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2024 Guinness Six Nations
2014 6 Nations: England vs Wales (Round 4)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mrs. Peter Quinn" data-source="post: 625551" data-attributes="member: 12190"><p>I think you're simplifying the purpose of the bench.It will not always be used to change a game for the last 20 minutes. Think about when we made substitutes against both France and Ireland. We didn't want to change anything, we wanted to secure the game and therefore we needed our subs to keep the ship steady. Realistically, substitutions will often also be forced because of injuriesor because a player is not playing well - so often in the case of props. If you bring another prop on, you don't want him to bring something different, you want him to do exactly the same but better.</p><p></p><p>Scrum half is a complex position and I think us English fans have often looked for the wrong thing in that position. We want game changers, where what you really newed is stability, quick service, accurate service, andmost importantly excellent decision making; in short, everything Ben Youngs doesn't have. Changing the game should be seen as an optional extra.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mrs. Peter Quinn, post: 625551, member: 12190"] I think you're simplifying the purpose of the bench.It will not always be used to change a game for the last 20 minutes. Think about when we made substitutes against both France and Ireland. We didn't want to change anything, we wanted to secure the game and therefore we needed our subs to keep the ship steady. Realistically, substitutions will often also be forced because of injuriesor because a player is not playing well - so often in the case of props. If you bring another prop on, you don't want him to bring something different, you want him to do exactly the same but better. Scrum half is a complex position and I think us English fans have often looked for the wrong thing in that position. We want game changers, where what you really newed is stability, quick service, accurate service, andmost importantly excellent decision making; in short, everything Ben Youngs doesn't have. Changing the game should be seen as an optional extra. [/QUOTE]
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