Trio called in as winless Wallabies farewell Schmidt

Phew! I breathed a huge audible sigh of relief when I read that Iceman isn't being brought back in. What a disaster that would be.

The only “has-been” who is worthy of a recall if things were really so desperate to require it is JOC.

And while I rate Lolo I know most people don't so I'm prepared to accept his ship has sailed for the sake of consensus.

Everyone else failed to deliver despite being given ample opportunity to demonstrate what they could do and they just never got to the level demanded.

HMP, Burey, Debra, Creighton, they're all names that deserve a chance to prove themselves. Losing both Gordon and Donno is an opportunity to let others potentially shine.

Joe has literally nothing to lose because it's his last game in charge so beyond this weekend no further good or bad can be credited to his name.

Everyone seems to have gotten completely caught up in the coach bashing while they have ignored the real issues that have made such a dismal record inevitable.

Lack of team cohesion, absence of genuine fighting spirit within the team not just individual players, deficiency of on field leadership, chronically poor execution of fundamental skills and an unbelievably weak constitution that leaves players who have been heavily invested in spending longer on the sidelines than they do on the field.

These have all existed long before DE and Joe were brought in as emergency hires to rescue Australian rugby from itself. And they will persist long after both men have ceased having any involvement with Australian rugby.

It is long past time that we stopped relying on outsiders to fix the problems in our own backyard.

Both DR and Joe have done a remarkable job delivering what they have been able to deliver all the while being wormholed by the Australian sports media and a fickle consumer base that only values wins.

It's no wonder people of genuine calibre sever their ties with Australian rugby once they're no longer in the role. They keep being shafted by this nation of ingrates.

I mean, I suppose it's a lot to think a nation of convicts is going to have genuine appreciation for anything good you do when all they're waiting for is for you to misstep then they chew you up and spit you out.

So much for being the land of the fair go. And the worst thing is that none of the positive things that both men provided to Australian rugby, being greater depth in DRs case and better fundamentals under Joe, will be remembered, just “their” records as coach.

What makes it all so pathetic is that neither man cared about the record for themselves. They wanted the players to own the results and be proud of what they themselves had achieved. And if they weren't proud then they'd be wholly motivated to do better.

Unfortunately, instead of the players being held accountable for their failures it's their coaches who wear the burden. It's a wonder that we are even able to attract anyone to coach the team under such circumstances.

Makeshift halves are a recipe for disaster as proven yet again at the weekend. No more of this please. You need 9s and 10s who are out and out 9s and 10s. None of this ersatz filler nonsense.

Surely it is now painfully clear to everyone that Wilson is not a captain. Great player, worthless decision maker. So we end this experiment now please.

JAS will be a quality centre when he has much more game time under his belt. Drop him to the A program for a couple of years so he can mature properly then bring him back in.

We need a monster midfield who are capable of being extra jacklers at the breakdown, can clean out and put massive hits on in defence especially on the big guys and who can create space and opportunity for our top quality outside backs.

I do not understand why it hasn't happened yet but start Daugunu in 12 and Lenny at 13. It's a tailor made solution to our constant issues in the midfield.

The back row needs better balance and unfortunately as good as the players who currently make up the starting back row are they aren't a balanced unit with both Wilson and Bobby V playing too similarly.

If the determination is to always have Wilson and McReight on the field together and you're going to start them, then Bobby V should come off the bench. If he wasn't injured I'd say start Hooper alongside the Queeenslanders.

In lieu of him starting, put someone like Samu in at 6 or if you want to have a lineout option in the 6 jersey then play Williams or Phillip there so that Miles and Loto can start in the row.

What I would prefer is a much more massive back row with Samu at 6, Bobby V at 7 and either Ekauasi or Triple T at 8. That’s a lot of power and would monster most other back rows.

This is another that vexes me greatly but why are Loto and Miles not our starting second row? Loto isn't even in the team for unexplained reasons and Miles is yet to be capped.

We surely understand by now the critical value of having high impact big forwards as we have been schooled two weeks in a row in this area.

Our front row is solid and has played well so far so there's no need to change that up. But if we were going to add something then bring Ieli and Moananu into the mix.

Thankfully common sense rules and he didn’t call up Foley. As he proved last time he played under Rennie he’s still an entitled little wannabee with a popgun kick and no ability to direct a team. Meredith did well enough to be given another chance otherwise he’ll likely end up like Lolesio, in and out of the team so often he was more scared of making a mistake and getting sacked - again, and so he couldn’t make a decision to save himself.

Foley has been tried and he never looked test class .

Meredith did pretty well .

Comparing him to MTmack is idiotic . Tens don’t mark each other really and NTmack is one of the top three tens in rugby .

McLauchlan- Phillips is a good back . Beale would have been better .