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2024 Guinness Six Nations
2014 6 Nations: England vs Wales (Round 4)
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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 628775" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>There was certainly a lack of basic skills, but I don't think that changed the fact that we were second best throughout that match. We probably created enough opportunities to win the match, if the players were clinical, but that would have been an injustice to England. My biggest gripe with the current tactics is with the kicking game, it simply isn't working. It applies little pressure on the opposition, simply handing the ball back time and time again. This has always been the case against the big 3, with poorly executed kicks often being our downfall, especially against Australia.</p><p></p><p>I'm not necessarily calling for a complete overhaul of our game plan, I'm calling for it to be tweaked. We need to work on our lineout, so that we can feel comfortable at kicking to touch and applying pressure on the opposition lineout. Our own lineout needs work, and if that means starting Ken Owens then so be it. We also need to vary things in attack, because there's been very little evidence of genuine backline moves leading to try's during Gatland's reign as head coach. Most of the tries we score come from turn-over possession, or moments of individual skill/power (Shane Williams when he was involved, North and Roberts more recently, Tipuric against England last year). </p><p></p><p>If we don't change our tactics, we might still do reasonably well in next years WC if the players are on top form, possibly beating England. But we'll likely still come unstuck against Australia, and lose to SA or NZ if we make it out of the pool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 628775, member: 13739"] There was certainly a lack of basic skills, but I don't think that changed the fact that we were second best throughout that match. We probably created enough opportunities to win the match, if the players were clinical, but that would have been an injustice to England. My biggest gripe with the current tactics is with the kicking game, it simply isn't working. It applies little pressure on the opposition, simply handing the ball back time and time again. This has always been the case against the big 3, with poorly executed kicks often being our downfall, especially against Australia. I'm not necessarily calling for a complete overhaul of our game plan, I'm calling for it to be tweaked. We need to work on our lineout, so that we can feel comfortable at kicking to touch and applying pressure on the opposition lineout. Our own lineout needs work, and if that means starting Ken Owens then so be it. We also need to vary things in attack, because there's been very little evidence of genuine backline moves leading to try's during Gatland's reign as head coach. Most of the tries we score come from turn-over possession, or moments of individual skill/power (Shane Williams when he was involved, North and Roberts more recently, Tipuric against England last year). If we don't change our tactics, we might still do reasonably well in next years WC if the players are on top form, possibly beating England. But we'll likely still come unstuck against Australia, and lose to SA or NZ if we make it out of the pool. [/QUOTE]
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