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<blockquote data-quote="Fa&#039;atau82" data-source="post: 258280"><p>Yes, i agree.. but what SHOULD happen and what WILL happen are two different things, that have never met before. Once you run out of killer, you are just left with filler, and Paul Sackey would do that very well. I'm just saying i think we will all be surprised who is picked to tour. It's not about the top 35 players, because i don't think we will find 35 standouts who will be competing for the starting XV.. it's more about the 22 and the rest are capable deputies.. which is why Quinlan-type players would go.</p><p></p><p>Once the main 22 is sorted and we are 3-4 deep at maximum, it's also rans who are going to make the reserves/2nd XV and some of them are going to be controversial and undeserving to say the least.. Meech and Edwards will pick who they can rely on although unspectacular, rather than players to set the world alight in this category. </p><p></p><p>In the past, the likes of Greenwood have been picked before they was even starting club games. And although it's unrelated, Theo Walcott was in that England squad for the WC and he had not even played a senior game for Arsenal. If that can happen in the national game at the world's largest non-olympic sports event, then it can on a Lions tour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fa'atau82, post: 258280"] Yes, i agree.. but what SHOULD happen and what WILL happen are two different things, that have never met before. Once you run out of killer, you are just left with filler, and Paul Sackey would do that very well. I'm just saying i think we will all be surprised who is picked to tour. It's not about the top 35 players, because i don't think we will find 35 standouts who will be competing for the starting XV.. it's more about the 22 and the rest are capable deputies.. which is why Quinlan-type players would go. Once the main 22 is sorted and we are 3-4 deep at maximum, it's also rans who are going to make the reserves/2nd XV and some of them are going to be controversial and undeserving to say the least.. Meech and Edwards will pick who they can rely on although unspectacular, rather than players to set the world alight in this category. In the past, the likes of Greenwood have been picked before they was even starting club games. And although it's unrelated, Theo Walcott was in that England squad for the WC and he had not even played a senior game for Arsenal. If that can happen in the national game at the world's largest non-olympic sports event, then it can on a Lions tour. [/QUOTE]
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