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2014 Six Nations: France vs England (Round 1)
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<blockquote data-quote="St George" data-source="post: 620829" data-attributes="member: 69634"><p>Being gracious in victory is easy but i wouldnt of expected anything else from you either way Mon Ami. </p><p></p><p>Although i am disappointed, i dont think we were so dominant to say we deserve the win, as France showed that they have the players to hurt most teams if their management select correctly. The build up was dominated with predictions of French forward power, but IMO England matched them and in fact won the pick & go battles in midfield. We lost in alot of breakdown tussles though, and that is where the Welsh gave us a lesson aswell, mainly by not supporting correctlywhen guys get taken down. </p><p>There's not much that has been said here that i disagree with. I think the general consensus regarding Englands issues have been correctly highlighted as on the bench and the timing/necessity of subs. I find it incredulous that when you find a player that stands out in his position and is in form, that you neutralise that by playing him out of position to accomodate someone else.... Brown for Goode.... disastrous man-management IMO. Maybe Watson's age went against him (youth is a problem for English selectors across all sports teams), but i believe he would of been the better option to cover wing & FB. I bet he wouldnt be too bad at Centre as well if needed. The point being that Goode & Barritt are not of a standard that will win us games at the top level, and are definately not the type of player that give you impact when required to uptempo or close out games....something we struggle to do atm.</p><p>IMO Care should of stayed on.</p><p>IMO as good as Youngs & Mako are in the loose, their main jobs are Scrummage, Hook & Lineout throw, and they did these poorly resulting in penalties in the scrum and an opportunity missed when 5yds from the Tryline with the most pathetic of throws. A safe catch & drive was the call. Both need to be told improve or lose your place. With games running out, we need time to bed in others as we cannot have any liabilities at the WC. </p><p></p><p>Overall, i still have hope for England to come good if the management get the selections right. We have the players, and the belief, but we need to have the nous to play both heavy and with pace.</p><p></p><p>IMO only rain will beat us in Murryfield. How we travel to Rome, and how we handle the two quality visitors to twickers, will be the telling of where we truly are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="St George, post: 620829, member: 69634"] Being gracious in victory is easy but i wouldnt of expected anything else from you either way Mon Ami. Although i am disappointed, i dont think we were so dominant to say we deserve the win, as France showed that they have the players to hurt most teams if their management select correctly. The build up was dominated with predictions of French forward power, but IMO England matched them and in fact won the pick & go battles in midfield. We lost in alot of breakdown tussles though, and that is where the Welsh gave us a lesson aswell, mainly by not supporting correctlywhen guys get taken down. There's not much that has been said here that i disagree with. I think the general consensus regarding Englands issues have been correctly highlighted as on the bench and the timing/necessity of subs. I find it incredulous that when you find a player that stands out in his position and is in form, that you neutralise that by playing him out of position to accomodate someone else.... Brown for Goode.... disastrous man-management IMO. Maybe Watson's age went against him (youth is a problem for English selectors across all sports teams), but i believe he would of been the better option to cover wing & FB. I bet he wouldnt be too bad at Centre as well if needed. The point being that Goode & Barritt are not of a standard that will win us games at the top level, and are definately not the type of player that give you impact when required to uptempo or close out games....something we struggle to do atm. IMO Care should of stayed on. IMO as good as Youngs & Mako are in the loose, their main jobs are Scrummage, Hook & Lineout throw, and they did these poorly resulting in penalties in the scrum and an opportunity missed when 5yds from the Tryline with the most pathetic of throws. A safe catch & drive was the call. Both need to be told improve or lose your place. With games running out, we need time to bed in others as we cannot have any liabilities at the WC. Overall, i still have hope for England to come good if the management get the selections right. We have the players, and the belief, but we need to have the nous to play both heavy and with pace. IMO only rain will beat us in Murryfield. How we travel to Rome, and how we handle the two quality visitors to twickers, will be the telling of where we truly are. [/QUOTE]
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