g wrote: I will be surprised if he makes the England squad.
so will i... seeing as we should be building for the next world cup and he will be, by that time, nearly 40!
As for the match today - Goode had about 30 minutes of good play, but his (unusualy) inaccurate goal kicking and high penalty count cost us.
Plus Points (from somone with a bit more optimism):
Our back 3 - Wingers and Georgdie played well, Varndell, if he isn't knocking on Englands door - he's kicking it in.
Mauger - despite varied service all day - showed command and the will to go forward - running face first into players like chabal and sheridan if he couldnt do anything else - bravery and a few flickers of whats to come from the big signing.
Young back rowers: Croft and Abrahams - though their penalty count left alot to be desired - show how brilliant they can, and most likely will be for england in the future - Abrhams... where has he got that pace from!? and croft brilliant as ever.
Downsides:
Penalty Count - wayyyyy too many penaltys - that needs to be seriously looked at - and if it wasnt completely our fault - you have got to play the referee which sadly we didnt manage today.
Half backs - Frank Murphy looked better but does not function well with goode - time to give Humphs a run out me thinks.
Scrum - one minute we were on a masive ascendancy the next we were on the back foot, obviously we have a brilliant set of forwards but we could do with a bit more consistancy here - but im assuming that just happens when it does, and i expect to see us absolutely mince Harlequins scrum at the stoop.
