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<blockquote data-quote="Reiser99" data-source="post: 918207" data-attributes="member: 72977"><p>While there maybe a few people who think England are above it, most people, especially on here do not. We don't like it either, especially as it's leading to players being capped early, just to secure them, even if they aren't ready for that level in case another country tries to cap them first. Also your example of Te'o and Shields isn't very good, because these are two that are already in the prime of their careers and not been picked. NZ may have called up Shields, but only looked like doing it once the England rumours were around. The bigger issue is capping these young players early.</p><p></p><p>What would be good is to get stats on players who get capped early and see how often they play after their first cap, that would show which countries genuinely pick them to play and which just want to cap them for the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reiser99, post: 918207, member: 72977"] While there maybe a few people who think England are above it, most people, especially on here do not. We don't like it either, especially as it's leading to players being capped early, just to secure them, even if they aren't ready for that level in case another country tries to cap them first. Also your example of Te'o and Shields isn't very good, because these are two that are already in the prime of their careers and not been picked. NZ may have called up Shields, but only looked like doing it once the England rumours were around. The bigger issue is capping these young players early. What would be good is to get stats on players who get capped early and see how often they play after their first cap, that would show which countries genuinely pick them to play and which just want to cap them for the future. [/QUOTE]
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