What direction will the Blues take for Game 2?

With the announcement of NSW's Origin Side for Game 2 only a few days away, there is rampant debate coming from keyboard warriors (such as myself) on who should be picked by the Blues for Game 2. As a Queenslander and fan in general, I can't wait to see what Sticky decides and no doubt in some peoples eyes, the Origin series will be won or lost on the basis of that.

Personally, there are only 2 players that need to go immediately - Young and King. Stuart made a shocker of a call in starting Ennis off the bench in lieu of Young and you could see the difference between the two when Ennis came on the field. While he did make one of the funnier errors in recent memory, he actually steered the team around and did more the ball than Mitchell Pearce. King was shocking, he was absolutely dominated by the Maroons pack and justified the throng of people calling him the worst selection in Origin since Anthony Quinn in 2008. Okay, that might be me saying Quinn was awful but King is out of form, out of shape and why he is picked is a mystery to everyone but Sticky.

Old mates FoxSports have named their side and they have included 4 changes. Hayne in for Morris, Luke Lewis in for King, Watmough in for Snowden and Gidley in for Young. Now, assuming that Snowden and King are ruled out with injury, I agree with the inclusion of Lewis and Choc. Morris didn't have that bad of a game as far as I'm concerned, he had one howler against Yow Yeh but otherwise he, along with the rest of the team, were soundly nullified. If you don't get quality ball, you can't perform at your best, it's that simple. The thing about Gidley though - everyone says that he's the almighty saviour year after year but tell me this - what has he actually done consistently well through his Origin career? Not a whole lot. For those that want to argue against that - google Gidley chokes for a fantastic list of reading material. Who would I bring in for Young? Give Tom Learoyd-Lahrs a go, even though Canberra can't beat an egg at the moment, TLL is a promising player and only 25 years of age.

Last year, Hayne, Idris and Learoyd-Lahrs were earmarked as the saviours of NSW and as yet they can't get a run this year. Until players like this are selected and tested under the fire of Origin, I can foresee a bit more pain on the Blues horizon.