Re: No Saints in the England squad : Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:00 am  

Northampton_Saint wrote:

Yes it is. But most of that quality is either too foreign, too young, too badly coached or too old to make an England squad. Do try to keep up...

So you expect our overseas players to be selected?

Re: No Saints in the England squad : Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:11 am  

Ninja saint wrote:

So you expect our overseas players to be selected?

If they have been resident for 5 years or more then why not. Criteria is good enough for Rangi Chase!

Sorry, I Forgot MacBanana hasn't got a clue what he's doing!!!!

Re: No Saints in the England squad : Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:11 am  

Good news overall. It's a nothing tournament and if it had any meaning I'm sure some of our players would have been selected. Of more benefit to Saints is the fact that they will get a good rest and the new coach will have a full pre-season with all his players available.

Re: No Saints in the England squad : Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:17 am  

St_Cunningham_no9 wrote:

If they have been resident for 5 years or more then why not. Criteria is good enough for Rangi Chase!

Sorry, I Forgot MacBanana hasn't got a clue what he's doing!!!!

The fact is, our squad doesn't ooze quality and they ain't good enough for England selection.

Re: No Saints in the England squad : Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:19 am  

SFW wrote:

Good news overall. It's a nothing tournament and if it had any meaning I'm sure some of our players would have been selected. Of more benefit to Saints is the fact that they will get a good rest and the new coach will have a full pre-season with all his players available.

I think that's why I'm dissapointed LMS isn' in there, he MAY turn out to be an England regualr as he gets older, wouldn't he be worth a run in front of Morley?

Also, I'd be dissapointed if i were Big Eorl. He practically played Hull by himself the othr week.

Re: No Saints in the England squad : Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:23 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

I think that's why I'm dissapointed LMS isn' in there, he MAY turn out to be an England regualr as he gets older, wouldn't he be worth a run in front of Morley?

Also, I'd be dissapointed if i were Big Eorl. He practically played Hull by himself the othr week.

Crabtree is injured. Elbow and shoulder ops.

Re: No Saints in the England squad : Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:06 am  

Ninja saint wrote:

So you expect our overseas players to be selected?

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Re: No Saints in the England squad : Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:16 am  

Ninja saint wrote:

The fact is, our squad doesn't ooze quality and they ain't good enough for England selection.

I don't think you grasped I was being slightly pedantic with my post. We have enough quality in the squad, just some are not ready to make the step up to International RL yet or are nursing injuries.

Re: No Saints in the England squad : Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:10 am  

Even more reason to not care.

Re: No Saints in the England squad : Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:23 pm  

Northampton_Saint wrote:

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Ok mr know it all

You say our squad ozzes quality but not one player is selected for international duty which is strange for a squad that oozes quality.

Which players do you refer to and why ain't they in the England squad ?