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Until Max stops bottling the high pressure games, he won’t be getting that England shirt.
Go on then, what exactly did Max 'bottle'?
Crazy comment isn’t it.
Max who was faultless under high ball and took every one under pressure even. Put in a cracking pass to send Walmsley in, cleared up danger a few times clearing the ball with pressure from oncoming chasers. Good defence and poked his nose through the line a few times running back.
A display like that is more likely to get Wane to notice him. The way he moves players in defence and manages the line is excellent.
Unfortunately I understand what he means. All the great things he does makes him an outstanding player for us.But Wane will see the two tries where, not just him, but he let players wriggle free and score on the line.
There were 4 other players just as responsible if not more for the try’s. Nikotemo joining and not covering ball and Smith failing to tackle Lisone letting him run up to the line for example.
So he’s got to go the whole season not making a single error or he’s cooked?
Plenty of England players make the odd error. Wellsby, French and others do. I think that our fans are way too harsh on Max and because he makes very few errors the small amount he does gets elevated.
Max wasn’t responsible or at least fully responsible for the try’s at all. He held up O’Connor and got his hand under the ball too. Like the commentators said the other players should have done better like Nikotemo joining after and not covering the ball.
Lisone ran straight at Smith which changed his trajectory and I don’t think anyone in SL would have stopped that try. That wasn’t solely max either. I said pre match Lisone will run at Smith end of 1st half for a try. Powell should have taken Smith off as soon as Lisone came on.
Honestly I think our fans can be way too harsh on Max who’s very good week in week out.
You don't have to be so dramatic.
No one is saying the tries were his fault alone, or that he isn't a great player. He is an exceptional player
All I'm saying is those moments on the goal line are moments that an International coach will register.
Hardaker wouldn't have let him wriggle free, nor would Welsby. Max does things they don't but in that example he wasn't as good, and it gets noticed.
If we want to help him get a call up we need to be in the 6 so he has a chance to show his skills more often in big games.
