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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 353838" data-attributes="member: 42330">Another step of progress.I didn&#039;t believe a Johnson coached team could play with sort of verve, balls and skill - or that England had the players to execute it. I think its still a way off being world cup winner material but the belief is creeping in one performance at a time.If not, no big deal... Hartley, Cole, Lawes, Croft, Youngs, Flood, Ashton and Foden should all be still around in 2015. I think there&#039;s only Australia (and maaaaaybe Wales) who can look at their team and say &quot;Yeah, the spine&#039;s good for some distance&quot; yes. This team can keep going and improving and start becoming really, really scary. And what&#039;s more, its not like we&#039;ve blown the bolt there; you can see real competition for the young guys chomping at the bit and real contenders to displace the older ones all foaming around.But thats for the future.Right now, England took on Australia at close to their own game and won. Its a nigh miraculous, beautiful turnaround.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Peat, post: 353838, member: 42330"] Another step of progress. I didn't believe a Johnson coached team could play with sort of verve, balls and skill - or that England had the players to execute it. I think its still a way off being world cup winner material but the belief is creeping in one performance at a time. If not, no big deal... Hartley, Cole, Lawes, Croft, Youngs, Flood, Ashton and Foden should all be still around in 2015. I think there's only Australia (and maaaaaybe Wales) who can look at their team and say "Yeah, the spine's good for some distance" yes. This team can keep going and improving and start becoming really, really scary. And what's more, its not like we've blown the bolt there; you can see real competition for the young guys chomping at the bit and real contenders to displace the older ones all foaming around. But thats for the future. Right now, England took on Australia at close to their own game and won. Its a nigh miraculous, beautiful turnaround. [/QUOTE]

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