ME SO HORNBY!
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The problem was our forwards not our backs.
Exactly right. I mean geez, how the f**k was Poore left behind when he was close to the best forward all year yet Brett White makes the team?
The problem was our forwards not our backs.
More than 20,000 tickets have already been snapped up and England second rower Gareth Ellis, who has spent this year playing for Wests Tigers in Australia's NRL, is anticipating a passionate atmosphere.
"One thing I've missed about Super League is the noise an English crowd makes," he said.
"The atmosphere was good at Doncaster but the noise level is going to be cranked up even higher on Saturday.
"As an English player you are lifted when the crowd gets behind you. The atmosphere over here can be unsettling for the Australian players and I hope all our fans get behind us
Only people with half a brain are complaining about Lockyer's selection. How did Shillington come into calculations? He didn't even play!
Thaiday wasn't used properly, Hoffman and White are benefactors of playing for a succesful club brimming with superstars, there are better players infront of them and Kidley is Mr. Congeniality.
The major complaints were the amount of backrowers, backs and utilities chosen.
morley,peacock,graham,ellis,burgess,crabtree and westwood...
that pack is massive!!!:shock:
england team just announced
England: S Briscoe (Hull KR); T Briscoe (Hull), Smith (Leeds), Shenton (Castleford), Hall (Leeds); McGuire (Leeds), Tomkins (Wigan); Morley (Warrington), Roby (St Helens), Graham (St Helens), Ellis (Wests Tigers), Peacock (Leeds, captain), Sinfield (Leeds).
Substitutes: Burgess (Bradford), Crabtree (Huddersfield), Eastmond (St Helens), Westwood (Warrington).
just noticed no carvell??
should be there instead of westwood
It's a Tim Sheens coached side, what did you expect. This is a bloke who coached a whole season (2008) with a lock/5-8 (Fulton) at lock, with a bench containing a hooker/half/lock (Morris) and a lock/hooker/centre (Halatau), and when he realised it didn't work, he punted his f**kin halfback to accomodate them all.
He's gone into games against Monster packs with no props on the bench, with ex centres (Harrison and Galea) at prop, shifted key players out of position to accomodate the spastic he bought (Moving Farah and Marshall to halfback to accomodate Morris).
When his experiments fail, he sends his gnome of a wingman in Royce Simmons, who wouldn't know the difference between his elbow and his arse, to explain why they've made the change, which is always some bs excuse (my personal favourite was that there is no difference between a halfback and a 5/8, so we're shifting Marshall back to 5/8).
I am not even remotely surprised that he's gone into a big series with 4 props in his squad, 3 of which are debutons, causing him to play his back rowers out of position to cover for it, and I can bet you 99% of Tigers fans aren't surprised either.
Both Farah and Lewis on the bench. Clearly 1 utility wasn't enough in the first game.
Atleast Lewis has use besides being a utility.
JB:
Problem is. Even if they dominate or at best gain parity, dont think they have the backs to take advantage of it.