[2014 EOYT] England vs South Africa

[Tony Manx]

Gawd I hope France can turn up tonight so at least we can have one decent test match today..........................!!

 

[Peat]

And out of the country ! Maybe Toulon might buy him ? Then even if Lancaster wanted to pick him he couldn't

Bet he'd suddenly become exceptional circumstances.

 

[Maverick1987]

Bet he'd suddenly become exceptional circumstances.

Haha well he is exceptional he's the coaches son !

 

[Big Ewis]

I don't know the current form of the English players in Prem so can't talk about selection but Tom Wood who's being criticized has very good experience and has been the English 6 by default for a while. That in itself will be criticized surely, but today Lancaster doesn't make Wood take those decisions, Lancaster never asked England to blatantly foul a Saffer on the lineout catch; I don't think it's in the English attacking scheme to be exposed like that on the Care pass intercept and 7 points for free. For Farrell's lackluster play today, I don't have the answers. But I'm saying surely there's a gap between what Lancaster wants and what England have done so far in the 1st half. His discreet head nodding wasn't in bad faith like other coaches - he's really witnessing things he hasn't instilled.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Brilliant start, Lads.
Really top notch.

 

[Big Ewis]

that was a beautiful try, from A to Z.

 

[Maverick1987]

Great great stuff from SA there

 

[TommiG88]

A difference between a good and **** 10. The SA coach said the game would be decided by the 10s and he was correct.

Embarrassing.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Right that's it, we can kiss goodbye to any delusion of winning the WC, this England team is a shambles.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Beautiful try.

 

[j'nuh]

Where the **** was the sweeper?

Lol Morgan on at 43 minutes. Why not just bring him on at half time?

 

[TommiG88]

Right, place your bets. Eastmond to be taken off for ford.

 

[Tony Manx]

Right that's it, we can kiss goodbye to any delusion of winning the WC, this England team is a shambles.

Think that is quite a good thing really as this is not the team for it and mabe Lancaster will accept that his "favourites" should not be automatic picks.............is that Billy off?

Where the **** was the sweeper?

Ah that would be Billy who went for the same guy as Brown and left the other one with a free run...........

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Seeing Coetzee play really makes me wish we had Haskell out there. We need some of that firepower/ferocity in our pack.

Morgan on, I'd keep him on for the rest of the game now.


Edit:
Try from the maul! Not often you see a maul go under the sticks :lol:

 

[Maverick1987]

Where the **** was the sweeper?

Lol Morgan on at 43 minutes. Why not just bring him on at half time?

Blood replacement

 

[Horacito]

Correct me if I'm wrong, Bokkes, but the right way to pronounce Coetzee is: catzí.

I know because Nobel Price of Literacy JM Coetzee came to Bs As this year and someone made a vine with him saying it well.

You're welcome, world.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Let off there!
Poor kick from Farrell then even poorer call from the touch judge!


Morgan try!
Feels a bit dirty after that lineout call.

 

[TommiG88]

Morgan has made a huge decision.

 

[Tony Manx]

You can keep Billy off.................Morgan has made a HUGE difference with his energy!

 

[Big Ewis]

hah, what a turnaround !