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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 474014" data-attributes="member: 33219"><p>Frankly, DISAPPOINTED is the word.</p><p></p><p>I was taking a massive clearout and some fresh young talent for granted, because you'd have to be a fool not to.</p><p></p><p>But quite how the clearout hasn't extended to Deacon, who apart from being shite is now old, injured and shite, doesn't make sense. Mears (OK considering hooker problems), Hodgson, Dowson are all too old.</p><p></p><p>Judging players can in many ways be subjective, so that's enough on individual selections. But I remember moaning a hell of a lot about the RWC squad, simply because it lacked a basic common sense and balance to it, with no out-and-out 12, and just one proper 7 (who isn't the most opensidey of opensides).</p><p></p><p>Well what do we have here? We have 6 back row forwards, four of whom are blindsides. We have the same 7 who isn't the most opensidey of opensides, and we have just one rookie 8.</p><p></p><p>We have four players capable of playing inside centre, but just one capable of playing 13. And he'll be injured at least for the Scotland game. And the one player (Armitage) who could have covered at 13 has also been left out.</p><p></p><p>Common sense. Simple common sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 474014, member: 33219"] Frankly, DISAPPOINTED is the word. I was taking a massive clearout and some fresh young talent for granted, because you'd have to be a fool not to. But quite how the clearout hasn't extended to Deacon, who apart from being shite is now old, injured and shite, doesn't make sense. Mears (OK considering hooker problems), Hodgson, Dowson are all too old. Judging players can in many ways be subjective, so that's enough on individual selections. But I remember moaning a hell of a lot about the RWC squad, simply because it lacked a basic common sense and balance to it, with no out-and-out 12, and just one proper 7 (who isn't the most opensidey of opensides). Well what do we have here? We have 6 back row forwards, four of whom are blindsides. We have the same 7 who isn't the most opensidey of opensides, and we have just one rookie 8. We have four players capable of playing inside centre, but just one capable of playing 13. And he'll be injured at least for the Scotland game. And the one player (Armitage) who could have covered at 13 has also been left out. Common sense. Simple common sense. [/QUOTE]
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