TA lm welsh and agree Shane is well wide of his best,­ but hes done this before in his career , hope he finds­ form again as he scares the opposition cause hes like a­ wriggly worm of a kid on smarties at his best. If that­ makes any sense. The southerners tend to go for bulky­ crash it over wingers (Habana excepted)so anything­ different makes them think, like Mears in the loose.­ Who ever captains them, whoever`s selected l will back­ them to the hilt, on a totally different note, hell of­ s game between France and the All Blacks, well done­ Froggies.

allmacpheez don't be a sheep and use the racist­ card everytime someone comments on another nationality.­ i am english and proud but I have my views on other­ nationalities but don't feel the need to air them­ in public. The whole point of a lions tour is for all­ four nations to pull together as one, ask any lions­ player, something sugruejames does not understand. I­ doubt very much he/she is even a rugby supporter or at­ best is a fairweather one.

omg how racist can sugruejames get i think he should be­ banned from this im reporting him

apologies to andyexile2003 i may have not worded myself­ correctly when i said everyone i should have said the­ majority of people. i myself read all the comments and­ it is good to here other peoples views and i have to­ agree with the points you made. i agree about sheridan­ and vickery and yes im english. but i also think that­ shane williams is not performing but im sure there­ will be a lot of welsh people disagree with that. but­ hey thats why we live in a democracy

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I have read all the­ comments and most of them make sence apart from the­ chap who says we are all whingers. Don't forget you­ only get picked for any of the top jobs not because you­ are the best just that you went to the right school.­ O'connell has cooked his goose I think. A tall man­ with no weight he does usually make the game line but­ has been exceptionally poor on tour. It was too much of­ a burnden to make him captain. Sheridan? I fail to see­ where he is as good as bleated by the English media.­ During the 6 nations he was turned inside out. Croft is­ a starter as he offers so many options. Therefor go for­ a bigger slower second row.Vickery is a mystery. I­ think they got him mixed up with Steve Thompson. Todays­ team is very weak I agree. Think this is going to be­ very tight.

i find it all a bit bizarre that everyone on hear­ critisizes about the teams picked but guess what!!!­ there all on here making negative comments, why arent­ they in south africa coaching the team. oh thats right­ there not professional coaches. there professional­ whingers.!!!!!!!

Vickery doesn't deserve to be captain. I don't­ know why he was picked in the first place to go on the­ tour. Probably because of his "experience"

It is a pity that some of your correspondents can only­ use destructive, bigoted criticism. Fluey played well­ earlier and you don't get experience by sitting on­ the bench. As for being a Kiwi, if you took all the­ "Colonials" out of Home nations teams both­ Cricket and Rugby, a lot of results would have been­ different. Why not just wish whatever Lions side is put­ out the Best of Luck and the hope that each performs to­ the utmost of their ability.

It's professional now so the highest bidder and­ your career is what matters So if Flutey and Hines play­ for the Lions I, for one, wish them well. Also Gatland­ has been a good servant of the game in the British­ Isles, so neither do I have a problem with him. All of­ the 4 home nations have benefited from­ 'foreigners' playing for us. So why complain­ now?.

Vickery should not be captain. Hes a sinbin machine and­ i dont think that he should have even been brought on­ tour, hobson will take his place at wasps next year.

well warren gatlin is a kiwi, so whats he doing on the­ tour!! get a grip you lot.

sorta agree with you about Flutey. he is a mercenary no­ doubt. he wasnt good enough to get inot the all blacks,­ so plied his trade over here.
but if qualifying by­ residency is the issue, then Nathan Hines has to stay­ at home too (Aussie)
a difficult one ..

flutey is not British, he should have stayed in New­ Zealand.
Once you have a cap for one country, at­ whatever level, you should not be allowed to play for­ another country.

bet Vickery gets a yellow card

earls is twenty one he has another tour in him

only bowe,monya and stephen jones are gonna make the­ test team out of that selestion, bout the worst side­ picked so but still should be alright.go lions

The coaching staff see all that goes on at the training­ sessions which I'm sure has some influence on this­ decision. Good luck to him and the rest of the boys!­ Another win and some strong performances and I'll­ be happy.
C'mon the Lions!!

Interesting. It's now or never for some of these­ though Earls, Ellis and Sheridan to name just three.

The only thing stopping Vickery ffrom nailin down that­ test spot is his temper. Beginnin of the tour i­ thought, whats the point in takin this guy? hes too­ old, and not that good at what he does. hes proved me­ wrong in the games so far, good work-rate, only marred­ by his tendency to get binned. Adam Jones is still a­ huge contender for that side of the scrum