j'nuh
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To add something else: England fans are going to feel really dejected by this. There are a lot of things that the general fan would have done, which MJ didn't do, which led partially to England's downfall. I started losing faith in MJ a while ago, then he brought Ashton, Foden, Youngs, Lawes etc. into the squad, rejecting those he was faithful to and I thought he was improving as a coach - both in his selections and in his management of tactics.
More worryingly though, not only are the selections wrong, but it seems as if the players that originally came into the England squad have had a lot of their talent coached out of them. What happened to the marauding Foden, who'd counterattack in an instant? The Ashton that, when there was no work, would come in-field and make himself important? The Lawes who was described as a "workhorse"? Even before that, Armitage was one of our best players ~2009. Youngs who was brought in to speed up delivery? Croft? Geraghty? Monye? Flutey? After being dropped from England some players eg, Armitage, Care, Haskell etc. would go to their clubs and improve, but what happened to their international counterparts?
I'm finding it hard to trust MJ with the next generation, to be honest.
Aside: A Robshaw/Haskell/Wood with Ben Morgan (if you're reading, please choose us?) on the bench would be something to get excited about for the six nations.
More worryingly though, not only are the selections wrong, but it seems as if the players that originally came into the England squad have had a lot of their talent coached out of them. What happened to the marauding Foden, who'd counterattack in an instant? The Ashton that, when there was no work, would come in-field and make himself important? The Lawes who was described as a "workhorse"? Even before that, Armitage was one of our best players ~2009. Youngs who was brought in to speed up delivery? Croft? Geraghty? Monye? Flutey? After being dropped from England some players eg, Armitage, Care, Haskell etc. would go to their clubs and improve, but what happened to their international counterparts?
I'm finding it hard to trust MJ with the next generation, to be honest.
Aside: A Robshaw/Haskell/Wood with Ben Morgan (if you're reading, please choose us?) on the bench would be something to get excited about for the six nations.
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