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- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: 2024 Six Nations Chat
- Replies: 1217
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Re: 2024 Six Nations Chat
The speed is higher and time less so the pressure put on handling and passing is increased. Some players struggle to adjust. Some find their “tricks” that work at lower levels don’t because top level opponents don’t get taken in by them. The other issue with England’s attack is the lack of offload o...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:25 am
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: 2024 Six Nations Chat
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Re: 2024 Six Nations Chattournamen
I thought Mitchell was out of the tournament?
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: Trailfinders a sad indictment of rugby
- Replies: 190
- Views: 12354
Re: Trailfinders a sad indictment of rugby
I don’t see American football’s franchise system a good comparison. No one outside the USA plays it in any significant way. Wasps were a slow financial “car crash.” No ground so moved away from their fan base and a financial model that relied on miracle benefactor to pay the debts. London Irish were...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:52 am
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: Wasps revival???
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3254
Re: Wasps revival???
Even if we accept that professional sides with ground capacity and meeting the other criteria at what level do they expect to return? Walk back into the premiership? The championship? For me it has to be a division down from that at least. Prove you are a professional outfit worthy of a promotion pl...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:54 am
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: England A v Portugal - MWWR - 25th February 2024
- Replies: 89
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Re: England A v Portugal - MWWR - 25th February 2024
It would be hard to say who were the outstanding players simply because of the gulf in standard - it's easy to be a big fish in a small pond.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:09 pm
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: England A v Portugal - MWWR - 25th February 2024
- Replies: 89
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Re: England A v Portugal - MWWR - 25th February 2024
Didn't really learn much as the contest was so one side.
Shame the A team 6N went.
Wonder if some of the other nations will bring back their A teams now that age groups can't be used to tie a player to the side.
Shame the A team 6N went.
Wonder if some of the other nations will bring back their A teams now that age groups can't be used to tie a player to the side.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: 2024 Six Nations Chat
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Re: 2024 Six Nations Chat
I wouldn’t agree Chessum has been disappointing. Made a lot of tackles, not caught out in defence and his line out work has been all you might expect. More of an impact with ball in hand than the flankers. Likewise Itoje. Genge was disappointing. Stewart wasn’t disappointing because that reflected m...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: 2024 Six Nations Chat
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Re: 2024 Six Nations Chat
We have quality players but weakness in key areas. A blitz defence requires discipline and all players to make tackles. Ford no longer runs with the ball. A lightweight Farrell. Age and injuries taken their toll. His passing tried to be fast but inaccurate. Add Daly and Slade into that mix you have ...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:58 pm
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: 2024 Six Nations Chat
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Re: 2024 Six Nations Chat
There are some players who are not what the press believe but the attack is woeful. You can’t expect forwards to bash it up and have no offload options and no support for a fast clear out. The worst moment was Daly deliberately running into the back of a Scotland player rather than competing for the...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: 2024 Six Nations Chat
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Re: 2024 Six Nations Chat
Time to move on from Ford, Daly, Care and Slade.
With no disrespect to Scotland, England chucked the game and failed to control it.
You can’t play a blitz defence when players in key positions don’t tackle.
Stuck with Cole and Marler for now, but they were not the weakness.
With no disrespect to Scotland, England chucked the game and failed to control it.
You can’t play a blitz defence when players in key positions don’t tackle.
Stuck with Cole and Marler for now, but they were not the weakness.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:50 pm
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: Tigers v Gloucester - Premiership Cup Final - Friday 15th March 2024 - KO:7-45pm
- Replies: 273
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Re: Tigers v Gloucester - Premiership Cup Final - Friday 15th March 2024 - KO:7-45pm
Section 6.3.3 might mean that players on international duty or being rested because of international duty might well be considered “out of the club’s control?”
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:46 pm
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: 2024 Six Nations Chat
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Re: 2024 Six Nations Chat
Scotland won’t have to worry about kicking long, just run it back in the direction of Daly! The blitz effectively means that Scotland will know to have their wide men deeper to combat this so once Slade’s rush has been negated by taking it deeper the option of running down Daly’s channel on the wing...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: How to end kick tennis
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1649
Re: How to end kick tennis
It’s the 5m rule/passing it that needs to change. Although I do feel a frustrating that an attempted charge down can put a player 40m up the field on side.
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:02 pm
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: 2024 Six Nations Chat
- Replies: 1217
- Views: 72509
Re: 2024 Six Nations Chat
Are we sure Freddie isn't injured? He had been carrying an arm/shoulder injury in the run up to the 6N? Furbank is a capable full back, it's the continued selection of Daly on the wing that worries me. They will just send Van De Merve down his channel and be waved by or a feeble attempt at a tackle ...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:56 pm
- Forum: Fans Forum
- Topic: 2024 Six Nations Chat
- Replies: 1217
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