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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1178152" data-attributes="member: 73144">Article in the Times showing Ford and M Smith with attacking call details literally written on the back of their hands to help in training. Feels a bit of a leap from that to slick in front of 80,000 against the world's best team in a few days.Also saying that England design different attacking moves for each opponent. Alter your overall tactics, fine, but if that's right maybe that's half the problem. Surely better to have a smaller number of well grooved moves that have been tested in the heat of battle rather than last minute at Pennyhill Park? For about 20 years everyone knew a Sexton run around was coming, but it worked precisely because the players were familiar with it and it was used selectively. Continuity of selection which I've been banging on about for the last couple of days also helpful.</blockquote>