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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saint Matt" data-source="post: 620797" data-attributes="member: 68837">Have to feel for the guys who played after a result like that. Always tough to take.Personally, I agree the stance taken by previous posters in regards to the fact that I thought England were in control of the game for large periods. The first try should have been dealt with at the end of the day, but I thought we responded well and looked confident. There is an argument to say that we attempted to almost force things at times, but as I say, we played with some real positivity which is always a good sign. I felt as though the inexperienced side of certain players came out at times, and that our decision making was off at times. The overlap situation in the first half comes to mind.The whole interchange situation disappointed me - we were in control of that game. I can't understand Lancaster's decision to take Care off when he did (he was excellent in my opinion), and our line out took a step backwards when Hartley went off. Same applies with Barritt. Off memory, Dan Cole conceded a penalty deep in the French half for their final try. Sadly it's those small errors that cost you ultimately, and they did today.Positives. I thought Vunipola was superb and carried well - his offload for Burrell's score was outstanding. Courtney Laws was tremendous too in my opinion. Care, as I have previously highlighted, looked lively for me and Farrell showed glimpses of what he is capable of. At the end of the day, we made some mistakes and the bounce of the ball literally didn't go our way. Still, plenty of positives to take away from the game and hopefully lessons will be learnt that will benefit the squads progression in the long run.</blockquote>

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