Re: England team to take on the Exiles? : Tue May 17, 2011 9:02 pm  

Based on form but yet you have Peacock and Lynch over Mossop and Wood? And Sinfield over O'Loughlin?

Re: England team to take on the Exiles? : Tue May 17, 2011 9:45 pm  

I'm not even joking but some of these teams are never going to beat the aussies. They have got average super league players in them and the backs will be less threatening than a teddy bear to the aussies. For a bit of flair this is what it should be (This is with the NRL players available and should be our team for the 4N)


Tomkins
Briscoe
Reed
Watkins
Foster
Widdop
Lomax
Graham
Roby
Peacock
Burgess
Harrison
Farrell

Lunt
Mossop
Tomkins
Ben Jones Bishop

This team in 2 years time will beat the aussies. The pace in the backs is quality and our forwards are mobile and get through tonnes of work and all average 30+ tackles a game in SL

Re: England team to take on the Exiles? : Tue May 17, 2011 9:51 pm  

inside_man wrote:

Based on form but yet you have Peacock and Lynch over Mossop and Wood? And Sinfield over O'Loughlin?

Based on form this season, yes.

I've not even seen or heard Mossop this season so I'm guessing the majority of people including him are Wigan fans.

Lynch carries Bradford every season and never gets his chance and deserves his shot. Sinfield over O'Loughlin purely because I think Sinfield offers that extra dimension and can also revert to hooker when O'Loughlin comes on and Roby goes off.

Re: England team to take on the Exiles? : Tue May 17, 2011 10:20 pm  

S.Tomkins
Briscoe
Shenton
Bridge
Hall
McGuire
Brough
Graham
Roby
Morley
Westwood
J.Tomkins
O'Loughlin

Robinson
Crabtree
Wood/Mossop/Patrick
Farrell

Re: England team to take on the Exiles? : Tue May 17, 2011 10:37 pm  

Tomkins
Hall
Bridge
Yeaman
Briscoe
Brown
Brough
Morley
Roby
Graham
Westwood
Tomkins
O'Loughlin

Peacock
Harrison
Watts
Farrell

Re: England team to take on the Exiles? : Wed May 18, 2011 4:16 am  

Comparing the Stats, Mossop is as good as Morley in Attack, and better in defence He's also currently 4th in our Player of the season vote Not bad for someone who only Wiganers want in the lineup...

Comparing the Stats, Mossop is as good as Morley in Attack, and better in defence He's also currently 4th in our Player of the season vote Not bad for someone who only Wiganers want in the lineup...

Re: England team to take on the Exiles? : Wed May 18, 2011 4:31 am  

1. Tomkins
2. Hall
3. Bridge
4. Yeaman
5. Briscoe
6. Myler
7. Brough
8. Graham
9. Roby
10. Morley
11. Harrison
12. Westwood
13. O'loughlin

14. Mossop
15. Peacock
16. Tomkins
17. Robinson

Re: England team to take on the Exiles? : Wed May 18, 2011 7:52 am  

1. S.Tomkins
2. McGilvary
3. Bridge
4. J Tomkins
5. Briscoe
6. McGuire
7. Brough
8. Graham
9. Roby
10. Peacock
11. Westwood
12. Harrison
13. O'Loughlin

14. Crabtree
15. Sinfield
16. Griffin
17. Farrell

Re: England team to take on the Exiles? : Wed May 18, 2011 8:12 am  

Odemwingie wrote:

Exactly, it isn't even that long ago that we had Radlinski, Robinson, Long etc playing in the backs. Our backs are now even further from the aussies.

Tomkins is better than Radlinski and there's nothing to suggest that Brough can't be a better international half than Long.

Re: England team to take on the Exiles? : Wed May 18, 2011 10:50 am  

FearTheVee wrote:

Tomkins is better than Radlinski and there's nothing to suggest that Brough can't be a better international half than Long.

Conversely his career up to this point has done nothing to suggest he will be a better international half than Long.

Danny Brough is 28, he is at his peak and in 2 or three years max, will start to decline. He has spent his entire career up until this point as a big fish in a small pond. Im not sure why people have decided that two decent seasons erases the memory of a whole career before that.