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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 308063"><p>The bar I watched the game in was very loud, so I can't offer an opinion on the refereeing.</p><p></p><p>Other than that, despite an England defeat, I'm quite happy. It was the best England played since we played the French last year.</p><p></p><p>Notes:</p><p></p><p>1. We got f***ed in the scrums, but Cole and Wilson are both good young players who'll improve and I'm quite happy with our tighthead departmant. Payne has to go, and I've really lost patience with Hartley, who incidentally should be serving a very long ban for gouging last week.</p><p></p><p>2. Where was Deacon, again? Palmer played well, but I saw nothing of Deacon.</p><p></p><p>3. I really liked the backs today. I'm Armitage's biggest fan, but on this kind of form Foden and Ashton form such a great link that I can see them wearing England shirts for a long time. DA is dependable cover, especially if he rediscovers his form of recent seasons. Cueto also thrived having Foden around, and once he's gone over the hill I'd love to see an English back 3 of Ashton, Cato and Foden. Mouthwatering.</p><p></p><p>4. Tindall was immense, but we can't hang around with him. Flood was also infinitely better than Wilkinson. A midfield of Flood, Flutey and Tait is not direct enough when you consider how poor our forwards are at ball-carrying, so someone like Hape may well have a future unless we find some really dynamic loosies.</p><p></p><p></p><p>All in all, a thouroughly deserved Grand Slam for France. They were the only team in the tournament who had no really noticeable flaws. England will undoubtedly keep plugging away and will pick up results here and there, but there's no signs in this current setup that we're going to win anything in the next couple of seasons. What we do have is a lot of promising players. Unfortunately, under Johnson, they're not going to get their chances, so I think England fans will have to settle for a few years more of the same... after RWC 2011 is when things should improve, and being optimistic, this is when I want us to start building a world class team that wins Grand Slams and beats SH teams.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 308063"] The bar I watched the game in was very loud, so I can't offer an opinion on the refereeing. Other than that, despite an England defeat, I'm quite happy. It was the best England played since we played the French last year. Notes: 1. We got f***ed in the scrums, but Cole and Wilson are both good young players who'll improve and I'm quite happy with our tighthead departmant. Payne has to go, and I've really lost patience with Hartley, who incidentally should be serving a very long ban for gouging last week. 2. Where was Deacon, again? Palmer played well, but I saw nothing of Deacon. 3. I really liked the backs today. I'm Armitage's biggest fan, but on this kind of form Foden and Ashton form such a great link that I can see them wearing England shirts for a long time. DA is dependable cover, especially if he rediscovers his form of recent seasons. Cueto also thrived having Foden around, and once he's gone over the hill I'd love to see an English back 3 of Ashton, Cato and Foden. Mouthwatering. 4. Tindall was immense, but we can't hang around with him. Flood was also infinitely better than Wilkinson. A midfield of Flood, Flutey and Tait is not direct enough when you consider how poor our forwards are at ball-carrying, so someone like Hape may well have a future unless we find some really dynamic loosies. All in all, a thouroughly deserved Grand Slam for France. They were the only team in the tournament who had no really noticeable flaws. England will undoubtedly keep plugging away and will pick up results here and there, but there's no signs in this current setup that we're going to win anything in the next couple of seasons. What we do have is a lot of promising players. Unfortunately, under Johnson, they're not going to get their chances, so I think England fans will have to settle for a few years more of the same... after RWC 2011 is when things should improve, and being optimistic, this is when I want us to start building a world class team that wins Grand Slams and beats SH teams. [/QUOTE]
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