I will make it real easy for you bender because you seem to be struggling.
Slightly confused and bender said
My recollection is that he was a shock selection ahead of Patton, because Minichello and was unavailable and Peachey and Hodgson were either injured or out of form. And it was also widely recognised that NSW had no decent fulbacks remember the jokes that NSW wanted to swap some halfbacks for fulbacks.
Alex Brown of SMH wrote
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/17/1084783457184.html?from=storyrhs
While elated at prising the No.1 jersey from Minichiello's grasp, Hornby understands the selectors' motives. In the absence of Timana Tahu (hamstring) and Matt Cooper (knee), class wingers are a rare commodity and the NSW selectors switched the fast-running, light-stepping Minichiello to the flank in the hope of negating either Justin Hodges or Billy Slater.
The famine on the wings stands in stark contrast to the glut of fullback contenders - Hornby eventually out-pointing Country No.1 Luke Patten and City's Brett Hodgson.
Does this clear it up for you. If you want to keep debating I can keep quoting becuase there is a huge amount evidence to back up what I am saying as opposed to the dribble you have written.
This is what Truth bender wrote about Thompson
Lance Thompson is experienced and a solid 1st grade player. If you think that he was ever a certainty for origin selection (injury or not) then it is pointless arguing with you. Are you going to tell me that he is playing so much better last year than ever before that he went from never being in calculations to being a certainty.
And once again this is What Phil Gould said
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/17/1084646123958.html?from=storylhs
"(From) his (Clinton's) last game to the Origin game is a month and that's a long time," Gould said.
"We thought the same with Timana Tahu, who's been there before, we thought the same with Lance Thompson.
"Effectively we didn't consider them.
Gould felt the need to explain why Thompson wasn't considered for selection because the majority of the NSW public thought he would be in the team prior to his injury.
Is any of this getting into you head. I posted the link to the broncos website because I thought you may consider your own teams website as a credible source of information. Obviously not.
Here is another Bender special
The fact that you were soundly beaten in the series means nothing to you does it?
:lol: The dragons are beaten by 1 point by the reigning premiers and the broncos are absolutely smacked 31 -14 by the storm and 10 - blot, zero, thanks for comming 0 by the Cowboys. The dragons at least had a go, the broncos were humiliated on their own turf by Melbourne and couldn't even score 1 point against the cowboys :!:
You have abslutely no knowledge of the Dragons nor NSW yet you continue to dribble and dribble absolute cr*p with no foundation and nothing to support anything you say. Stick AFL and Netball or whatever sport you actually follow because Rugby League is not your bag.
I will happily show you up night and day bender because not you have no idea and nothing to back up your cr*p.