He was definitely upset about not getting a call up, probably rightly, he's in a totally different tier to Talbot and if he'd be happy to travel across as 3rd choice and not play, then he should be getting the call. Very possible he misses the players and misses the set up. If I was in his shoes, I think I would...
Then he got hammered from about 100 people for saying what he said and backtracked...