Maverick1987
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To be fair if he has a crack at singing the welsh national anthem it won't be much worse than 80% of the population that don't know it anyway
Reading that right now... Manu a possibility on the wing - interdasting.
At my club yesterday I was chatting with a few of the lads and I was amazed at the split opinions on Tom wood.
I thing he is a top international 6. Great around the park. In the tackle and in the tuck. But others just don't rate him at all. Since I didn't get any sense out of them am I missing something and just looking at him with saints tinted glasses?
So we've got to pick a back line from:
11. May, Yarde
12. Twelvetrees, Eastmond, (Burrell)
13. Burrell, Tuilagi
14. Nowell, Wade, Watson
15. Brown, Foden, (Watson)
Then there's also the likes of Daly, Joseph, Sharples, Miller etc. from the Saxons pushing for honours.
Some serious depth in the backs, makes a change from previous years!
Only worry is halfbacks: Care is head and sholders above the rest. Dickson is good, but nothing special - same with Wigglesworth. Youngs can(/could) be great, but rarely shows it these days and certainly not in an England shirt. Simpson looked top draw before but injuries hampered his England chances and his form has been up and down for Wasps. Robson looks very good at Gloucester - bit young ATM but getting good amounts of game time.
Farrell has had a good series so far, no qualms with him being in the side. Ford has been very good for Bath (bar a few blips) - beyond that: Burns is terrible, Myler is OK but don't really think he's international level. Cipriani, beyond that, who has had a hell of a season.
Sam Hill has looked good for Exeter, though didn't really shine for Saxons (not many did, mind) and his kicking could be better (was pretty poor vs Bath this morning).
I like you.22. Cips, definitely.
I thought he'd made the switch to hooker full time now?
Came on at LH for the Chiefs today - going to be a starting player by the end of the season I think.
Agreed and agreed - think Farrell is quite underrated in as much as everyone likes to slag him off all the time when he does very little wrong. The media like to talk him up, and he's probably had a slightly easier ride because of his surname, but he's generally a good player and is improving.
Agree that he looks better with a distributing 12 and it's no coincidence that as 36's confidence has grown, Farrell has looked better. Would be very interested to see what he's like with Eastmond at 12.
Very much looking forward to the summer tour, now. I'm not expecting us to win the tour, or probably any match, but it'll be interesting to see how the team grows as going to NZ is the arguably biggest test for any side.
The way it's shaping up it'll be a Saints/Sarries Aviva final, so we'd be without (from the presumed touring side):
Corbisiero, Hartley, Lawes, Wood, Mako, Binny, Farrell, Wigglesworth, Dickson, Ashton, Foden, Burrell, Goode, Myler, Barritt ((Kruis and Dickinson from the Saxons)).
Would put us with a 23 of something like:
1. Marler,
2. Youngs
3. Cole/Wilson
4. Launchbury
5. Attwood
6. Johnson/Kvesic/A.N.Other
7. Robshaw
8. Morgan
9. Care
10. Ford
11. Take your pick
12. Twelvetrees
13. Tuilagi
14. Take your pick
15. Brown
16. ??? - Webber? Ward? George? Cowan-Dickie?
17. ??? - Mullan?
18. Wilson/Cole/Thomas
19. ??? - Parling? Slater?
20. ??? - Johnson/Kvesic/A.N.Other?
21. ??? - Youngs?!
22. ??? - Need to take another 10. 36 Can't cover it vs All Blacks, and luckily Goode will probably be away. Hill? Cipriani?
23. Take your pick.
Agreed and agreed - think Farrell is quite underrated in as much as everyone likes to slag him off all the time when he does very little wrong. The media like to talk him up, and he's probably had a slightly easier ride because of his surname, but he's generally a good player and is improving.
Agree that he looks better with a distributing 12 and it's no coincidence that as 36's confidence has grown, Farrell has looked better. Would be very interested to see what he's like with Eastmond at 12.
Very much looking forward to the summer tour, now. I'm not expecting us to win the tour, or probably any match, but it'll be interesting to see how the team grows as going to NZ is the arguably biggest test for any side.
The way it's shaping up it'll be a Saints/Sarries Aviva final, so we'd be without (from the presumed touring side):
Corbisiero, Hartley, Lawes, Wood, Mako, Binny, Farrell, Wigglesworth, Dickson, Ashton, Foden, Burrell, Goode, Myler, Barritt ((Kruis and Dickinson from the Saxons)).
Would put us with a 23 of something like:
1. Marler,
2. Youngs
3. Cole/Wilson
4. Launchbury
5. Attwood
6. Johnson/Kvesic/A.N.Other
7. Robshaw
8. Morgan
9. Care
10. Ford
11. Take your pick
12. Twelvetrees
13. Tuilagi
14. Take your pick
15. Brown
16. ??? - Webber? Ward? George? Cowan-Dickie?
17. ??? - Mullan?
18. Wilson/Cole/Thomas
19. ??? - Parling? Slater?
20. ??? - Johnson/Kvesic/A.N.Other?
21. ??? - Youngs?!
22. ??? - Need to take another 10. 36 Can't cover it vs All Blacks, and luckily Goode will probably be away. Hill? Cipriani?
23. Take your pick.