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<blockquote data-quote="Bullitt" data-source="post: 298106"><p>There's an obsession in England with saying "he's young, he's got plenty of time to go" when a player is 24/25. No he hasn't. He should be at his peak at that age as a back or nigh-on there if he's a forward. If the likes of Allen, Flood, Geraghty, Foden, Ashton, Hartley, Kennedy, Croft and Care aren't played now, they'll never be good enough and we'll suffer another generation of players who are too old and too past the game to keep up.</p><p></p><p>I'd put them in as one big lump and get a bunch of talented youngsters with between 10 and 20 caps to their names by the world cup. f*** the Wilkinsons & Mears, yesterdays players "giving stability" when in fact they offer nothing. Keep the old heads in the pack to be in the squad, leaders like Shaw and Wally, to guide the youngsters on and make the rest LEARN what to do. There's experience in the squad and management AND they're pro-rugby players FFS; They know what to do when playing a rugby match -It's their day-to-day job! The difference in intensity between club and provincial rugby isn't nearly as wide as you'd be made believe, they'll struggle to begin with, but in time they'd come good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullitt, post: 298106"] There's an obsession in England with saying "he's young, he's got plenty of time to go" when a player is 24/25. No he hasn't. He should be at his peak at that age as a back or nigh-on there if he's a forward. If the likes of Allen, Flood, Geraghty, Foden, Ashton, Hartley, Kennedy, Croft and Care aren't played now, they'll never be good enough and we'll suffer another generation of players who are too old and too past the game to keep up. I'd put them in as one big lump and get a bunch of talented youngsters with between 10 and 20 caps to their names by the world cup. f*** the Wilkinsons & Mears, yesterdays players "giving stability" when in fact they offer nothing. Keep the old heads in the pack to be in the squad, leaders like Shaw and Wally, to guide the youngsters on and make the rest LEARN what to do. There's experience in the squad and management AND they're pro-rugby players FFS; They know what to do when playing a rugby match -It's their day-to-day job! The difference in intensity between club and provincial rugby isn't nearly as wide as you'd be made believe, they'll struggle to begin with, but in time they'd come good. [/QUOTE]
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