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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 663097" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>I don't see a great deal of difference between accusing him of having favourites and having bias. Seems very semantic to me. Call it favourites if you prefer though. I don't think he's bent, or actively picking players because he likes them or their coach, but some players seem to have to do less to get into England squads and some players seem to have to do more and there are correlations there. In general its better to be at a top 4 club than not be at one; doing well for the ex-club of the most influential assistant coach is a very quick route into the squad; and the continued belief in Calum Clark is most simply and easily explained by his time with him at Leeds academy. As you say, every coach has their favourites, and every coach should be exposed and criticised for it when their favourites are not up to snuff. </p><p></p><p>And yeah, that is the crux of the matter with Daly, which disappoints me as he's one of the most talented attackers going at the moment and I find it strange that Lancaster isn't trying to work with and improve him every chance he can get. While there is plenty of rotation, there are also plenty of ever-presents among the fringe players (paging Calum Clark...) - I think Daly should be one of them. Relatively minor thing I guess, but small margins between victory and defeat and all that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 663097, member: 42330"] I don't see a great deal of difference between accusing him of having favourites and having bias. Seems very semantic to me. Call it favourites if you prefer though. I don't think he's bent, or actively picking players because he likes them or their coach, but some players seem to have to do less to get into England squads and some players seem to have to do more and there are correlations there. In general its better to be at a top 4 club than not be at one; doing well for the ex-club of the most influential assistant coach is a very quick route into the squad; and the continued belief in Calum Clark is most simply and easily explained by his time with him at Leeds academy. As you say, every coach has their favourites, and every coach should be exposed and criticised for it when their favourites are not up to snuff. And yeah, that is the crux of the matter with Daly, which disappoints me as he's one of the most talented attackers going at the moment and I find it strange that Lancaster isn't trying to work with and improve him every chance he can get. While there is plenty of rotation, there are also plenty of ever-presents among the fringe players (paging Calum Clark...) - I think Daly should be one of them. Relatively minor thing I guess, but small margins between victory and defeat and all that. [/QUOTE]
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