Exiles by 40.

It's an horrendous team.

Goulding should be in that squad and playing centre instead of Ablett. Ablett should be playing SR with Hock.

Brough at SH and Chase at SO

Micky Mac should be in the squad and on the bench.

Mossop should be starting prop instead of Peacock.

McNamara has no clue.

I've no real problems with the inclusion of guys like Ablett and Tickle as one they were selected in the squad there seems little option but to play them.

My issue is Sinfield! He's a player in rotten form who's failed time and again at the international level yet keeps getting selected. We're meant to be building to the world cup yet this guys included! We can't seriously be suggesting he'll be in the world cup squad? Guys like Lomax and Brough need a chance to show what they can do, by Christ Sinfield must have had enough chances by now!

Peacock deserves to play in those two games but should do the decent thing and move aside after this series. He's been a joy to watch in the England shirt, a true warrior but age has caught up with him and there's no shame in that. There is shame in holding back other players who deserve a crack though.

The game over here is getting fooled in to thinking anybody over the age of 34/35 can be the new Menzies! He's a one off and an exception to the rule.

The only saving grace for McBanana is the Exiles team is nowhere near as strong as it could have been because with the team he's selected this could have turned into a pretty heavy defeat for England.

the team should be something like

1. Sam Tomkins
2. Josh Charnley
3. Darrell Goulding
4. Ryan Atkins
5. Ryan Hall
6. Rangi Chase
7. Danny Brough
8. Lee Mossop
9. James Roby
10. Eorl Crabtree
11. Gareth Hock
12. Danny Tickle
13. Sean O'Loughlin

14. Mike McIllorum
15. Andy Lynch
16. Gareth Carvell
17. Jamie Jones Buchanan

how players like Jamie Peacock (past it, arent we supposed to be planning for a world cup?), Kevin Sinfield (why oh why does this clown of an international coach keep picking him?) and Carl Ablett (in the centres) have been picked is a joke.

How Leeds, who are meandering down in 9th place can have so many representitives in the squad is beyond a joke.

Chase out Lomax in apart from that the rest is bang on...

This is a joke, a total shambles. I hope they get stuffed.

I feel gutted about us wanting to lose but I simply cannot accept the current set up.

Sadly though we will be stuck with McNamara till after the World Cup at the very least, which will be another massive opportunity lost for the game in the UK.

How happy am I that I didn't bother buying tickets



Mcbanana is making a total mockery of the RFL's ethos of bringing through the youngsters. Peacock & Sinfield should be nowhere near this squad. Peacock for no other reason than old father time has caught up with him. He has been a formidable player for Eng/GB but his time is up. Sinfield is just purely gash. It's a bit like the Lampard & Gerrard situation where the coach seems to always want Lockers and that gash Sinfield in the same squad. Chase or Lomax at 6 & Brough at 7 for me. I won't even get going about Goulding & Cudjoe missing out to Ablett!

It hurts to say this but I hope we get spanked.

i agree, not exactly a team that inspires confidence is it

Wanting an England team to lose is not in my nature in any sport but that's what this doughnut of a coach is driving me towards, just so we'll see the back of him sooner and our better players are allowed to flourish on the biggest stage instead of being held back by has-beens and never-weres that have tried and failed many times before

Could be worse I suppose.....................McBannana could have picked Phil Clarke's Boots n All Opta team

1 Stains player, oh how the serial losers have fallen.

Crabtrees an impact player from the bench; Ablett has been struggling even as second row; and Tickle, well that is desperate.

What next Banana, you'll have Charnley taking the kicks!!!!!!

Does anybody actually give a toss about the exiles game? We'll never beat the aussies so why bother having a crap england coach picking a crap england team? Money Money Money yet again

In all fairness he's picked loads of leeds players who are obviously down in 9th so i don't think the squad reflects saints current slump. They do have some good guys for example lomax should be playing (if he's fit??) but hes not as should a few more wiganers like Goulding and even more so McIlorrum.

Chase is better than Lomax as a half.

Looking at that squad how have Meli and Hohaia got into this side?

they are in because Finch and Pat are injured......

Meli is very, very ordinary but Hohaia is a shocker of a selection. The Saints fans who liked to laugh at Vaealiki (except when he was exposing Wellens' lack of pace) aren't laughing now.



Has there been a worse big name Kiwi signing? Ever? How long is his contract? His signing has been a masterstroke... for Wigan!

That's a very good side apart from the Kiwi at 6,i would have picked Kevin Brown there when fit

How the hell can SM justify having 6 Leeds players in the 17 is beyond me. This guy is a F*****G ID!OT!!!

Not 1 of those players (except maybe Hall) deserves to be in the England side on performance or even previous history with England.

Anyone who knows anything about British RL would have had Chase, Brough or Lomax playing together in the halves this year in this match. Sinfield has a decent kicking game but Brough has a better one & KS doesn't run the ball at the defensive line. Shocking decision. I'd even consider playing Scott Grix, Matty Smith or even Kevin Brown at 6 ahead of Sinfield!

Then we get on to having Carl Ablett playing at CENTRE... This guy isn't even a centre!!! How can you pick Ablett when you have Goulding, Welham, Bridge, & even Hardaker waiting is completely beyond me. He shouldn't even be in the 17.

Then we have Peacock, who has done nothing for over 3 years for the England side. Even as Captain he offers no impact on the field. He's too slow and should have retired a year ago.

Tickle... seriously? The man wasn't good enough for England in his better days never mind now! How can you pick a has-been like Danny Tickle when you have hot prospects like Elliott Whitehead or John Bateman biting at the cherry?

Carvell as we all saw last year is completely incompetent at international level.
Jones-Buchanan has done nothing good this year except shave half of his beard off.
Roby has played 3 times against Wigan, Burrow once & both players have been played of the park by Macca - who is not even in the 17!


Overall, a ridiculous side picked by a complete fool who should be sacked when the Exiles obliterate us. I was really looking forward to an England side with potential to challenge at the end of the year but unfortunately we're going backwards.

Can't wait for Saturday...

For crying out loud, you might not have the players selected that you wanted to be selected, i know i dont, but to want your own country to get ''spanked'' in a international game is just silly.

Thanks for that

It's the only way changes will be made.

Normally I would agree, I'm English through and through and would support them to the end. If it was a case that the players just weren't available and he was picking the best of a bad bunch and THAT'S why we couldnt compete with the best in the world then that would be fine. The fact of the matter is we have a guy in charge who is obviously out of his depth. If England losing 2 games to the Exiles is what it takes to get him out then it's a sacrifice I'm willing to see.