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<blockquote data-quote="edinburgh_gunner" data-source="post: 180335">Hogg is a much better player than Barclay.&nbsp; More experience, captain of Edinburgh for whom he&#039;s put in some impressive displays this season and he gets through a ton of work in defence and attack.&nbsp; I would have stuck with Barclay ahead of Taylor though, given this is first international game since the RWC.I&#039;m glad to see Strokers getting a start.&nbsp; He was our best player in Dublin by a mile and he&#039;s been in fine form for Gloucester this year.I still think Cairns should have been in the team, even if only from the bench.&nbsp; He&#039;s also put in some good performances for the &#039;a&#039; team, scored a superb try on Friday night and he can play at centre, wing or full back so a utility player as well.&nbsp; Still, his time will surely come.I&#039;d like to hope we can pull off of a massive shock similar to that in 2000 but I just don&#039;t think we can achieve it.&nbsp; 1 try in 6 games is not good enough, and England will be smart enough to not give away penalties anywhere in their half so we can&#039;t just keep relying on Paterson&#039;s boot to win us games.I&#039;ll go into this game hoping, but not expecting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="edinburgh_gunner, post: 180335"] Hogg is a much better player than Barclay. More experience, captain of Edinburgh for whom he's put in some impressive displays this season and he gets through a ton of work in defence and attack. I would have stuck with Barclay ahead of Taylor though, given this is first international game since the RWC. I'm glad to see Strokers getting a start. He was our best player in Dublin by a mile and he's been in fine form for Gloucester this year. I still think Cairns should have been in the team, even if only from the bench. He's also put in some good performances for the 'a' team, scored a superb try on Friday night and he can play at centre, wing or full back so a utility player as well. Still, his time will surely come. I'd like to hope we can pull off of a massive shock similar to that in 2000 but I just don't think we can achieve it. 1 try in 6 games is not good enough, and England will be smart enough to not give away penalties anywhere in their half so we can't just keep relying on Paterson's boot to win us games. I'll go into this game hoping, but not expecting. [/QUOTE]

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