With Barkley potentially injured, it's interesting hearing the views of the various experts on who should play where. Sean Edwards is convinced that Farrell should play 10. While I completely agree with him that Farrell is at his best as first receiver, it seems a huge risk to put him in there for a big game, without giving him the luxury of having played there before at international level. Just another example of how badly prepared the team are this time.It's also interesting to hear that Ian Robertson reckons that England will call for Toby Flood and throw him in despit issues with jet-lag. But he also says something that will tantalise all England supporters: "I wouldn't completely rule out Wilkinson, he has trained and was running around and the ankle seems to be all right, so it's not impossible."
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Very surprising that they have gone for Farrell, though I was listening to Edwards on the radio last night, and I see where he is coming from. I have a huge amount of respect for Edwards as a coach, and he obviously sees something in it. At the very least it will make the 10 channel difficult to attack. If they did fly in Flood, they'd have to remove someone from the squad, which would be an interesting call, though I don't think jet lag would be as much as a problem as you suggest (it's only France).
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