Well if we are going to get runs on the board, lets do it against a team ranked 143rd in the world (5 spots below us)
This just makes me groan.
Didn't Hudson say - very recently - that playing teams of this sort of quality was absolutely a waste of time?
I am not mocking the fact that they have a game lined up - in fact they need more games, but as Hudson said in his opinion about teams of this calibre, what is he hoping to achieve from it? OK so they get the chance with his 1st choice 25 (which he said he would stop experimenting in the next window) to implement his game plan but under what kind of pressure are they likely to be under from the opposition? If I have a boxing match against a 12 yo and win 10 times out of 10, that does not prepare me for a world title fight.
I just ask what is he hoping to achieve from this. I guess the flip side is what is he likely to achieve from playing a top side and getting thrashed? We are not going to be facing teams ranked as lowly as Myanmar in the WC qualifiers (if we get through) so I think I would rather we expose our players to better standards of sides and take our lumps and learn than run through a side that may give up after 35mins.