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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_Olyy" data-source="post: 477519" data-attributes="member: 34990">Botha&#039;s been on pretty good form for Saracens so I don&#039;t begrudge him being there over Attwood.I&#039;d rather Simpson over Youngs, with Dickson starting - I don&#039;t really care if neither of the halfbacks would have any (or much, in the case of Simpson) international experience as Youngs disintegrates under pressure so it&#039;s not as if the team would be missing a rock under pressure.Would have had Clarke over either Croft or Dowson. Would have liked to have had Goode on the bench, just because we have two specialised players on the bench, with Goode you&#039;d at least have a bit of versatility in there. Fingers crossed none of Hodgson, Barritt or Farrell get injured during the match as we&#039;d end up with a winger or fullback at 13.Banahan going is great, Waldrom going is expected as Morgan was pretty much guaranteed to be involved and there&#039;s no room for two specialised 8s. Mears played for Bath at the weekend, so no shock there. Not a massive fan of Mears, but there&#039;s not a lot to pick between him and Webber at the moment (solely because Mears has been there done that, and can handle the pressure, whereas Webber is an unknown quantity).EDIT:Just realised Turner-Hall is still involved - forgot about him! He&#039;ll either start over Farrell or be in the 21 shirt, with one of Sharples/Strettle not involved.Still trying to work out who the other person is that&#039;s still involved (there&#039;s 24 players to choose from for the 22 apparently).DOUBLE EDIT:It&#039;s Matt Stevens, so he&#039;ll most probably be on the bench (or starting at 3 - hopefully going no where near the 1 shirt!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TRF_Olyy, post: 477519, member: 34990"] Botha's been on pretty good form for Saracens so I don't begrudge him being there over Attwood. I'd rather Simpson over Youngs, with Dickson starting - I don't really care if neither of the halfbacks would have any (or much, in the case of Simpson) international experience as Youngs disintegrates under pressure so it's not as if the team would be missing a rock under pressure. Would have had Clarke over either Croft or Dowson. Would have liked to have had Goode on the bench, just because we have two specialised players on the bench, with Goode you'd at least have a bit of versatility in there. Fingers crossed none of Hodgson, Barritt or Farrell get injured during the match as we'd end up with a winger or fullback at 13. Banahan going is great, Waldrom going is expected as Morgan was pretty much guaranteed to be involved and there's no room for two specialised 8s. Mears played for Bath at the weekend, so no shock there. Not a massive fan of Mears, but there's not a lot to pick between him and Webber at the moment (solely because Mears has been there done that, and can handle the pressure, whereas Webber is an unknown quantity). [B]EDIT: [/B]Just realised Turner-Hall is still involved - forgot about him! He'll either start over Farrell or be in the 21 shirt, with one of Sharples/Strettle not involved. Still trying to work out who the other person is that's still involved (there's 24 players to choose from for the 22 apparently). [B]DOUBLE EDIT: [/B]It's Matt Stevens, so he'll most probably be on the bench (or starting at 3 - hopefully going no where near the 1 shirt!) [/QUOTE]

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