i'd put James Graham on the wing if the best we can do is Calderwood.

If not picked for the centre position, i do actually think that Ryan would make a decent winger.

Hope atkins england selection rubs off for us.
He's gonna have to work a damned side harder for England to get in the squad than he's currently doing for us, but if he progresses as a result of it who cares!!!

I've been a constructive critic of Ryans in the past but this year MM weekend apart he has been one of the standout performers for our team. He's coming in looking for more work and he seems to have sured his defense up. Also he does tend to try and use his passing game a bit more, if anything too much, trying to force the pass when its not on.He is our main strike player and for me doesn't get enough quality ball to show what he can do. We should be looking at using him much more than we do like the wat Saints do with Gidley and Leeds do with Senior. This squad is a group of players who Smith wants to look at nurture and work closely with, its not guarenteed that any of them will play in the game with France (but obviously a lot will). Hopefully Shenton and Atkins will form a formidable partnership for years to come and it would be great if us and Cas could keep hold of them both for those years, even better if we signed Shenton too

I don`t see the point of Hull`s Tom Briscoe being selected, he`s out for at least 3 more months with a broken leg. Shaun Briscoe would be a better call, probably the form fullback at the mo, although I would hope that Smith is looking at Matt Blaymire as well we`re not blessed with many quality English fullbacks currently.

Delighted to see Ryan included though, well deserved on form this year.

Agreed. You would have thought Peter Fox or Shaun Ainscough would have been a better bet.