Quote ="Bull Mania"But if he thought the Widdop/Sinfield partnership was the one to beat NZ, why didnt he give them game time against non opposition such as Ireland/Fiji/France. ..Those games should have been used for Sinfield &Widdop to gel if he thought that was the combination to beat NZ. '"
I assumed (but don't know) that there was more to Chase being dropped than was made public> If there wasn't, then I agree you'd expect them to be given game time on the face of it, but England clearly didn't suffer as a result of them not having had that game time.
Quote ="Bull Mania"The fact he used Chase/Sinfield at every opportunity he has had, and then changed it before the game against NZ after Sinfield/Chase had very little impact on the tournament suggests to me he realised it wasn't working '"
Perfectly possible too, and if so, then what do you do? Stick with it even if for whatever reason it isn't working, or change it?
Quote ="Bull Mania"when a side gets a new half back, you always hear everyone talking about giving them time to gel. To then play a new combination in a WC semi shows incompetence from Mcnamara. We should have never been on that situation'"
IF Chase was dropped solely because he wasn't playing well enough, what are you saying? Chase had mostly been playing out of his socks all 2013, are you saying McNamara should have somehow mystically known that come the WC Chase's form would go down the pan? How? Mystic Meg? How would it be "incompetence", exactly, not to be able to see into the future?
