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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 285480"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Prestwick @ Nov 2 2009, 09:43 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=418994" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>I'd have Cueto at 15 and Strettle + Monye as wings. Otherwise bang on. Foden certainly cannot be trusted at fullback.</p><p></p><p>I'm worried about a lot of things missing:</p><p></p><p>1. No props of (proven) international standard. Very concerned about our scrum.</p><p>2. Shaw's absence means we'll have no enforcers in the pack. Lawes is, but he's also 20.</p><p>3. Yet another new centre combination. Just after Flutey seemed to have settled in.</p><p>4. Cueto/ Monye may be safe options at fullback, but neither will offer Armitage's fantastic kicking and aerial game.</p><p></p><p>On the plus side:</p><p></p><p>1. Hopefully Hartley can add mongrel to the pack and establish himself long term.</p><p>2. Hopefully Lawes can be blooded, then establish himself long term, then become the world's biggest hard man.</p><p>3. I think Crane will have to get a run at 8 which is good news.</p><p>4. We have a lot of good options at 9 and on the wing.</p><p>5. Wilkinson is fit and on form.</p><p></p><p>Australia are there to be beaten. So are we. But really, we bloody ought to beat them.</p><p></p><p>Argentina cannot be underestimated, but on our own patch they should go too.</p><p></p><p>New Zealand. We won't win this one. However, if we get 2 good results in the previous weeks, added to the fact this NZ team is nothing special atm... who knows? f*** it, we'll still lose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 285480"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Prestwick @ Nov 2 2009, 09:43 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=418994']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> I'd have Cueto at 15 and Strettle + Monye as wings. Otherwise bang on. Foden certainly cannot be trusted at fullback. I'm worried about a lot of things missing: 1. No props of (proven) international standard. Very concerned about our scrum. 2. Shaw's absence means we'll have no enforcers in the pack. Lawes is, but he's also 20. 3. Yet another new centre combination. Just after Flutey seemed to have settled in. 4. Cueto/ Monye may be safe options at fullback, but neither will offer Armitage's fantastic kicking and aerial game. On the plus side: 1. Hopefully Hartley can add mongrel to the pack and establish himself long term. 2. Hopefully Lawes can be blooded, then establish himself long term, then become the world's biggest hard man. 3. I think Crane will have to get a run at 8 which is good news. 4. We have a lot of good options at 9 and on the wing. 5. Wilkinson is fit and on form. Australia are there to be beaten. So are we. But really, we bloody ought to beat them. Argentina cannot be underestimated, but on our own patch they should go too. New Zealand. We won't win this one. However, if we get 2 good results in the previous weeks, added to the fact this NZ team is nothing special atm... who knows? f*** it, we'll still lose. [/QUOTE]
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