: Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:54 pm  

fc-eaststander wrote:

your right ,there dont seem as much pride in the england jersey ,as the GB one ,the players seem to die for the cause when playing for GB ,i think its a farce to revert back to england ,where just trying to put more teams in the cup to give it more credabilty ,tbh i think we will struggle to beat the kiwis next week a team we wooped a year ago,may be the aussys should play as new south wales and queensland ,i know its defeatest but the aussys are 25points better than anybody else at least

You're right there Paul......If the 'New England set-up' meant that the team would have had to be totally decimated by being split up and had, say, to have a few Hull KR players( ) thrown in to make up a side, then it would never have happened A GB side is a better option everytime. This way, we would have maybe got to see a Lebanon, a Russian and maybe even a Jap RL side have a crack. They would probably not have been hammered as England were today

: Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:57 pm  

Giantscorpio wrote:

Spot on that mate. I have been advocating that for ages. Viewers will think we have a game played by Neanderthals who can`t put a coherent sentence together. We need a different front man for the cameras.

Nick Fozzard?

: Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:58 pm  

Phil O'Stein wrote:

I noticed that too.

But, the Aussie anthem is about Australia, our National Anthem is about the queen.

IMO opinion, Land of Hope and Glory would be a better option for us.

Do you know what Phil i played land of hope and glory on my classical cd and it sounds fantastic.
I would DEFO have it for the national anthem

: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:00 am  

MrPhilb wrote:

To be fair you could tell he was absolutely gutted and he looked shattered as well

Shouldn`t have looked shattered he did sod all. At one point he was 3 metres nearer a loose ball than the Aussie and got bet to it.

: Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:07 am  

your kicking game is rubbish for a start

: Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:21 am  

fredie wrote:

your kicking game is rubbish for a start

Slater is pretty much always going to catch a kick on the full as he is that fast. It was the kick chase that was the problem.

: Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:26 am  

The Hollywood Frasier wrote:

Slater is pretty much always going to catch a kick on the full as he is that fast. It was the kick chase that was the problem.

Thought our kicking game was as poor as the chase to be honest, we lacked all round enthusiasm and class and skill and speed etc etc etc

: Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:18 pm  

No kicking game was a big factor in us losing the game as it handed position to the Aussies. A lack of any kind of link with the two halfbacks hindered our attack aswell. To many players performed poorly.

At 12-4 we were on top but could not convert the field position. Had we scored then it could have been an interesting game. The fact is we had to defend too much in the first 30 mins and it told.

There are no better players than Inglis, and Slater.

: Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:26 pm  

fc baldy wrote:

I thought wCalderwood was ok..the dropped ball should have been taken but after that he did nothing wrong,didnt do nothing startling either...shouldnt have been in that posistion thanks to the daft penaltys we was giving away.

You said a winger should be sound,Calderwood was barring a mistake which should have ben taken...Gardner wasnt sound at all


Hows that for you?

BTW...Would you be having the same conversation if Fox had dropped it.

I'd go with Smith and Claderwood for the next game, Gardner was useless.

: Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:46 pm  

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