rollin thunder wrote:
Think Wane already knows what his England squad is, maybe the odd player might make the squad but suspect form or otherwise he will already know his first choice 17.
Australia pick on form and have selectors. This has been an issue for years and is one of the reasons we have not beaten them for nearly 50 years, and are never likely to, we don’t select on form and now if you get a gig in the NRL your picked regardless of ability.
Australia will win the world cup England will make the semis at best, then there will be the usual enquiry and nothing will change.
Germany and France last 2 Fifa WC winners both essentially banned/ strongly discouraged or ltd overseas players in the domestic game to develop home grown players.
British RL needs to bring back a 3 overseas player rule and seriously consider not selecting NRL based players otherwise British RL will/if not already on the way to being a feeder comp.
These are the views of someone who is stuck in the past. Overseas players are brought in because clubs are not producing players that are good enough at SL level. The player pool decreases every year. We have no reserve grade so more players will be let go and leave the game. Blaming overseas players for the lack of the required level of players coming through the ranks is absurd. Picking players just because they are not overseas will not work. You will just end up with a sub standard product but hey I guess you will be happy as you can shout from the rooftops how great it is to have British players only..
Oh and your point about France and Germany soccer regulations is so off the mark it's unreal.
Germany's Bundesliga 1 and 2 do not have a maximum foreign player limit, but instead a minimum "local" player limit. At least 8 players must have played for the club in three seasons each before turning 25, and at least 4 further players must have done the same at any German club.
France's Ligue 1 appears to have a limit of five foreign players (with a similar meaning as above) and further allows only four to be playing on the field at any time.
