What happened to Englands strength & depth?

AAhhh View - there arnt many of us on here and its generally quite sensible - havnt we done this to death - every nation has been through it - as Dingbat said the last time - even Ireland are adjusting their rules - and your boys have been far from innocent over the years - I dont know anyone thats embarrassed - rules is rules.
Enough on that .....

Dont you think that the Eng team selection shows its strength in depth? I dont like to see experimental teams - but this looks a good one and Im happy with it - if you think Wales will beat this team in England then fair play to you - IF Wales do win on Saturday I will be the first to congratulate them - cos this is not a bad Eng side and Wales will deserve the plaudits - not only that - as usual (if Im not at the game) I will be watching it in Cardiff

I think England will put 15 points on Wales maybe more - Wales dont look great up front but have strong backs and have avoided selecting the orange one which is good for Wales - Wales best chance is to keep it in the backs

Good luck to you

PS the 1 stars are not me - have 3 for starting a conversation yakki dar

what does it matter view? be better if you concentrated on your team and not the others me thinks.

Honestly... All i see is you setting up an excuse for your team losing.

Realistically speaking. I don't think you need to do that. Wales are fielding a decent team. And they seem to have had a decent camp. So i reckon this could be tight.

I give it to England on home advantage. But not by much. single score game.

Based on the fact i think both teams are weak in certain areas. Up front for wales coupl be a problem and the back line of England does not inspire me. Matt Banahan and mostly Delon Armitage are an issue in my book.

Here's to a good game anyway.

on a side note

Manu, on playing for England:

"No it wasn't a difficult decision. I grew up here and all my rugby was here. I played England Under-16s, 18s and 20s and if you play for those age groups then obviously you want to get to the top. I consider myself fully English as a rugby player - but that Samoan side to just come out the line and smash people, you never lose it. It's good fun."

who are we too argue

Its hard for me not to be contradictory on this subject as i have a potential vested interest in a foreign born player who may one day play for one of the home nations. However i feel that you should only be entitled to play for a country if you were born there, or either parent is from that country. All this residency stuff makes it very hard for me to accept that those players have genunie National Pride and know exactly what Rugby means to the people of the nation they are representing.

I disagree - however I do feel that the residency rules could be a lot tighter

is this prediction for next saturday?

how long before we hear we scored more trys blah blah blah

apparently Wales were in their opinion fitter - so there is a positive

yes, good to see them play for 20 mins