Sugrue, throughout the whole of this tour all­ you've done is slate every individuals country­ apart from your own, take off the green tinted specs­ for a minute and look at the team as a whole rather­ than individual cliques. You c t. I hope you­ don't have to write in this forum on Saturday night­ with an apology about how you were wrong.

Its funny to read all these armchair selectors. I a­ Geech a fool! - I dont think so with the success he has­ had. Is he with the squad day in day out. Are the other­ management team biased? Are they intent on picking a­ team to loose? I dont think so.
Stop the winging - let­ the guys do their job off the field and get behind the­ team when they take the field.
As for Vickery.....just­ maybe the Boks would agree he should be left out.

People calm down....its a great team and full of­ exciting players some need to prove thier selection and­ others have already earn't it, this is the British­ & Irish Lions team we have to get behind and­ support, we all know what can happen on the day, when­ nostrils are flared and players are prepared to give it­ their all....
COME ON U LIONS !!!!!!!!!!

Feel sorry for Powell,especially as Heaslip hasn't­ played as well as he's capable - he'll be shown­ up against this Spies guy I reckon! Shame Dan­ Ward-Smith was injured a couple of years ago, otherwise­ he'd be playing Lions number 8 on this tour with­ several England caps under his belt too! On another­ note, Vickery's discipline is awful, Roberts looks­ awesome, Mears will be battered and Bowe will shine.

McGeec had little choice with selection: Fitzgerald­ maybe unlucky to have played out of position once and­ in toughest game, but he's not done anything. Shane­ Williams has looked out of form, Kearney not fully fit:­ O'Gara doesnt tackle and his field kicking has been­ erratic: Croft plays too loose for a blindside but­ Worsely was poor in last game & Andy Powell keeps­ getting turned over. Martyn Williams not strong enough­ to play along side Wallace: its going to be tough­ !!!!
rg

Im welsh and to have 6 players in the team is great but­ i can see some of the calls have been close!williams is­ just that good week in week out that maybe he could­ have started? but o'gara had a great call to! his­ kicking on this tour and for the last couple of years­ has been second only to patterson! scotland players­ have not really shown in this years tour and that is­ sad but the simple fact is scottish rugby is going­ through what welsh rugby went through in the mid­ 90's! complete overhaul from top to bottom! they­ don't have a player that would get into the­ english, irish or welsh side? i think the lions can­ beat the bocks but i also think that if they don't­ drive into the contact area and keep giving away stupid­ pen's then they will get turned over in a big way,­ 30-40 points! the last game was a welcome to south­ africa! the way the tour should have gone from the­ start! i didn't like to see the shoulder barges­ but i liked the fact that powell bounced that guy onto­ his @#$% just to show him he wasn't scared lol!! ­ come on the lions! the team is good! the record is­ perfect and the time is right!!!!!

who's O'Hara?

I dont understand, reading rugby papers leading upto­ the tour Euan Murray and Sheridan (Murray more so) was­ classed as the best props in the game!! Then leading­ upto the test before last week they were not even­ mentioned as starters in the daily papers.
I do agree­ that Monye should start and even Jones, but what about­ Hook, he seems to have helped whenever he has come onto­ the pitch?
Other than that and me thinking Vickery­ really shouldnt be there i agree...

Also well done to­ Croft, for a man who wasnt even on the original tour he­ is now starting the first test!!

Having just noticed the teams announcement, it looks a­ fairly good combination of British stars and I hope­ they play out of their skins and make a good game of­ it, but, I have this feeling we're missing­ something in the back row, may be the selectors could­ given some thought to Ryan Jones,and the only occasions­ I've seen Vickery play in the past 12 months I­ think I've seen him take a ten minute rest on­ about four occasions. I hope he can keep clear of the­ yellow peril.
Just keep praying folk that the Green­ Juggernaut fail to turn up.

Where the frig is Andy Powell - the guy is a monster­ and his drives can break down any wall - his passion is­ second to none also.

Shame.

Ok let's be honest. This is not the best lions­ squad we've ever had. Tha continual comparisons to­ the 97 tour are a little unfair, as that squad was­ astonishing. We have to accept the captain is not in­ the best of form, and his overall captaincy skills are­ questionable, but he's not going away, so come­ saturday we'll see how he fares. As for the rest of­ the selections, Geech is the man on the ground, so we­ need to trust him and his judgment and get behind the­ boys. They're there to play for all of us, so who­ cares where they're from. A win is all that­ matters. Jim.

GiO LIONS!!!!!

surprised sheridan not even on the bench, but must­ respect the managements decision. i think it will be an­ awesome test match and wish the whole squad the very­ best.think we will just nick it.

i am english through and through,but my heart goes out­ to andy powell,he is a warrior of a player,he plays­ with his heart and soul every game.the boks must be­ over the moon hes not even in the squad.he makes burger­ look like julian clary.bad luck andy i pray you will be­ in the other tests,im a big admirer of you rob­ banbury(come on you lions nail em)