When stevo said Brough should be in the England squad Wilson disagreed because of his poor defence on Boots n all extra time and said that although Brough is good attacking his defence is poor.
( most Giants fans actually rate his defence quite highly)

But what do OPTA make of it all.




Danny Brough 60 tackles 5 marker tackles 5 missed

Rangi Chase 24 tackles 2 market tackles 10 missed

McGuire 66 tackles 9 marker tackles 8 missed

which of the above stats suggest who has the best defence.

Andy Wilson get your head out of your arris and look at the evidence not your blind prejudices.

Every time I read his column or hear him comment I become sure he doesn't like RL given his willingness to talk it down and his lack of knowledge of players and their abilities

I'm don't agree with Andy here, but he is by far the best on that show when it comes to balanced and justified views. To focus on a couple of things you don't agree with, ignore the rest and form an opinion on him isn't fair.

I tried watching an episode of BackChat last year and turned off after 10 minutes, it was unwatchable due to the stupidity of Andy Wilson and Chris Irvine.

Broughy should be a dead cert for the England team, his defence is better than most of his competitors, his pace and distribution are superb and he has the best kicking game in SL.
He had an attitude problem, but seems to have got over that.

You should put your name forward, just to replace like for like.

I think Andy Wilson is a good counterbalance to that buffoon Stevo on Back Chat and I enjoy the programme far more when he is on it. As for his comment on Brough, he made a point about Brough's defence and perhaps it was valid. I haven't seen enough of Brough play to comment but just because he holds that view doesn't make him an "a rse". It simply means he has a point of view. Clearly something is amiss with Brough as a number of national coaches have bypassed him for internationals. At least the current one gave him a chance but he was poor. If he can't step up when finally given the opportunity, what chance that he will do so against the Aussies? We can't afford to offer too many chances to players now because the world cup is at the end of the season. Better to go with what we know at halfback than risk the unknown going pear shaped at this late stage.

Brough is everything, good and bad, a scrum half should be.

The programme is called Super League Back Chat (not what you called it).

Andy Wilson didn't slate Brough's defence, he suggested one possible reason for his non-selection in the ETS using an example from one recent game as part of a discussion. Whilst the other three were continuing to go around in circles saying "why has he not been picked" over and over and offering no theories as to why a succession of England coaches have not picked Brough, other than to question his character, Wilson suggested something that could have influenced McNamara's choices at the time he was choosing the squad. He just mentioned that in one recent game a team (or perhaps just Dean Collis) had exploited Brough as the weak link to penetrate an otherwise solid defence. All he was doing was suggesting a possible reason for a choice that Steve McNamara made in response to being asked to give one.

Stevo is so much more knowledgeable than a clown like Andy Wilson that it's not even funny.

I don't understand why Gareth Widdop is over looked so frequently, he's a far better 6 than Sinfield and is the only English half back of genuine world class in my opinion.

Not convinced at all by Widdop.. I thin he'll struggle once Cronk and Smith retire or leave the Storm.