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Whether you like it or not, Chase is in, regardless of where he comes from. Danny Brough doesn't get to get picked just because he has a greater degree of English blood in his veins, he gets picked on the form he demonstrates in the England setup. If he's so good, then he can prove it in the team; if he doesn't want to do that, it's up to himTrueBlueWarrior wrote:He should feel honoured?i'm spartacus wrote:Did I say he wasn't ?TrueBlueWarrior wrote:So on current form he isn't head and shoulders above Chase and Sinfield?
What Tony Smith is saying is that he should feel honoured to be in the mix, and regardless of what he does at his club, he has to have the attitude once he's in the mix, to show he is the best man for the job. If he thinks he's too good to do that, the he has the wrong attitude.
Showing good form at a good club with good players around you is one thing. Showing good form at a club with players that are average is another. Do you think Richie Myler would be anywhere near an international call up if he plied his trade at the London Broncos?
Rangi Chase leads the league in try assists in a team that is ten places below Huddersfield and who have scored far fewer tries. I wouldn't pick Chase for England, purely on the fact he isn't English, but as he is in, Brough would have to show he is a better man.
Why?
Because he is playing the best RL of his career in a team that is flying high in the SL only to know he is going to be behind a New Zealander and a Loose Forward for HIS country?
Truly Honoured!!
....and Chase is a Model professional is he? That represents the country with Honour and Pride? A place in the national team is rewarded just on try assists? Is that all being a HB is about?i'm spartacus wrote:Whether you like it or not, Chase is in, regardless of where he comes from. Danny Brough doesn't get to get picked just because he has a greater degree of English blood in his veins, he gets picked on the form he demonstrates in the England setup. If he's so good, then he can prove it in the team; if he doesn't want to do that, it's up to himTrueBlueWarrior wrote:He should feel honoured?i'm spartacus wrote: Did I say he wasn't ?
What Tony Smith is saying is that he should feel honoured to be in the mix, and regardless of what he does at his club, he has to have the attitude once he's in the mix, to show he is the best man for the job. If he thinks he's too good to do that, the he has the wrong attitude.
Showing good form at a good club with good players around you is one thing. Showing good form at a club with players that are average is another. Do you think Richie Myler would be anywhere near an international call up if he plied his trade at the London Broncos?
Rangi Chase leads the league in try assists in a team that is ten places below Huddersfield and who have scored far fewer tries. I wouldn't pick Chase for England, purely on the fact he isn't English, but as he is in, Brough would have to show he is a better man.
Why?
Because he is playing the best RL of his career in a team that is flying high in the SL only to know he is going to be behind a New Zealander and a Loose Forward for HIS country?
Truly Honoured!!
He's in form in a form team with form players around him. Yet he can't lay on more tries than Rangi Chase who is in a team of consistent losers. Being picked for your country is an honour, not a right, and throwing your toys out of the pram because you're not first choice is an indicator of his attitude.
Plenty great players here and in Aus/NZ have spat the dummy over coaches and team selections Rich.weststand-rich wrote:He's a diva. Boo-hoo. I'm not picked.
He needs to take a look at himself and ask question 'what can I change in my behaviour to coaches and players to get in'.
Great players don't fear challenge. They relish it.
Where do i say he should get rewarded just on try assists or he's a model professional? Chase is performing in a team that isn't performing, he tore England to shreds and was man of the match in the exiles team when he played against England. The true measure of a players ability is to create and perform in a team that doesn't perform and Chase is doing just that on a week on week basis.TrueBlueWarrior wrote:....and Chase is a Model professional is he? That represents the country with Honour and Pride? A place in the national team is rewarded just on try assists? Is that all being a HB is about?i'm spartacus wrote:Whether you like it or not, Chase is in, regardless of where he comes from. Danny Brough doesn't get to get picked just because he has a greater degree of English blood in his veins, he gets picked on the form he demonstrates in the England setup. If he's so good, then he can prove it in the team; if he doesn't want to do that, it's up to himTrueBlueWarrior wrote: He should feel honoured?
Why?
Because he is playing the best RL of his career in a team that is flying high in the SL only to know he is going to be behind a New Zealander and a Loose Forward for HIS country?
Truly Honoured!!
He's in form in a form team with form players around him. Yet he can't lay on more tries than Rangi Chase who is in a team of consistent losers. Being picked for your country is an honour, not a right, and throwing your toys out of the pram because you're not first choice is an indicator of his attitude.
Probably knows that if Sinfield is injured, then Widdop is before him in the World Cup - and quite correctly.DaveO wrote:He can eff off then.
He is arguably the form half back in SL this year. Doesn't he think that is good enough to be in with a chance?
I know the coach is a twit but having more than two players available for two positions is not normally a reason to spit the dummy.