Player release!

So the Irish players have been relaxing, whilst some of the English players have had to play! I am amazed at the shocked reaction, it is not a new issue! The RFU and clubs have had 11 years to sort this out, so to be fair, not that long!!
I very rarely get anything right, but I remember telling the then secretary of the RFU and a guy called Colin Herridge that they should sign up the top 40 players as soon as the game went professional. They declined, sipped their gin and tonics and explained that the Rugby Football Union would always have first call on players!! Arrogant and as can be seen unbelievably inaccurate!!!
So now we are faced with the issue that our players are disadvantaged in comparison with the Irish. If we lose next week, the main reason thrown up will be this lack of rest, but if we win, then the issue will be amazingly forgotten! I am not convinced that it is going to be a major issue.
If I was Ashton, I would use it as an angle to focus the guys, to develope the backs to the wall mentality, which when added to the history and the emotion that the new Stadium will bring, could be the best approach! We need to create that mentality, and one that will relish this kind of challenge. It would have been a game I would have loved to play. The whole challenge, the emotion, the history (which must be respected) then confronted as another challenge to beat. It would be awesome to run out, feel the atmosphere, and to overcome the whole stack of advantages going Ireland's way. To beat them there, the first time at Croke park, when they are rested and we are not, that is what it is all about, and that would be a great feeling as you walked off the pitch having achieved it!!
Dream on, you might say, and I know I am a sad ******* !! but for some reason those are the challenges that made playing rugby special.
So for some strange reason, I am looking forward to the game!
Anyone want a little bet???????!!!!