Why did you not expect it? I got it except for White which is a strange one.
No I'm angry because of Alexander Skelton and BealeGaffa is angry because Hodgson.
No I'm angry because of Alexander Skelton and Beale
Why did you not expect it? I got it except for White which is a strange one.
I can't see Genia figuring too stongly in selections until he eliminates the skip steps from his game. It just doesn't fit with the Cheika game plan - the ball reaches the 1st receiver too late.
No I'm angry because of Alexander Skelton and Beale
The thing with Beale is he seems far more popular with coaches than he does with supporters. The last 3 Wallaby coaches have selected him - Deans and Link both had him in the run on 15. So it's not as if it's some sort of Cheika out-of-left-field thing.
If Skelton keeps improving at the rate he has done for the past 18 months he will make himself irresistible as far as selection in the 23 goes, maybe in the starting side considering we are not exactly over endowed with lock riches right now.
edit - I mean by RWC time or shortly thereafter
I think it's pretty clear now that Cheika sees Skelton as his Potgieter/Elsom in the Wallabies. There's no other reason why he would carry an unbalanced bench with only one genuine 8 in the XXIII.
Beale and Cooper are too alike to have both on the bench.
I can't see Genia figuring too stongly in selections until he eliminates the skip steps from his game. It just doesn't fit with the Cheika game plan - the ball reaches the 1st receiver too late.
Are u kidding me?? Skelton is an average player
Horwill is injured - not that it matters, I think Skelton would've got the bench spot over him anyway.
Forcefield I think you are on the money here regarding Skelton and Neville. But at the brumbies, I'm not sure that apart from Carter who is already there and Fardy who is ideally a 6, there are others who are yet knocking on the door. Tom Staniforth and Rory Arnold perhaps some time after 2015. Yet to see how Blake Enever pans out but hoping for big things down the track. Also think Coleman will still be a bit green for 2015.
The thing with Beale is he seems far more popular with coaches than he does with supporters. The last 3 Wallaby coaches have selected him - Deans and Link both had him in the run on 15. So it's not as if it's some sort of Cheika out-of-left-field thing.
Not directed at you, but I really hate this idea that no new squad members can come into a team in 2015. So long as the majority of the squad is settled one or two new players isn't the end of the world and it may be better than persisting with someone who so far isn't proving why they should be there.
This I entirely agree with. For RWC 2015 I'd hope that someone like Angus Cottrill could get a run at 6 or 8. Plays with a lot of aggression and good skills. I also would have said PAE but he's now off O/S. In the backs, maybe a Kellaway but I would hope it didn't turn out like JOC (James O'Connor).