Re: Wilkin Captain against Exiles : Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:40 pm  

Unbeleiveable he's the captain! He can't even make the full 17 in games that matter. McNamara has lost the plot!

Re: Wilkin Captain against Exiles : Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:40 am  

If you recall he had a very good test series at the end of last year (four nations)....leading by example with his work rate. Captaincy deserved.....

Re: Wilkin Captain against Exiles : Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:18 am  

Am I alone in thinking that the exiles game is the England coach's only chance to try things out? Surely if he thinks Wilkin might be the man for the job it's better to test that theory on what is effectively a trial game?

Re: Wilkin Captain against Exiles : Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:55 am  

wertyuio wrote:

If you recall he had a very good test series at the end of last year (four nations)....leading by example with his work rate. Captaincy deserved.....

Agreed.

He also does a lot of talking on the pitch and tries to motivate players - certainly for Saints he does anyway.

Re: Wilkin Captain against Exiles : Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:49 pm  

He'll make 40+ tackles and give a good interveiw at the end.

Re: Wilkin Captain against Exiles : Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:32 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

He'll make 40+ tackles and give a good interveiw at the end.

Don't forgot he will run good lines

Re: Wilkin Captain against Exiles : Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:00 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

He'll make 40+ tackles and give a good interveiw at the end.

His interview was even crap tonight

Re: Wilkin Captain against Exiles : Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:32 pm  

I'm almost lost for words for that England performance tonight.

But diabolical springs to mind. The left edge defence, what was going on.

I felt sorry for the young lads making their debuts, the experienced players let them down big style, no leadership, no fight, cr@p.

Oh for a Morley, Hock or McIlorum etc to bang some heads.

Re: Wilkin Captain against Exiles : Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:52 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Oh for a Morley, Hock or McIlorum etc to bang some heads.

No thanks.

We missed aggressive forwards. We did not miss idiots and thugs.

Re: Wilkin Captain against Exiles : Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:25 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

I'm almost lost for words for that England performance tonight.

But diabolical springs to mind. The left edge defence, what was going on.

I felt sorry for the young lads making their debuts, the experienced players let them down big style, no leadership, no fight, cr@p.

Oh for a Morley, Hock or McIlorum etc to bang some heads.

Spoken like a true imbecile