England 2024/25

[Vieux Talonneur]

Sweeney's earnings include a one off post pandemic recovery payment of £358K from a long term incentive plan after the exec team took a pay cut during Covid. Salary's a mere £742K.

But still….

 

[TommiG88]

That's a terrifying amount of money to be earning

 

[BrokenWing]

I wouldn't get out of bed for that… Much like Sweeney appears to do.

 

[Becca]

That's a terrifying amount of money to be earning

Earning ?

 

[AlRums]

I would like to call out one of the most ridiculous comments I have heard this week which is the suggestion that England's autumn fixtures were in the wrong order and they should have played Japan first. I am sure all the northern hemisphere teams would have liked to play Japan first but its not possible. Somebody has to play them on the 4th weekend. You cant have Newzealand and South Africa not playing the first weekend just because nobody wants to play them first.
If England had played Japan the first weekend then somebody else would have had to play the allblacks the first weekend. The fixture list doesn't revolve around what suits England best.

From opposition point of view England were the easier game before SA and France.

Japan played France in their AI internationals.

Also consider the SH and Japan have been playing consistently together for a few months from June/July onwards, approx every two weeks.

Come 6N the teams will be much more in "test mode" as teams having had the AIs two months earlier.

 

[Booboobang]

I didn't realise Butt had played as much centre as he has - in my head he was a winger filling in while Ojomoh/Redpath weren't available, but looks like 12's been his primary position for a couple of seasons

When I raised him in the A's thread someone disagreed and raised the same point of a wing playing 12, personally I dont see that, he is as close to a crash ball 12 we have, and always seems to add something to his game every season.

I am a fan, but may be just a prem player, not sure his size or strength would offer the advantage it does domestically internationally.

 

[Geordie]

Get Sammy Arnold in there man !!

 

[Geordie]

Why are we incapable of producing a 12 with some real physical presence and a decent (not brilliant) handling skillset..