Rules:

Players signed for Super League in 2018
No NRL players
No limit on number of players from one club.

My selection:

[i1. Benjamin Barba - St Helens

2. David Mead - Catalans
3. Kato Ottio - Widnes
4. Joel Moon - Leeds
5. Garry Lo - Castleford

6. Benjamin Roberts - Castleford
7. Albert Kelly - Hull FC

8. Adam Cuthbertson - Leeds
9. Mattthew Parcell - Leeds
10. David Fifita - Wakefield
11. Mark Minichiello - Hull FC
12. Benjamin Murdoch-Masilla - Warrington
13. Gregory Bird - Catalans
[/i
[uInterchange[/u: [i14. Sam Moa - Catalans, 15. Pauli Pauli -Wakefield, 16. Wellington Albert -Widnes, 17. Brett Delaney - Leeds[/i

That's a lot of players' from woeful Wakefield John.

Modified the team list above to minimise the damage to morale of having too many from woeful Wakefield. It is now a very strong team.

Justin carney is better than Gary Lo

Are you sure? Watch Garry Lo in 2018.

Also there could be a morale problem if Justin Carney was included, because the other players would have to be constantly checking on the whereabouts of their spouses.

So are you saying that you could have picked more from woeful Wakefield, or have I missed something in translation from your native Chorleyan tongue?

I initially picked four from woeful Wakefield, while forgetting the two superior players from Hull FC. This blunder has been edited out.

Luckily for you then Jean you were able to hastily come across two inferior Hull players to cover up your embarrassment, cringeworthy from a man of your experience and status in the world of International rugby league.

This blunder of yours must have been to some magnitude John when you had to edit it 3 times in total



Btw John I'll give you Minicheddars is from Hull instead of Horo, but Roberts plays for Cas button not Hull. HTH

I'm facinated to know who the other two were

Miller and Horo. hastily replaced by Roberts and mini cheddars after 3 attempts

Neither of them are in the same class as Talanoa anyway, so the point is moot.

There is a reason Lo has never played a top flight game before. Its because is isnt that good. Very powerful, granted, but not much else.

And given Powell has come out and said Ben Roberts will be FB this year for Cas then Lo might not play too much top flight rugby this year with Eden and Miniken ahead of him.

Garry Lo is far superior to Miniken. I am confident that Darrell Powell will recognise this fact before too long.

Jakob Miller (Wakefield) was replaced by Albert Kelly (Hull FC), Justin Horo (Wakefield) was replaced by Mark Minichiello (Hull FC), Luke Walsh (Catalans) was replaced by Benjamin Roberts (Castleford).

Those belated changes have given us a very strong Exiles team for 2018. That team could beat England.

Could you give us an insight as to why you made those glaring errors with the three changes you made initially John, was it to hide your embarrassment at picking all those players from woeful Wakefield after all those 3 replacements would have surely been in your thoughts with all the knowledge and experience at your disposal,sorry to say it John but with your mismash of a pole and now this, you are becoming to look amateurish unfortunately.

Also, if you are going to pick a second row from Hull for this team Sika Manu is a better player than Minichiello imo.

You are entitled too your opinion. These judgments are often marginal, so I would be interested in what other forum contributors think about the Mark Minichiello vs Sika Manu comparison.

Is this your only objection to my selected team?

You have 5 guys who have never played a game in SL before. I expect Mead will go well, the others are unknown quantities that could be great or could flop.

I love Mini's enthusiasm and he is a really strong ball carrier. But I often get frustrated with his unforced errors and he gets caught out in defence too often imo. Manu is rock solid in everything he does.

Barba
Mead
Tuimavave
Moon
Talanoa
Kelly
T Roberts

Ikahifiho
Parcell
Millington
Manu
Minichiello
Cuthbertson

B Roberts
BMM
Moors
Fifita

As ever, people are posting either on reputation or club bias in which case so will I.

Barba
Lo
Bill Tupou
Moon
Talanoa

Kelly
Miller

Fifita
Randall
Pauli Paul
Horo
Minichiello
Arona

B Roberts
BMM
Moors
Cuthbertson

And it's still more sensible than some on here

Looks like there's been 3 entries with club bias going:
Catalan - 3
Hull - 5
Wakefield- 7 (all starters)

why do people get so offended when players aren’t picked from their team? So embarrassing and childish, but then who would expect anything else from vastman?

It's mostly from that one club again with fans who have a big overinflated view on how good there players are. For those of us who win important things like SL titles it doesn't matter to us whether or not our players are picked in an Exiles team.

You seem to be making the mistake of thinking that all fans of our club thinks like he does which is simply not true.