Lee Raikes
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@ajsrugby I believe M.Smith going on the lions has resulted in him being dropped by England.
He never really got a look in down under so Ford has the jump on him, he played very well in Argentina and has carried that form into the Prem
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Chucked aside implies he's been totally ignored and not in Borthwicks thinking.
He's literally in the Autumn squad, he's just being outperformed by 2 top level 10s at the moment.
You don't just shoehorn a player into a 23 because he MIGHT turn it on
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'Hyped up and now chucked aside, keeping Marcus Smith motivated will be Steve Borthwick’s biggest man-management challenge yet' ✍️ @danscho1 Read the column: telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…
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@stephenjones9 @SFCBenW Outed yourself here Stephen, you don't like an answer so you retort with a childish reply......
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@englishsportfan @stephenjones9 Where did I say one league is better than the other?
Regardless of what you think, the rule is is in place so players know what they are getting themselves in for by playing abroad
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@Raikeise @stephenjones9 If it’s no better then you don’t need a protectionist policy to stop anyone leaving ?
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@ChrisMckenna89 @englishsportfan @stephenjones9 Totally agree and rumours Sinkler and Marchant on their way back
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@englishsportfan @Raikeise @stephenjones9 At present the only players playing in France that would make a real challenge to play in the England squad are Willis x 2, Marchant, Ribbans and Maybe Sinkler. Hardly plenty.
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@englishsportfan @stephenjones9 What's the draw with France, earning more money? A top England player would be on anything between 500-750k pa at their club then add the England central contract dosh on top and I couldn't imagine it will far off what they could earn in France!
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@Raikeise @stephenjones9 You don’t have that now because plenty go to france anyway. A ‘load’ is a huge exaggeration of the numbers who would leave.
It would help the national team, the national game and the club game by allowing them to spend better too.
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@englishsportfan @stephenjones9 I wouldn't be that fussed watching a bunch of overseas players, I want to watch the best England players playing in England
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@Raikeise @stephenjones9 What % of punters turn up to watch their team’s 1-2 England players exclusively ? How much media coverage to do England players generate for their clubs ?
To the extent there is any truth in either, would top quality overseas players not fill that void ?
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@englishsportfan @stephenjones9 The club game finically is a lot stronger than the one in England
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@Raikeise @stephenjones9 How does france cope without protectionism ?
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@reedsweybridge Will you be able to fulfil the fixture unlike last week? Just asking for a friend that's all
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@QuinsFOTS I wouldn't look to far into the design, Looks fantastic, something different to past releases
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@JustinRose99 @usopengolf I'll take the one of the two that your not using please 🤣🤣
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@talkSPORT Need to get Darragh on more, tells the 🤡 stuff they don't want to hear!
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@indykaila @TrentAA Other ways of looking at it
Liverpool have lost out by at least £50m by not selling TAA
Liverpool are £20m down for buying a player to replace a player that didn't sign a new deal
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Liverpool will get £10m for @TrentAA who can leave free in a month
Frimpong would had cost £30m.
This means Frimpong will only cost £20m due to unexpected £10m sale of Trent.
Crazy..
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