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JOC (James O'Connor) SHOULD KICK

Horwill you FUCKINGN idiot

How much attention have you been paying Scubber? Taps came off the bench last week and was pretty good. Ant was ok. I'd prefer Taps

Agreed, the World Cup is two months long. Plenty of time for the guys to physically fall in a heap if they aren't managed appropriately. Furthermore, the 11-12 week build up to RWC is plenty of time to make a difference to the squads level of physical preparation (strength, power, speed...

A Reds line up of 1. Slipper 2. FTS 3. Holmes 4. Dules 5. Kev 6. Thomson 7. Gill 8. Browning 9. Genia 10. Cooper 11. JOC (James O'Connor) 12. Tapuai 13. Kerevi 14. Panther 15. Turner 16. Hanson 17. Daley 18. Talakai 19. Kotze 20. Schatz or Robinson 21. Frisby 22. Hunt 23. CFS ...should win....but won't

What I've taken from the above is that there are deep, institutional issues at the Reds, many and varied. The level of ability in the squad is not an issue, most everything else is.

Probably fair enough currently Brumbieman. We all know Pocock can potentially be in the 23 or the 15 but his play is yet to lock that down for him. At the moment I want Higgers somewhere in the 23. You also haven't yet named a reserve tight head. I want Holmes,

In the 3rd year of his contract he was on their staff

I don't think he's planning to be head coach and bit part player gel. Brad has publicly stated a bunch of times that life after footy for him is in Brisbane. He has also suggested he has toyed with the idea of being a S and C coach. Wouldn't be a bad career for the big guy. If the reds were to...

Long term I think the dual playmaker model at the Wallabies will die out and we will see a backline that looks to place it's key distributors at 10, 15 and 14 with JOC (James O'Connor) hanging around. That leaves you with 11, 12 and 13 in primarily ball carrying roles. I'm more of a fan of this model than the...

Me too to be honest. I was quite uninspired.

His poor line out management?! Try to quantify that in a meaningful way, I double dare you. As others have alluded to...the Wobs used 4 different hookers and carried two notably average jumpers in the 23 for a lot of tests last year. There are many reasons why the line out struggled in...

Like Scrubber, I'd be inclined to start Holmes immediately (it's not like he's injured a knee he would have been running his tits off. Not worried about his ability to start). I very much agree that Schatz, FTA and CFS deserve a benching in order to get them to wake the fuck up. But it makes...

The wallaby Locking conundrum is very real. In my opinion Simmons is a lock in for a few reasons - nowadays an excellent scrummager on the loose head side. Has had his head up Slippers backside since they were 15 years old (It's probably his favorite place in the world). - Probably...

TT, if you're talking about Matt Randell there not much of a chance of him playing as low as 1st grade. Uni prems often name a starting XV, and fresh reserves for hooker, back row (maybe) and a back with the rest of the reserves hanging around after reggies is finished

The point about James' lateral movement is fair I think though

You're exaggerating more than a little Tip. He does lean forward when he's standing waiting to move up which probably looks like offside from a number of angles. BUT even if that is as true as you seem to think it was...SO WERE MOST OF THE BRUMBIES TIGHT 5! I was sitting at half way and it was...

I don't think anybody could ever accuse Horwill of no longer caring.

Why not? If Gilly is out and Beau not ready, from a minimising disruption stand point why shift Schatz to 7 to accommodate Browning at 8? Same end result with less need to fuck with a scrum base combination

If Beau isn't ready then Browning will wear 7. Not ideal but will suffice