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| Quote Charlie Sheen="Charlie Sheen"You need structure at the top level. Off the cuff RL is great when it comes off and sometimes its what's need but, if it goes wrong it causes players to panic and you end up with someone like Westwood kicking the ball anywhere in desperation. The key though is the forwards. Over the last few years we've bought into the myth that we can match Aus up front but in reality as a unit we haven't. What our forwards do without the ball in terms of running lines, and technique in contact is just as important as the amount of meters and carries they make. Aus have been far better in this area and as a result gain better field position so are able to execute a better kick and build more pressure. As DHM said earlier it doesn't matter who you have kicking the ball if they're 30m from their own line with 2 or 3 defenders pressuring the kick chances are it won't be a good kick.
For me I think it's important to have atleast 2 or 3 players on the field who can kick the ball. If we go with just Sinfield chances are he'll just be marked out of the game. That's why I'd go with Sinfield at 6 and Brough at 7. 2 halves who can organise, pass and kick. It also gives you a left foot and right foot combination. Brough also has that bit of extra pace. Then I'd have Tomkins at full back, and Roby at hooker. That gives us 3 kicking options plus Roby can kick out of DH.
My team would be:
Tomkins
Briscoe/Charnley
Watkins
Cudjoe
Hall
Sinfield
Brough
Graham
Roby
Hill
Ellis
O'Flanders
Burgess
Burrow
Crabtree
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Hock
That's probably the the most physically gifted back line we've had for sometime, and we have some very big, mobile ball playing forwards I just hope we can get them all fit and in form for the world cup.
More worrying for me at the moment is the form of Westwood, Hill, and Roby.'"
Roby's form was excellent until he was injured. St Helens being a bit cack doesn't change that.
No Mossop or Faz, Charnley is a doubt... "Sinfield will be marked out of the game" oh right- you're from Leeds.
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Widdop plays a very secondary role in the halves at Storm, if he were to start at 6 England need a true leader and playmaker at 7, similar to how Cronk controls things at Storm. With the right partner, it could work.
Sinfield, tricky one. During the game he doesn't seen fast enough or influential enough to warrant a place in the side let alone be named the best in the world. However, I've never played alongside him, he's on-field coaching and organisation could well be first class, what he brings to the team could be far more important that what would meet the eye.
Chase, arguably the most creative and gifted of all available, but can he be the on-field leader England needs? Debatable.
Move Tomkins to 6? No point, if you're gonna split the halves he should be at fb where he can link in the line as he does for Wigan.
Myler? Playing well, but IMO not good enough, would be a massive target in defence.
Lomax? Seems to be a better fb.
Brough, a talented player, kicks well, dictates play, a possibility.
However this is what I'd go for...
Tomkins
Hall Reed Abblet Briscoe
Widdop Matty Smith
Crabtree McM Morley
S Burgess Westwood
Lockers
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Graham Roby George Burgess Hock
Reserve team
Hardaker
Charnley Goulding Atkins Watkins
Chase Sinfeld
Hill Lunt Mossop
Faz Ellis
JJB
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Clark L Burgess Wilkin Carvell
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If you don't think Myler is good enough, then I don't see how you think Matty Smith is?
Sinfield has to play, the decision will be who will play alongside him.
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| Quote Albion="Albion"If you don't think Myler is good enough, then I don't see how you think Matty Smith is?
Sinfield has to play, the decision will be who will play alongside him.'"
Because I don't rate Myler. Also, I don't see why Sinfield 'has' to play. | | |
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| Quote Last Son of Wigan="Last Son of Wigan"Because I don't rate Myler. Also, I don't see why Sinfield 'has' to play.'"
I agree. Sky have talked Sinfield into the England starting line up. Dont get me wrong, hes a good player, but nowhere near as good as Eddie makes him out to be. IMO Matty Smith is a better 7 than Myler hands down, hes a better organiser, with a better kicking game and better hands. The only thing Myler has on Smith is his support play. | | | |
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I would have tomkins in the halves with widdop and hardaker at full back.England will not play like wigan where we use tomkins out the back a lot of the time so I would play him in at stand off. He is by far englands best attacking player and needs to be involved as much as possible and hardaker would be safer under the high ball.With a back line of hall,reed,watkins and charnley
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