby
Graham
Peacock
Ellis
O'Loughlin

Hock
Lynch
McCarthy-Scarsbrook
McGuire

: Fri May 15, 2009 7:25 am  

Leeds_Rhydon wrote:

So will this be the side to play France?

If so, we appear to be a full back and a winger short.

No - they've said the side will be drawn from inside and outside the elite (sic) squad.

Yeah I know. Kind of defeats the object.

: Fri May 15, 2009 7:28 am  

This just seems daft and half baked.

: Fri May 15, 2009 8:57 am  

G1 wrote:

This just seems daft and half baked.

Perhaps the hierachy identified consitency of approach as a key learning from the WC post-mortem?

Re: England elite squad anounced : Fri May 15, 2009 9:48 am  

AdmiralHanson wrote:

Pool ?

More like small pond or puddle

indeed. I think we shoudl just abandon the international side...lets just pretend it doesn't exist and SL is the be all and end all...