None of the Leeds players then? That's a Surprise!

And you have the Nerve to say the previous poster knows Nothing about RL!

MCGuire was anonymous and his kicking game was terrible!
The 3/4qtrs received almost Zero ball from him and he didn't dictate The game like a Half back should it wasn't until Sinfield moved himself closer to the action 2nd half did we slightly improve.

Myler was anonymous 1st half but at least "Slightly" better second although that's not saying much!

FWIW based on Smith's other selections I find it baffling that he hasn't selected Burrows in the squad as maybe as a 3 they play better?

And there's nobody going to convince me that the squad wouldn't be better with Burrows/Gleeson/Pryce & JJB in it!

Fully agree Brett, see my Well done RFL post.

He didn't play too well last night in the first half. He was so upset with himself when he mistimed his run for the try. But I think you have been a bit too harsh there. He improved in the second half and made metres. He's bound to go down eventually. He's not Moi Moi. (although even Moi Moi surrenders to tackles sometimes!) He is a ball carrying prop, there to distribute as well as make metres and some of his passes were excellent.

Take it your joking?

McGuire and Sinfield had stinkers bar a 10minute spell at the start of the 2nd half when Sinfield pulled himself together.

Not saying i disagree with the other names mentioned bar maybe Graham and Shenton who i thought did ok-ish. If Graham could have held onto the ball he'd have been doing alot better.

Graham look more dangerous than any of our forwards lastnight. and he didnt go straight down from every tackle.

Bar one or 2 errors i thought Graham was pretty good last night. A couple of players made him look abit of an idiot(Burgess was one) by dropping perfect passes Graham had thrown to them to put them through gaps.

He should start next week.

Thought it was a night for the old guard really, peacock Morley and ellis stood out for me! if anything it looked like graham was trying too hard which can gave the reverse effect at time. you could see there was a lot of personal frustration in his performance. I said graham needed to have a look at himself, well that's not always a bad thing. a little more composure would see him kick on again imo

Oh dear

Well its been on all day with no responses and it slipped onto page 2





How odd! I'm sure all you knowledgeable (icon_surprised.gifopsicon_smile.gif folk who posted on this thread would have made sure it was 40 pages long by now if Sinfield was the player you made out

He puts in a sensational performance against the World Champions and nobody has anything to say. I suppose your silence says it all!

He played well from dummy half. Crap at Loose forward though.

Think you will find most people were worried about his selection at 13 but happy to have him as a 9, turns out they were right.

"Sensational" interesting. Good yes, sensational.........

No, general consensus seemed to be that he was useless at International level, period.

He controlled the game last night, something he's rarely been given the opportunity to do at International level, but thanks to the inexperience and lack of International quality of the two half backs last night, he was given the game to run and he thrived on it

No consensus was he had underachieved thus far.

120 minutes of good performances at International level and Loiners seem to think he is the best player in the world.

He has to back up this game and a half of good performances to be considered anything more than an International let down.

No, Sinfield put in his normal performance. Opposition fans' ridiculous bagging of him is what has caused the reaction IMO. He didn't do anything different yesterday than he has been doing for Leeds for the last 6 years




That goes for every single player in the squad barring probably Peacock, Graham, Burgess and Ellis.

For someone who sounds so old when they post, you seem to have forgotten that whenever a "great" English player has pulled on an International jersey for the last 30 years, they have generally been made to look sh*t.

My god you Leeds fans are slow. I and most people accept he has been a good domestic player but his performances have not followed as an International, that is the arena he is being judged in and thus far has produced 120 good minutes to a 21 game International career.

I am 31.

Hanley never looked , Schofield never looked , Jackson and Ward always held there own a few examples of a select few that did stand up and be tested.

Is the failure of a generation really a bench mark by which to assess our current International players?

SInfield has generally been poor for GB/England. Hooker may well be his best role, although given the halfbacks he was playing with his role as key organiser and in generally keeping everyone talking was very important. I suspect that if Sinfield were in the NRL he'd have played at hooker his whole career.

agreed.

I think part of what we're seeing as Smith nudges towards a side that somehow works is that attempting to play against Oz in particular using a 'SL template' is doomed to failure.

A Sinfield-stytle loose forward simply doesn't exist in the NRL. Neither does a hooker who's whole game is based on runs from acting halfback. I've said for years that England in trying to use the loose forward as ball handler in fact detract from the performance of halfbacks (same true at club level IMO). The Sinfield/Farrell/Sculthorpe role of loose forward doesn't exist in the NRL because they have generally better halfbacks and need the loose forward to be a powerhouse not a playmaker.

Sinfield has been nominated for this years Golden Boot award apparently www.totalrl.com/home/

Sinfield has been nominated for this years Golden Boot award apparently www.totalrl.com/home/

I'm not a Sinfield fan, but I thought he fully deserved MOM on Saturday.

Based off Saturdays game, I'd say he's a better unorthodox hooker than Loose Forward.

That is a surprise, what's the easy link with those three?




Well done to Sinfield, he has been one of our best players in this tournament. Not a chance of winning the golden boot as the Australian nominees are vastly better players, but he has proved a lot of people wrong.

All three have never let England/GB down?

Apart from Morleys sending off!

I've always rated Sinfield.

He would in all probability have been a Wigan player except for a certain Mr. Eric Hughes.
Sinfield has had a great series particularly since being moved to the dominant dummy half slot.

Sinfield has Been voted best 13 in the world 2009 to go with his golden boot nomination! Ryan hall voted world rookie of the year too!