Surely Mickey will be in!

my guess at the england team, ive heard ryan hall has been called up and i can see a few youngsters getting the chance.

1. shaun briscoe (hull kr)
2. shaun ainscough (wigan warriors)
3. michael shenton (castelford)
4. ryan atkins (wakefield)
5. ryan hall (leeds)
6. sam tomkins (wigan)
7. richie myler (salford)
8. jamie peacock (leeds)
9. james roby (st.helens)
10. james graham (st.helens)
11. gareth hock (wigan)
12. sam burgess (bradford)
13. sean o'loughlin (wigan)

14. paul clough (st.helens)
15. stuart fielden (wigan)
16. jamie jones buchanan (leeds)
17. kyle eastmond (st.helens)

id of have westerman a shoe in until he got injured. richard owen could be pushing for a place as well as tom briscoe on early season form.

i think the pack picks its self to be honest.

we need to try new combos in the backs and myler / tomkins could be our halves for england for years to come, why dont we get them used to playing with each other?

i think briscoe deserves his chance at full back now time for him to take it.

also in the 3/4s ainscough shenton could be a centre wing pairing for england for years and also ryan hall and atkins could be.

I would be tempted to take gleeson because he will add some experience to the backs.

other players in the squad would be....

westwood
gleeson
richard owen
tom briscoe
coley (on form alone)
gary wheeler who could cover a variety of positions.
morley

NOT GOOD....

Celtic v Wigan 13th June

France v England 13th June

Based on that, we would lose half our pack

GB + Ireland should come back. Richards can be the new carney

So Lockers who many fans on this site say isn't a captain but the players and successive coaches have supported him as captain, is now recognised as the man for the England captain's job.

You never know maybe some of the posters on here may have another think, probably not though as watching the game from the stands v's working closely with the man is enough to give anyone more insight into the players than any coach/player.

Hope they dont call of the Celtic match , accomodation already booked for the weekend

maybe the celtic game will be the game when noble is forced to play the likes of flanagan farrell and davies!

say gleeson, sam tomkins, hock, lockers, fielden and ive a good feeling ainscough will be given a game. we could be looking at a squad something like this.

1. phelps, 2. roberts, 3. bailey, 4. carmont, 5. richards, 6. smith, 7. leuluai, 8. coley, 9. riddell, 10. prescott, 11. hansen, 12. j.tomkins, 13. flanagan, 14. feka, 15. davies, 16. mcillorum, 17. farrell

i also think joel could be up for selection!

you'l be an england international by then fill in for big stu

I would actually start to cry if Bryn Hargreaves got selected for England.

Exactly Bryn Hargreaves is this bloke on something...

I don't think Smith will pick more than two players from any Superleague
team.

should still beat celtic IMO that team.

FB: Lee Smith
LW: Ryan Hall
LC: Michael Shenton
RC: Ryan Atkins
RW: Peter Fox
SO: Leon Pryce
SH: Richie Myler
P: Andy Lynch
HK: James Roby
P: James Graham
SR: Sean O'Loughlin
SR: Gareth Hock
LF: Joe Westerman

SUB: Sam Tomkins
SUB: Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
SUB: Stuart Fielden
SUB: Sam Burgess

18th Man: Paul Clough

O'Carroll should be back by then.

Imagine if things really had got that bad!

Thankfully Peacock, Graham, Morley, Lynch, Fielden, LMS, S Burgess, L Burgess, Coley, Prescott, Dowes, Scruton, Wood, Carvell etc say they've not plumbed those depths yet.

No disrespect intended to Hargreaves but he's sh*t

Quite a few have been missing for most of the season anyway

Thought Smith was going to be picking forwards that are in form,The Giants forwards have out played and out musceled all that mob that you lot have picked.Crabtree Mason ,Wild,are streets ahead of Feilden, boys take them Specs off FFS.

based on their recent performances we could also lose half our backs and still win

How long exactly?

12 months?

I take it you missed the

Regardless of what he said he would do, Smith didn't pick off form for the world cup so i wouldn't hold my breath mate.

On that note:

Stuart Fielden is still not at his best yet and so doesn't deserve to be in the squad.

Lockers still makes errors and has a bad hair cut.

Gareth Hock is a thug and a liability so he shouldn't be in.

Andy Coley was poor at the beginning of the season and he has had his chance at international level.

Sean Ainscough is a poor defensive player and can't even get in the Wigan side - not ready yet.

Sam Tomkins is still too young and has a Scottish grandparent and so Scotland is the country he will represent.

Martin Gleeson has had long enough in the setup and so it's time to let other players have a shot.

Joel Tomkins is not good enough - he didn't win young player of the year.

Ahh well.

We are 9th in the table, and could conceivably be 10th if bulls win their games in hand.

why would an england manager use a team that has played so poorly for the MAJORITY of the season as the basis of a successful international team.

this thread beggars belief. IF at the end of the season we are 3rd or 4th, then that is the time to give our boys a chance. this england squad is the perfect opportunity to allow the youngsters of saints and kr to receive some opportunities - as the league table (and cup) shows that these 2 have been the best teams of the season.

to be fair - cas, trinity, giants and quins have more valid shouts at england call ups than we do !