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England 6N 2016 - General Chit Chat

Will England be rejuvenated to the levels of arrogance witnessed under Mr Martin Johnson? Maybe even back to their peak under Sir Clive Woodward? [Who can still manage to make TV viewers instantly recollect the depth of arrogance England once held every time Sir Clive opens his mouth on punditry.]

Or will Mr Edward Jones (none of this peasant "Eddie" stuff here thank you very much) struggle to lift arrogance levels above that of the extremely humble and hard to dislike Mr Stuart Lancaster?


Initial impressions would suggest Jones is going to make a damn good go of it, swapping out "bloody good bloke who always backs himself at home" Chris Robshaw for "your a cheating c__t ref" Dylan Hartley.

I was going to say if he can manage to force Princess Ann to walk along the grass rather than the carpet for the opener at Murrayfield, he'll be well on his way.... but then realised that'd f__k off some of the English too... so not sure if that makes it the ultimate arrogance or shooting oneself in one's foot (instead of shooting a fox while riding on one's trusty steed surrounded by one's chums and hounds through some poor peasant's fields wrecking their fences - jolly good fun eh).


One thing is for sure, if we beat Wales, our lot in the meeja will think we're the next coming of sliced bread and will be wondering what would happen if the RWC was in 2016, not 2015. :rolleyes:



Oly is probably the best man for answering this as he embraces the arrogance rather than shy away from it. ;):lol:
 
Why on Earth would we care about the opinions of an Irishman?
 
Your damn right you little boggy, know your place and foxes make a poor second to an irish potato farmer.

Exactly - to hell or to Connacht....

[Where Pat Lam is doing a great job in upskilling us paddies in the arts of passing footballs, planting spuds, catching footballs and gathering spuds.]
 
Will England be rejuvenated to the levels of arrogance witnessed under Mr Martin Johnson? Maybe even back to their peak under Sir Clive Woodward? [Who can still manage to make TV viewers instantly recollect the depth of arrogance England once held every time Sir Clive opens his mouth on punditry.]

Or will Mr Edward Jones (none of this peasant "Eddie" stuff here thank you very much) struggle to lift arrogance levels above that of the extremely humble and hard to dislike Mr Stuart Lancaster?


Initial impressions would suggest Jones is going to make a damn good go of it, swapping out "bloody good bloke who always backs himself at home" Chris Robshaw for "your a cheating c__t ref" Dylan Hartley.

I was going to say if he can manage to force Princess Ann to walk along the grass rather than the carpet for the opener at Murrayfield, he'll be well on his way.... but then realised that'd f__k off some of the English too... so not sure if that makes it the ultimate arrogance or shooting oneself in one's foot (instead of shooting a fox while riding on one's trusty steed surrounded by one's chums and hounds through some poor peasant's fields wrecking their fences - jolly good fun eh).


One thing is for sure, if we beat Wales, our lot in the meeja will think we're the next coming of sliced bread and will be wondering what would happen if the RWC was in 2016, not 2015. :rolleyes:



Oly is probably the best man for answering this as he embraces the arrogance rather than shy away from it. ;):lol:

Thanks for wasting 10 seconds of my life reading that nonsense you prick.
 
Exactly - to hell or to Connacht....

[Where Pat Lam is doing a great job in upskilling us paddies in the arts of passing footballs, planting spuds, catching footballs and gathering spuds.]

*Connaught. Say it right you little Fenian. Up the pale!
 
Will England be rejuvenated to the levels of arrogance witnessed under Mr Martin Johnson? Maybe even back to their peak under Sir Clive Woodward? [Who can still manage to make TV viewers instantly recollect the depth of arrogance England once held every time Sir Clive opens his mouth on punditry.]

Or will Mr Edward Jones (none of this peasant "Eddie" stuff here thank you very much) struggle to lift arrogance levels above that of the extremely humble and hard to dislike Mr Stuart Lancaster?


Initial impressions would suggest Jones is going to make a damn good go of it, swapping out "bloody good bloke who always backs himself at home" Chris Robshaw for "your a cheating c__t ref" Dylan Hartley.

