It would to FC fans because you're a paranoid bunch who think John Prescott had some influence on Crocker not getting his visa

Hello Smokey, not seen you for a while

Kick to shaun briscoe who's positional play and poor kick returns put pressure on England time and time again

Fox would have been left trailing in his wake the same as the rest of the England team

It appeared that way because he had to overcompensate for a slow right-winger.

Piles?

You can actually be quite funny for an irritating FC fan.

More like the coach's tactics of not dropping his wingers back to cover the kicks.

That is the most pathetic post i have ever read.

basically the Australian strategy was to do nothing but kick down Briscoes wing.

when challenged that they scored the tries by passing it and not kicking ZOD comes up with the argument that they were ging to kick but then changed their minds.

You are an embarrassment to this forum , RL and i would hope to other HKR fans.

Stop being an idiot by trying to manufacture my posts to be something they aren't and post a counter active opinion instead of slating one you don't agree with.

If you're not capable or don't understand enough about the game, then don't post.

He's made 50 posts (I kid you not) tonight basically writing off Tom Briscoe (19) as an outside back and claiming Fox (who last night he said was the only winger since the inception of SL to match up to Offiah) would have prevented the first half scoreline this afternoon. That tells its own story, I think.

Basically his whole nights charade is that Fox is faster than Briscoe, who couldn't catch the monster man that is Inglis, who was free to run because of other people, and Fox would of caught him. Your night must of been really enjoyable Mr Zod

england looked good in the 2nd half.

eastmond is a very special player, tomkins also looks very good. if he improves he will be a better 7 than sean long.

mcguire did nothing much.

it was good that smith went with such a young side and blooded them.

the way australia were wasting time in the last 15 mins they were mentally gone, not interested.

Here we have it.

Through my well reasoned and articulate posts based on hard evidence of the game this afternoon, FC fans fail to win the debate so they try to engineer/derail the thread away from the original thread which is a regular trait of Mrs B when she can't win a debate.

Similarly, Mrs B has tried to discredit my posts by inferring that I think Fox is as good as Offiah which is total fabrication. In hindsight, when mentioning Fox and Offiah in the same sentence, I should have given far more detail in terms of why.

I have never claimed that Fox is anywhere near as good as Offiah, I simply stated that Fox is the closest thing I've seen to Offiah in terms of style (certainly not abilty) in terms of the type of tries he's scored.

Back on the original debate which Mrs B has tried to derail.

Many folk toe the line to be protective about Tom Briscoe in respect of the fact he's 19 and making his way in the game but today proved the harsh reality he does not have the athletic ability to play in the three-quarters at international level.

I'm proud to be English and I want to see us win the competition.

52 posts in one day saying basically the same thing - I think the chances of you being de-railed with that level of persistence are pretty small.

We get that you don't rate Briscoe and have written him off as a three quarter. We get that you think Fox is the dog's bollox through yesterday's posts:



What are you trying to achieve, other than potentially looking ridiculous if Fox doesn't deliver spectacularly (if selected) against NZ?

Makes you proud to be from Hull



Listen you fools, it doesn't matter who plays wing/centre, the fact is we haven't got the back line to compete, and today's game only proved that it is the one area we lag behind Australia.

Forget it, move on, and shut the f**k up!

Fully agree we haven't got the back line to compete. Would disagree that it's the one area we lag behind Australia though.

are you serious???? Possibly the worst quote since a leeds fan said "Smith is better in defence than Shenton" Super league champs my backside! God knows how you won the grand final with Mcguire, Smith and Sinfield in your team.

The FC V HKR bickering on here is quite pathetic.

Sorry.

I'm afraid to say, if twitter feeds are to be believed, that the opinion of rugby league took a massive beating today.

maybe by union folk!

Whose?

I think league fans and other sporting fans will agree that we saw two very interesting and enjoyable games.

I must admit to being fairly despondent at half time, Australia played some very good rugby and made the most of chances that came their way. It seemed like their whole thought process was much quicker than England’s. It's a shame that Sinfield's half chance could not have been backed up - a try at that point in the game for England would have been interesting.

The big plus point for me is the way England handled it mentally at half time. They take massive credit for a brave and at times creative fight back. Australia can be "got at".

To me, Smiths policy of blooding youth is vindicated. Some of the kids were shredded in the first half but put that behind them for the second. You just simply cannot buy that sort of experience.

France, on the other hand, were decimated by injury etc. and did more than can be expected against the world champs.

I've got one big headache this morning

Couple of observations!

The Aussie switched off in the 2nd half. They KNEW they had the game won no matter what England did but to be fair England did put up a slightly better display.

My wife commented on this, the Aussies turned up in shirts , ties and blazers, very BUSINESS like wheras England turned up in leisureware tracksuits etc.

Very smart but shows an attitude of mind.

Might be only a small point but significant.