Your 4Nations teams

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Alec, Sep 12, 2011.

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  1. Magic AJ Parker

    1. Sam Perrett*
    2. Matthew Duffie
    3. Junior Sau
    4. Alex Glenn
    5. Jason Nightingale*
    6. Kieran Foran (left half)
    7. Benji Marshall (right half)
    8. Fui Fui Moi Moi
    9. Nathan Fien
    10. Jeff Lima
    11. Adam Blair
    12. Frank Prichard
    13. Jeremy Smith

    14. Sam Rapira
    15. Russell Packer
    16. Lewis Brown
    17. Isaac Luke

    Nightingale and Perrett are swapable...

    Lima has killed it in the ESL this year, just got motm in the Challenge Cup Final.

    Pretty good depth this year round when you consider they can still call on the likes of Asotasi, Mckendry, Matulino, Hargreaves & Eastwood if needed.
     
    Magic, Sep 13, 2011
    #41

  2. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    You dropped Mannering?
     
    Boobidy, Sep 13, 2011
    #42

  3. Julian BJ Taylor

    Surely he just forgot about him....
     
    Julian, Sep 13, 2011
    #43

  4. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    1.Billy Slater
    2.Darius Boyd
    3.Greg Inglis
    4.Jamie Lyon
    5.Akuila Uate
    6.Darren Lockyer (c)
    7.Johnathan Thurston
    8.Matt Scott
    9.Cameron Smith
    10.Paul Gallen
    11.Greg Bird
    12.Sam Thaiday
    13.Dallas Johnson

    14.Kurt Gidley
    15.David Shillington
    16.Nate Myles
    17.Luke Lewis

    Fulminate all you like about Johnson and Lyon. I am so sick of Australian sides being picked purely on attack with the mentality that our potency with the ball will blow everyone else out of the water, and then when it doesn't happen we're surprised that we concede points so easily against sides containing the likes of Marshall, Pritchard, Brown, Fien, Luke etc. It's remarkably conceited to pick a side with that methodology afaic.

    Gallen, Smith and Johnson in the team assures a tight line in the middle where someone like Shillington up front or Bird at lock would not. Hence Gallen starting with Shillo on the bench. It would be nice to have Parker too as his attack is obviously three times as good as DJ's but he's just not as good in defence and that's the area in which a lock must be proficient IMO. I actually think although Lewis would make a good centre particularly in defence (low tackling), his defence as a forward is actually quite poor. As is Bird's so again we need someone to counteract these deficiencies rather than just picking even more attacking potency and hoping to bridge the gap.

    If Lyon is unavailable then I'd pick Tate. I want someone who can tackle.

    Why everybody is picking Cronk as utility I do not know. What's Gidley done wrong (this time)?
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Sep 13, 2011
    #44

  5. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Tim Sheens 17:

    1. Billy Slater
    2. Lote Tuquri
    3. Greg Inglis
    4. Justin Hodges
    5. Jharal Yow Yeh
    6. Darryl Lockyer
    7. Jonthan Thurston
    8. Matt Scott
    9. Cameron Smith
    10. Paul Gallen/Nate Myles
    11. Beau Scott
    12. Luke Lewis
    13. Glenn Stewart/Paul Gallen

    14. Robbie Farah
    15. Ben Creagh
    16. Sam Thaiday
    17. Keith Galloway
     
    Last edited: Sep 13, 2011
    Sultan Pepper, Sep 13, 2011
    #45

  6. Magic AJ Parker

    Pretty sure he's having off season surgery along with SKD
     
    Magic, Sep 13, 2011
    #46

  7. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Jack Reed could get picked in either England or Australia's squad TBH.
     
    jazman84, Sep 13, 2011
    #47

  8. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Reed should do whatever his heart tells him. Obviously I hope he chooses Australia so he can play for QLD (which I certainly think he will one day).
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Sep 13, 2011
    #48

  9. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    He will pick QLD now that he knows he can make it. I reckon he was just doing a Fien/Webb kinda move.
     
    Boobidy, Sep 13, 2011
    #49

  10. Julian BJ Taylor

    Carroll ^^^
     
    Julian, Sep 13, 2011
    #50

  11. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Yeah, he chose to play for QLD and Australia because he couldn't crack the Kiwi squad...
     
    Boobidy, Sep 13, 2011
    #51

  12. Julian BJ Taylor

    He chose New Zealand because he couldn't make the Aussie squad tbh.

    He was no Luke Ricketson.
     
    Julian, Sep 13, 2011
    #52

  13. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    That squad was a joke, TBF.
     
    Boobidy, Sep 13, 2011
    #53

  14. Alec AD Funkotron

    I'm pretty sure Reed mentioned a few times he prefers QLD, since apparently he lived most of his life here or something. Clearly playing for QLD and Australia is superior to playing for England though, and he can definitely make the QLD side if he doesn't decline.
     
    Alec, Sep 14, 2011
    #54

  15. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    AWT big time.
     
    Sultan Pepper, Sep 14, 2011
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  16. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Funny thing is, Fien would be one of my 1st picks for Qld these days as the bench hooker. He is a machine. Shame that at the time he was a pretty shit halfback.
     
    jazman84, Sep 14, 2011
    #56

  17. Jimmy J Read

    1.Slater
    2.Uate
    3.Inglis
    4.Hodges if he can play and if he can't Tonga
    5.Merritt
    6.Lockyer
    7.Thurston
    8.Scott
    9.Smith
    10.Shillington
    11.Bird
    12.Thaiday
    13.Gallen

    14.Cronk
    15.Taylor
    16.Lewis
    17.Hindmarsh just put him on to make a million tackles.
     
    Last edited: Sep 15, 2011
    Jimmy, Sep 14, 2011
    #57

  18. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Having both Cronk and Gidley is puss.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Sep 15, 2011
    #58

  19. Julian BJ Taylor

    So...my NZ team:

    1. Sam Perrett
    2. Jason Nightingale
    3. Steve Matai
    4. Alex Glenn
    5. Manu Vatuvei/Kevin Locke (if it's lock the back 3 can rotate)
    6. Kieran Foran
    7. Benji Marshall
    8. Russell Packer
    9. Nathan Fien
    10. Sam McKendry
    11. Adam Blair
    12. Simon Mannering (Sika Manu)
    13. Jeremy Smith

    14. Fui Fui Moi Moi
    15. Lewis Brown
    16. Sika Manu (Frank Pritchard)
    17. Isaac Luke

    Players in brackets are there for Blair's suspension matches.
     
    Last edited: Sep 15, 2011
    Julian, Sep 15, 2011
    #59

  20. Benny BS Read

    Replace Cronk with another forward and that's not a bad team jimmy
     
    Benny, Sep 15, 2011
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