Wales vs England - 13/08/2011 - RWC Warm Up

[madflyhalf]

Wales' defending pretty well btw!

 

[Getofmeland]

The Sky Cam is superb, really liking it for set pieces...

 

[cardassian]

Banahan is terrible, why's he in the squad?

 

[SelimNiai]

Banahan is terrible, why's he in the squad?

Maybe Johnno think's this is a giant game of battleships

 

[Getofmeland]

Henson has gone off... not good for the Orange One!

 

[TVH11]

^^^^^^^^
There goes the excitement holding his arm when he went off

 

[SelimNiai]

He was doing OK an all. We're toeing the sin bin line a bit at the moment. Pleased defence is so strong, helped by England being 1-Dimensional in attack.

 

[TNT88]

England look like Australia last week, great at the set piece but can't score regardless of how many phases they get inside the opp 22.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

the other world cup teams watching this game must be absolutely terrified.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Get Hodgson on at 10, Flood to 12
Armitage to 14


Not ideal, but a damn sight better than what we're playing with at the moment

 

[TNT88]

Wales aren't committing anyone to the breakdown, 2 missed tackles as a result!

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

flood why did not you put it out wide!!!!!!!!! god this is depressing.

P.S thank you Danny Care for doing the only good thing of this game so far.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Bloody hell
Easy try on offer yet we give away a penalty

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

thats the final straw if johnson cannot see how one-dimnensional we are with this backline then he needs to go himself. a faster more creative back then tindall would have been able to finish off that break, good though it was

 

[james10mgs]

Banahan, Tindall, Hape... Possibly the least creative players we could have picked!

 

[TNT88]

Defence is so good. Whoever threw that last pass should have cross-kicked it really. Anyway, all England need to do is ACTUALLY suck in players before they spread it wide. At the moment Wales don't commit anyone to the ruck, and have numbers all over the park.

 

[TVH11]

Some very very brave defense by Wales, helped by a lack of creativity in england back line. Should be interesting to see what the 2nd half brings. Also need to know what's the damage with THE ORANGE ONE. Looked like a fore arm injury from the ruck he was caught in.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

dewi morris please can you admit that your favourite toy-boy banahan has been the worst player on the pitch and is almost single-handedly responsible for the 'agrophobia' that you refer to

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I don't think Tindall is that bad
He's never been a creative player - him and Hape are very similar except Tindall is better than him
Him and Hape together is a bloody terrible combination though - as you said, no creativity!
Need someone like Flutey (or an on form Olly Barkley....) inside him, and then someone who can actually put a ball down over a line in the 14 shirt

He is a whole bloody foot taller than Shane, probably weighs three times as much, yet he didn't get the try - the mind boggles

Wonder what the scoreline would be with Ashton playing and/or Flutey/Tuilagi involved

 

[TRF_Cymro]

Rolland please be consistent with people diving over the top of the ruck, seems Wales are getting pinged for it and England are getting away with it.