Comments on: Nine players added to England squad

By: Jacob

Jacob — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:01:50 +0000

Is Yarde not the incumbent after NZ? I’d be very surprised not to see him on the wing. Roko is less certain as he hasn’t spent much time with the suwad, but I’m sure he will be in the coming weeks.

On SH – it is really between Youngs and Care. They are the two top 9s in the squad who have shown they have the all round game to play at 9 internationally. For me, this reason, Youngs has been better than Care so he’d start. Think it is really between those two though.

By: Don P

Don P — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:55:34 +0000

Banastre

Absolutely Dad. Each to his own eh?

By: Banastre

Banastre — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 20:26:00 +0000

Take it easy son, it’s a rugby blog

By: Don P

Don P — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:56:48 +0000

Banastre, brighty

What, have you both done runners after lobbing yr hand grenades?! Well, brighty’s been sulking for nearly a yr now, so no surprise there I suppose.

And BTW Banastre, does Lawrence Dallaglio also have a chip for sharing similar views concerning England’s back line? Or are you just being 1 eyed or summat? Actually, that also applies to the bright 1 doesn’t it? Why DON’T you update that logo brighty? Bit over due innit?

C’mon, you were both having a giraffe, weren’t you? Ah well, cherrio ladies.

By: Don P

Don P — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:38:13 +0000

Henry

I think you’re right about Ritchie McCaw, there’s clearly a conspiracy amongst IRB refs to go easy on him.

By: Don P

Don P — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:03:46 +0000

brighty

Good to see that you’ve emerged from yr burrow like a, well, groundhog.. now whwere have I haerd that 1 before? However, I am a little disappointed in that you still can’t address me directly. Surely I’m not still in Coventry with the Prophet Enoch?! Besides don’t you have mind of yr own in that you blame me 4 yr being an England cheerleader now… is SJ of the ST yr dad??

By: Don P

Don P — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:56:16 +0000

Banastre

What chip? If England had been flogging NZ & when I make/made my comments I could understand your contention, but as it stands it’s baseless.

Regds yr ‘McCaw’s past it now’ comment, ditto. It’s just an unsubtle needle. Ho, hum. And anyway, the ST pundit SJ has already expressed similar sentiments, so yr view’s old hat & like his, as baseless as yr ‘chip’ contention. I don’t need to defend RM as the AB selectors maintain faith which, judging by his blinder v Oz last up & which presumably neither you nor SJ watched, is justified. But we’ll both know better on the 8th I guess.

By: Don P

Don P — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:47:01 +0000

Jacob You (& others) are so defensive! I mentioned lack of nailed on’s in the b/line. Surely a reasonable observation as 12trees, like Barritt, seems to have fallen from favour & Tui is an experimental wing(?… & crocked), May was slammed for going infield & Nowell’s inexp saw these 2 discarded for Yarde & or potentially Wade(?). However Yarde has blundered a few recently on ‘D’ or spilled the pill, Burrell (now crook, like Wade) or Eastmond a poss for inside centre (but which?), etc, etc, so why the personal vitriol? And just because you name yr starters, that doesn’t alter my (or LD’s) view & anyway it’s just yr opinion, to which you, like I am to mine, are entitled… & that’s it. The Oz backs = White (Phipps bench), Foley, (Cooper if fit), Toomua (Lealiifano bench), Kurindrani, AAC, Horne & Falau. This does change during, sometimes before, a game due to availability, maybe form & reserves. SA back 3 you know, Le Roux, Habana, Hendricks, prob Pienaar @ ½ (if fit), Pollard fly1/2, Serfontein(?), De Villiers @ centre… altho some experimentation. They seem more settled to me, if not you. PS We, er, are in England are we not?

By: Banastre

Banastre — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:27:59 +0000

Perhaps I was guilty of a little trolling myself about the McCaw comment, he’s certainly not past it. Good to hear youl be supporting us against NZ Brighty. Also good to see Don P hasn’t commented in a while, perhaps the chip is off!

By: Staggy

Staggy — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:40:25 +0000

Cringed at the McCaws past it comment. MoM coming up then. Have to say that in recent years he does seem to have actually been reffed though, unlike before, when the refs would ask him what decision they should make at the break down!

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:41:02 +0000

I know what you mean Brighty, think McCaw’s cloak may be in the wash- first of all a yellow card now penalties for BEING OFFSIDE?? This is Richie McCaw. The referee’s base the offside line on him, not the other way around…

(Though other than that still a sublime player and even past his best would pretty much walk into any side in the world.)

By: brighty

brighty — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:36:05 +0000

And as for that chip you mention – that thing you mention is single handedly responsible for making this diehard “anyone but England” old Celt cheer for England now whenever they play the ABs. My enemies enemy is my friend.