yes finally

sharples in for strettle late change h is a flyer give him the ball.

not much use if he cant get the ball in space.

Given that France have picked a kicking fly half, I think the back three will be getting plenty of ball regardless of whether we ever pass it out

Plenty off ball is one thing, deep ball running into a brick wall of a defence isn't good ball, and I think Sharples will probably try to run too much, I can see him being targeted.

Front foot attacking ball is where Sharples has a threat, and with Tuilagi at 13 that ain't going to happen.

Hope i'm wrong!

Look at it this way: There has been a question if he can cut it and be productive at this level. Now we will know. I have always had questions about his defence. But I have the same concerns about Strettle. Will be interesting.

Can only be a good thing to give these youngsters a go, are we going to win the 6N's? No. So we should be happy to give a few possibles a chance.

yappysnap wrote:Can only be a good thing to give these youngsters a go, are we going to win the 6N's? No. So we should be happy to give a few possibles a chance.

Can only bode well for the future. Just a shame it is Strettle he is replacing rather than Ashton who has been anonymous.

Good luck to him.

Hoe you scream your lungs out when he gets the ball

maestegmafia wrote:

yappysnap wrote:Can only be a good thing to give these youngsters a go, are we going to win the 6N's? No. So we should be happy to give a few possibles a chance.

Can only bode well for the future. Just a shame it is Strettle he is replacing rather than Ashton who has been anonymous.

Yea Ashton seems to be living on a reputation at the moment, he owes Lancaster a massive game tomorrow. If he doesn't produce then i'd expect changes for Ireland.

Adam,

you still 'Engwish an pwoud "

yappysnap wrote:Can only be a good thing to give these youngsters a go, are we going to win the 6N's? No. So we should be happy to give a few possibles a chance.

Yeah why bother with an A team when we have the 6 nations....

I did say a few possibles, as in players like Sharples, Brown, Webber or Marler. But you go ahead and make witty comments Pete.

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:

yappysnap wrote:Can only be a good thing to give these youngsters a go, are we going to win the 6N's? No. So we should be happy to give a few possibles a chance.

Yeah why bother with an A team when we have the 6 nations....

This would be true PSW if the A team had any meaningful games. It doesn't so fails to provide the requisite stepping stone from club to country. It's a problem that I hope the RFU do something about. For instance how big a squad are we taking to SA and is it going to be a proper old fashioned tour? Are there going to be midweek dirt-tracker games? If so, that would be perfect for trying out fringe players who are just outside of the first team who the management want to take a closer look at. If not then the powers that be need to start getting the A team some meaningful games pdq.