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<blockquote data-quote="j&amp;#039;nuh" data-source="post: 704734" data-attributes="member: 55446">3 - Even though it&#039;ll never happen, it&#039;s still a talking point for lots of people and journos print it because it sells. Even on this forum we spend an absurd amount of time talking about Armitage, even though the vast majority of us know he won&#039;t be playing for England.Same with Burgess. Like on ESPN: &quot;Saxons win as Burgess makes debut&quot;, with a big picture of Burgess on the front page and the opening paragraph, &quot;Sam Burgess made a forgettable representative union debut...&quot; He literally stole the headlines for being forgettable. He does it in every game he plays.The journalists know full well that they only print this stuff because people talk about it, not necessarily because it&#039;s the most important detail going on in the England scene right now. Sadly, it kind of means that guys like Ewers, Kvesic and Slade probably would have wider support had the media attention not been so focused on Armitage and Burgess.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 704734, member: 55446"] 3 - Even though it'll never happen, it's still a talking point for lots of people and journos print it because it sells. Even on this forum we spend an absurd amount of time talking about Armitage, even though the vast majority of us know he won't be playing for England. Same with Burgess. Like on ESPN: "Saxons win as Burgess makes debut", with a big picture of Burgess on the front page and the opening paragraph, "Sam Burgess made a forgettable representative union debut..." He literally stole the headlines for being [I]forgettable[/I]. He does it in every game he plays. The journalists know full well that they only print this stuff because people talk about it, not necessarily because it's the most important detail going on in the England scene right now. Sadly, it kind of means that guys like Ewers, Kvesic and Slade probably would have wider support had the media attention not been so focused on Armitage and Burgess. [/QUOTE]

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