I was going to say if he can manage to force Princess Ann to walk along the grass rather than the carpet for the opener at Murrayfield, he'll be well on his way.... but then realised that'd f__k off some of the English too... so not sure if that makes it the ultimate arrogance or shooting oneself in one's foot (instead of shooting a fox while riding on one's trusty steed surrounded by one's chums and hounds through some poor peasant's fields wrecking their fences - jolly good fun eh).


One thing is for sure, if we beat Wales, our lot in the meeja will think we're the next coming of sliced bread and will be wondering what would happen if the RWC was in 2016, not 2015. :rolleyes:



Oly is probably the best man for answering this as he embraces the arrogance rather than shy away from it. ;):lol:

What arrogance like on the World Cup thread when there was plenty of Irish saying they can't see themselves not making the final only to get blasted out of the tournament by the Argentinians ? At least us English all thought we were crap before and after the World Cup lol
 
What arrogance like on the World Cup thread when there was plenty of Irish saying they can't see themselves not making the final only to get blasted out of the tournament by the Argentinians ? At least us English all thought we were crap before and after the World Cup lol

Oh yeah best team in the NH!
 
Oh yeah best team in the NH!

In actual fact Scotland are the best team in the NH because they got beaten the least badly

So in actual fact I'm not getting involved in all the dick swinging because we are the worst in a bad bunch lol and still get accused of arrogance !!
 
Thanks for wasting 10 seconds of my life reading that nonsense you prick.
lol, Amiga is playing on the forum in-joke that the English are intolerably arrogant. They are just joking around.

Don't be giving us English a reputation for being humourless. I, for one, enjoy a good chortle at least once every couple of days. :p
 
lol, Amiga is playing on the forum in-joke that the English are intolerably arrogant. They are just joking around.

Don't be giving us English a reputation for being humourless. I, for one, enjoy a good chortle at least once every couple of days. :p

I don't know what a chortle is but I don't want to hear about it, thank you very much. There are other parts of the Internet available for this purpose.

Can anyone else not get their head round Devoto staying with the squad?

Not a particularly useful bench player and I'd be shocked if he was started.
 
Up the pale!
I think that's where I took your Mom last night.
Oly is probably the best man for answering this as he embraces the arrogance rather than shy away from it. ;):lol:

Sorry, I was too busy laughing at Pro12 representation in the Champions cup to read any posts on here.
 
It's looking back a realising just how much time and success England will have wasted by employing four bad to average candidates over the last fourteen years. And then wondering what we could have achieved had the RFU bitten the bullet all that time ago.

I'd still get wrecked at the pub and enjoy it along with everyone else, but I'd ask the question a few weeks later.
I can understand that, but better to look at the bright side. If this experienced foreign coach approach works, perhaps the RFU have unlocked the key to success for the next decade. Plus you need the lows to appreciate the highs. Or at least that's how I'll be trying to look at it.
 
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If he can't even keep his nipples in check during a photoshoot what chance does he have controlling his temper in a game?!
 
What arrogance like on the World Cup thread when there was plenty of Irish saying they can't see themselves not making the final only to get blasted out of the tournament by the Argentinians?

Well, they must have been a bit worried when they saw how their team struggled to beat the French, only to see All Blacks blow the same French team completely off the park just a week later
 
I'm not getting at you, there have been a lot of similar comments. Jones can pick my nightmare XV but if the team wins the trophy, then maybe he knows a little bit more about rugby than I do.

If he picked my entire nightmare XV I'd guarantee he'd be winning sfa.

I'm happy to judge on results and ready to acknowledge he knows more about rugby, but for now all I've got is his selections and I see no reason not to mention some of them are bad and either will long term be reversed, impede the team, or prove that he's actually an absolute genius of a coach.

I'd like the latter of course but can't say I'm holding my breath.

I can understand that, but better to look at the bright side. If this experienced foreign coach approach works, perhaps the RFU have unlocked the key to success for the next decade. Plus you need the lows to appreciate the highs. Or at least that's how I'll be trying to look at it.

Well, clearly the "Hire a relatively inexperienced guy with bright ideas" template was one shot only, so maybe not...
 
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