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Message: [QUOTE="Porthoz, post: 2955951, member: 2221"] There are things here I agree with, others absolutely not, starting with your assumptions that all decisions are exclusively Walters' choice, as if the other selectors would have no say. Sorry, there is no way Thaiday or Boyd shouldn't have been dropped, nor would I replace anyone from last year's team for Guerra. I'd have Cooper ahead of him 10 times out of 10, and again, Cooper isn't someone who deserves any type of blame for this series, what with being the forward who actually made the least mistakes and most meters for Qld in game 2. Incidentally, the issues I've had so far with selection, were: Scott was probably hard done by, but last year's pack held his own without him, he was coming back from a serious knee injury, and IIRC he was suspended for game 1 anyway. Oates was probably hard done by, and I probably would've had him on the bench. Milford was definitely hard done by in the way he was misused in game one. The fact I don't believe Walters deserves the criticism put onto him this series, doesn't mean I agree with everything. FTR, this is the team I would pick for game 3: 1- Slater (deserves a farewell) 2- Oates 3- Munster 4- Gagai 5- Holmes 6- Milford 7- Taylor (give the kid exposure in a dead rubber, even though he isn't Origin ready) 8- McGuire 9- McCullough 10- Napa 11- Cooper (has done nothing wrong to be dropped for game three) 12- Kaufusi 13- Arrow 14- Hunt 15- Papalii 16- Wallace 17- Ofahengaue Next year and onwards: 1- Ponga 2- Holmes 3- Inglis (Munster to move there once GI calls it quits) 4- Morgan 5- Gagai 6- Munster (Milford to move there once Munster moves to left centre) 7- Taylor (if he is killing it, otherwise Milford until Ash matures a bit) 8- McGuire 9- McCullough/Segeyaro 10- Napa 11- Kaufusi 12- Gillett 13- Arrow 14- Hunt/Segeyaro 15- Ofahengaue 16- Wallace 17- Su'a/Oates/Hess/Welch/Glasby is pretty much where our depth stops at the moment. Of course, should Matt Scott return to his barnstorming best, he would immediately enter calculations, but his age and injury history for the past 2 years, make that doubtful. As much as I love him on the wing at the Broncos, I can't select Oates ahead of Gagai or Holmes, unless either of the former is shitting the bed. I also worry about selecting him on the bench, as he could be a defensive liability playing close to the ruck. P.S. I deliberately omitted DCE from this whole talk, because I fully expect him to be quartered in game 3, and disappear from maroon contention forever and ever. [/QUOTE]

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