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<blockquote data-quote="Mrs. Peter Quinn" data-source="post: 620485" data-attributes="member: 12190">I take your point Peat - but as Olyy says Lancaster is a conservative coach who would simply not debut a player out of position if he didn&#039;t have some measure of confidence in him. To extrapolate from the inclusion of Barritt a lack of confidence in a XV starter rather than in a guy who didn&#039;t even make the 23, just seems a little absurd to me. This is all the more so when you consider that lancaster has quite intentionally brought Burrell into the set-up and at the exact time he wanted to. Its hardly as if this is the biggest draught we&#039;ve ever had at 12. We&#039;ve got Twelvetrees, Eastmond, Barritt, then Burrell, and his inclusion in the squad is therefore hardly forced. Compare this to George Ford who Lancaster quite clearly didn&#039;t expect to be in the mix at this point; Flood announced his move abroad, Burns&#039; form has taken such a steep dip as to be almost comical...he stil doesn&#039;t trust Cipriani....and all of a sudden Ford is our second 10. Lancaster clearly wasn&#039;t ready for this. Also while I agree its unusual, I feel more confident having Barritt on the bench as I expect this to be a tight, physical game. I think his genuine strengths including experience, are being overlooked.&nbsp; Lancaster wants to maintain a certain level of experience in the match squad, and to have 3 wingers who between them have 1 cap would be risky in the extreme. We have the talents of Nowell and May right out there on the pitch, for which I&#039;m grateful and excited!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mrs. Peter Quinn, post: 620485, member: 12190"] I take your point Peat - but as Olyy says Lancaster is a conservative coach who would simply not debut a player out of position if he didn't have some measure of confidence in him. To extrapolate from the inclusion of Barritt a lack of confidence in a XV starter rather than in a guy who didn't even make the 23, just seems a little absurd to me. This is all the more so when you consider that lancaster has quite intentionally brought Burrell into the set-up and at the exact time he wanted to. Its hardly as if this is the biggest draught we've ever had at 12. We've got Twelvetrees, Eastmond, Barritt, then Burrell, and his inclusion in the squad is therefore hardly forced. Compare this to George Ford who Lancaster quite clearly didn't expect to be in the mix at this point; Flood announced his move abroad, Burns' form has taken such a steep dip as to be almost comical...he stil doesn't trust Cipriani....and all of a sudden Ford is our second 10. Lancaster clearly wasn't ready for this. Also while I agree its unusual, I feel more confident having Barritt on the bench as I expect this to be a tight, physical game. I think his genuine strengths including experience, are being overlooked. Lancaster wants to maintain a certain level of experience in the match squad, and to have 3 wingers who between them have 1 cap would be risky in the extreme. We have the talents of Nowell and May right out there on the pitch, for which I'm grateful and excited! [/QUOTE]

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