Suitman said:Any clown could tell you that if Hasem couldn't kick goals, he wouldn't be in the side.
He is NOT the form winger in the comp and is only there for one reason.
Same thing happened to Eric's dad once. Ross Conlon was selected ahead of him only for his goal kicking in a test vs Gt Britain, even though he was useless as a player.
It is quite unusual at this level not to have a second kicker in the team, thus allowing the selectors to pick the best possible players.
Eric can consider himself very unlucky.
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eelavation said:they'd be plenty who'd argue that he is actually in form and deserves his spot, infact if anything it's his goal kicking that's suffered with form resently not what he does on the form.
strider said:it'll be sooooo important that we have el masri in the side when we score that try in the closing stages whilst trailing by 30 pts :thumn
Suitman said:Yeh, and they'd all be Bulldogs fans.
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eelavation said:well, isn't it obvious that Parra fans would prefer Guru to Haz in the team??
Suitman said:It was obvious to far more than just Eels fans.
Did you read the papers yesterday?
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eelavation said:to me, what matters most is not what the papers say but what the selectors say tbh...
I would of been happy with either, even more happy than one of them replaced a bloke who got an armchair ride into team.
Suitman said:It is plainly obvious that they have gone for a goal kicker and a goal kicker only.
Tyler Durden said:and from the wisdom of captain obvious, i would suggest that in a tight origin games where there is no more than a few points that separate the teams, that a good goal kicker could mean the difference between winning and putting up with belly's crap for another 12 months.