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<blockquote data-quote="psychic duck" data-source="post: 558143" data-attributes="member: 48703">You don&#039;t think there was a distinct slowness and lack of dynamism to his movements compared to every other player? That he looked to be sprinting hard yet going backwards?And he&#039;s not the first English forward back. Lawes got there first despite looking like he was jogging in comparison to Robshaw&#039;s sprint, Croft was there before as well and so was nearly Hartley.What it looked like to me, was that he plodded round that try scoring play at a pedestrian pace, not knowing exactly what he was doing and was just a spectator to it.Robshaw is a good player (I never called him terrible), but he is in my opinion on a level with Kelly Brown level player and has been a bit overtalked based on him being captain. I would take all of Warburton, Tipuric, O&#039;Brien, Wood ahead of him, and Ferris and Lydiate if fit. But I just don&#039;t see him as a guaranteed tourist as others (like yourself do). There are plenty of good options at flanker, competition is hard. Robshaw still has a good chance of making the squad with good performances for Harlequins, but in my opinion as a midweek player not as a captain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="psychic duck, post: 558143, member: 48703"] You don't think there was a distinct slowness and lack of dynamism to his movements compared to every other player? That he looked to be sprinting hard yet going backwards? And he's not the first English forward back. Lawes got there first despite looking like he was jogging in comparison to Robshaw's sprint, Croft was there before as well and so was nearly Hartley. What it looked like to me, was that he plodded round that try scoring play at a pedestrian pace, not knowing exactly what he was doing and was just a spectator to it. Robshaw is a good player (I never called him terrible), but he is in my opinion on a level with Kelly Brown level player and has been a bit overtalked based on him being captain. I would take all of Warburton, Tipuric, O'Brien, Wood ahead of him, and Ferris and Lydiate if fit. But I just don't see him as a guaranteed tourist as others (like yourself do). There are plenty of good options at flanker, competition is hard. Robshaw still has a good chance of making the squad with good performances for Harlequins, but in my opinion as a midweek player not as a captain. [/QUOTE]

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