[quote="Kinoulton"]Surprisingly, since the football premier became awash with foreigners, it has produced the most successful England squad for decades.
It may be because the likes of Rooney, Terry etc have play with and against some of the best players from Europe, South America and Africa every single week. No easy games.[/quote]
That's a fair point (although if Rooney gets crocked there is no-one else and we are screwed!). Most Premiership teams have been strengthened and become more competitive largely through having a number of non-EQPs. Playing week in week out at a highly competitive level can only help with player development.
On the other hand, MJ and his selectors do have a smaller pool of players from which to select, and as with most things, it is a question of balance, and I would like to see the incentive to play more EQPs increased.
On the ridiculous topic of alleged bias from MJ, if you want a laugh go on to the Saints forum. Amid one or two voices of reason, various conspiracy theories abound - deliberately picking a player just to sit on the bench so they can not play for Saints (Foden); calling Saints players up for cover just so they miss club training (Ashton); and conversely, not picking players because they are Saints players (Ashton,Lawes,Geraghty,Clark, and several others).
What would they come up with if they regularly lost 5 or 6 players?
. I know i shouldn't pay much attention, because its obvious that half of the people that post on there don't seem to have any idea about rugby, but people seem to remember the fact that Johnno played for Tigers, but forget the fact that they are currently the best team in the GP, and start claiming bias.
