Ok Trev
In lock down, I've watched loads of Wasps games from when Wade was playing. All of his game, ball in hand, was for me as good as any in the game. However, when looking at positioning in defence, work rate, and tackle technique, looking back without my rose tinted glasses, there were issues and he wasn't quite top level.
Edwards would have made a material difference.
And I've been a really persistent supporter elsewhere online, suggesting it was England's loss. I still do think so, but I do think now that he probably needed to improve in those areas. Sometimes he just looked a bit lost when the opposition was ball in hand. He would have needed work at international level. I still think it would have been worth it. I wanted an England back three with him and Watson to scare teams!
I despair at players selected on power - like Joe C - who has the turning circle of a super tanker and is targeted at club level for his defence. You see that in Prem games, teams know not to allow him any space, but because he's poor on the turn, positioning and catching, they know he's vulnerable to pace and stepping. Joe is potentially a v good international (if England haven't crippled him) and it seems because he's huge, he gets more of a free pass for the areas needing work.