Re: England : Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:43 am  

Hodgson has been in superb form for the Raiders this year. He looks an absolute belter now. He's also got a good kicking game from acting half if required. Reed has also been in good from.

I really hope McNamara at least considers Hardaker at full back with Tomkins at halfback. In attack Tomkins would play exactly the same regardless. In defence I think he's competitive enough to be in the line. The problem is he's simply not good enough at kick returns or fielding the high kick (not to mention kick returns into strong defence must take a lot out of him).

Re: England : Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:51 am  

No chance of this being the team McBanana picks, but on form id like to see:

Hardaker
Hall
Watkins
Turner
Makinson/Burgess
Tomkins
Widdop
Graham
Roby
G. Burgess
Whitehead
Greenwood/Bateman
Cuthbertson

Hodgson
Hill
Walmsley
Ablett

Squad players Makinson/Burgess, Greenwood/Bateman, Westerman, T. Burgess, Farrell, Gale, Watts

Re: England : Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:30 am  

Not many mentions for Mike Cooper?

Re: England : Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:48 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Not many mentions for Mike Cooper?

I had forgotten about him, would definitely have him in there - he has been a lot better than Tom Burgess this year from what I have seen

Re: England : Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:36 pm  

Hardacher
Burgess
Watkins
Reed
Hall
Tomkins
Widdop
Hill
McIlorum
Graham
Farrell
Tomkins
Cuthbertson

Bateman
Roby
George Burgess
Walmsley

Re: England : Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:54 am  

Hardaker
Hall
Reed
Watkins
Briscoe
Ratchford
Widdop
G Burgess
Roby
Graham
J Tomkins
Ablett
Cuthbertson

Hill
Bateman
Clark
S Tomkins

Re: England : Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:02 am  

It seems that everyone is in agreement that Smith is not an international player and is in fact an overrated pile of poop!

Re: England : Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:30 am  

Geoff Tipps wrote:

It seems that everyone is in agreement that Smith is not an international player and is in fact an overrated pile of poop!

He does a decent job for Wigan, keeping them ticking over but at International level he lacks a fair bit of star dust.

I wish Danny Brough and McNamara would sort their stuff out. I rate him as our best half back in SL.

Re: England : Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:40 am  

Would you include George Williams in the squad. He can cover #6 or #7 and has had a really good 1st season. It may be a bit too early for him but the experience could be good for him in the long term, just as it was for Joe Burgess last year. He's 5th for try assists in Superleague, good discipline and a good defender. http://www.superleague.co.uk/stats/player_stats

Would you include George Williams in the squad. He can cover #6 or #7 and has had a really good 1st season. It may be a bit too early for him but the experience could be good for him in the long term, just as it was for Joe Burgess last year. He's 5th for try assists in Superleague, good discipline and a good defender. http://www.superleague.co.uk/stats/player_stats

Re: England : Tue Aug 11, 2015 11:28 am  

NSW wrote:

Hardacher
Burgess
Watkins
Reed
Hall
Tomkins
Widdop
Hill
McIlorum
Graham
Farrell
Tomkins
Cuthbertson

Bateman
Roby
George Burgess
Walmsley

He said McIlorum!!!!!!!