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<blockquote data-quote="spartan32" data-source="post: 1062229" data-attributes="member: 72322"><p>well I'm afraid Sky Sports don't agree with anyone on here it seems. They've rated everyone 7/10 or above apart from Smith who they deemed was 6/10. Even the headline was "Returning Farrell helps England see off Australia". Did he, did he really? He kicked the pens certainly, but pretty sure Smith could have done that without him. Aside from that I didn't see anything to suggest he did more than get in Smiths way and, along with Manu out of position, prevented Smith from playing his usual very impressive game. </p><p></p><p>I also agree that Slade was a bit nobbled by too many playmakers and not enough brawn in the centres. He's a pretty handy player in my opinion, but he needs the right mix around him. </p><p></p><p>There is a glimmer of hope for Saturday with Faz limping off (I wouldn't wish injury on any player but..) forcing Jones to select the back line that I think we all want to see namely:</p><p></p><p>9. Young's (ideally Quirk but that's a pipe dream)</p><p>10. Smith</p><p>11. May</p><p>12. Slade</p><p>13. Manu</p><p>14. Radwan</p><p>15. Steward </p><p></p><p>Have Malins on the bench with Quirk and that would no doubt keep us all happy. It's bound to be a 6/2 split for SA, which would make sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spartan32, post: 1062229, member: 72322"] well I’m afraid Sky Sports don’t agree with anyone on here it seems. They’ve rated everyone 7/10 or above apart from Smith who they deemed was 6/10. Even the headline was “Returning Farrell helps England see off Australia”. Did he, did he really? He kicked the pens certainly, but pretty sure Smith could have done that without him. Aside from that I didn’t see anything to suggest he did more than get in Smiths way and, along with Manu out of position, prevented Smith from playing his usual very impressive game. I also agree that Slade was a bit nobbled by too many playmakers and not enough brawn in the centres. He’s a pretty handy player in my opinion, but he needs the right mix around him. There is a glimmer of hope for Saturday with Faz limping off (I wouldn’t wish injury on any player but..) forcing Jones to select the back line that I think we all want to see namely: 9. Young’s (ideally Quirk but that’s a pipe dream) 10. Smith 11. May 12. Slade 13. Manu 14. Radwan 15. Steward Have Malins on the bench with Quirk and that would no doubt keep us all happy. It’s bound to be a 6/2 split for SA, which would make sense. [/QUOTE]
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