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<blockquote data-quote="Reiser99" data-source="post: 1205845" data-attributes="member: 72977"><p>The mistake was not having Fin on the bench more. Especially with Ford not fully fit, Fin should have been given more time off the bench. I&#039;m all for transitioning players into teams, but I feel Borthwick is far too conservative on this. It&#039;s also better to transition into a winning team and we don&#039;t have this luxury. He seemed desperate to have Ford there in the Autumn to &#039;steady the ship&#039; or something and tbh that&#039;s mainly based on one recent performance against Argentina. Personally, if Ford is on the bench still come the WC, then we definitely ain&#039;t winning, same with a couple of other players like Cole. He still has a role to play in the squad, but Fin should be getting more game time personally. As you say, hopefully Marcus will go with the Lions and Fin will get his chance in Argentina. However, I feel that Fin should start at least 1 game and the US game. Like with other older players, we know what they can do. Playing Ford won&#039;t tell us much. He should be backing up Fin.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Reiser99, post: 1205845, member: 72977"] The mistake was not having Fin on the bench more. Especially with Ford not fully fit, Fin should have been given more time off the bench. I'm all for transitioning players into teams, but I feel Borthwick is far too conservative on this. It's also better to transition into a winning team and we don't have this luxury. He seemed desperate to have Ford there in the Autumn to 'steady the ship' or something and tbh that's mainly based on one recent performance against Argentina. Personally, if Ford is on the bench still come the WC, then we definitely ain't winning, same with a couple of other players like Cole. He still has a role to play in the squad, but Fin should be getting more game time personally. As you say, hopefully Marcus will go with the Lions and Fin will get his chance in Argentina. However, I feel that Fin should start at least 1 game and the US game. Like with other older players, we know what they can do. Playing Ford won't tell us much. He should be backing up Fin. [/QUOTE]

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