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[2014 EOYT] England v Samoa
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<blockquote data-quote="goodNumber10" data-source="post: 690908" data-attributes="member: 71068"><p>good Kicking game, good Defender, excellent passer of the ball, strong. Coupled with the fact he's played there for a U20's and Saracens.</p><p></p><p>It's one of those things where people think because someone plays and distributes as a 10, and as 12 is only one out, it's essentially the same. A lot of attacking decision making now sits with the 12 and not the 10 anyway which is why Eastmond and Ford work so well together as it's Eastmond pulling the strings and Ford running the close game, but they are actually quite different now.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Absoloutely, and they are, but good quick going forward ball will have a bigger positive impact for the backs then an un-creative midfield who charge over the gain line will have negatively for the forwards. If we want to play wide we have to have good go forward ball.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Like most teams Australia look good when they have good ball going forward and poor when they have bad static/slow ball.</p><p></p><p>In the SA game there is a point in the second half where Barritt gets clattered by JDV or JS. The reason he gets clattered isn't because Farrell gives him sh*te or he just runs head first - it's because the ball has sucked in no one, and they just shuffle sideways and get off the line early, so he has no option but to take contact.</p><p></p><p>And that for me is the biggest issue England have got, it's not that we don't' have boys who can play wide, because we do look at last years 6nations we slung it about - it's because we're not giving them front foot ball against a retreating defence.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I thought he was immense against New Zealand, he was everywhere, linking, tackling carrying - it was like watching Peter Winterbottom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodNumber10, post: 690908, member: 71068"] good Kicking game, good Defender, excellent passer of the ball, strong. Coupled with the fact he's played there for a U20's and Saracens. It's one of those things where people think because someone plays and distributes as a 10, and as 12 is only one out, it's essentially the same. A lot of attacking decision making now sits with the 12 and not the 10 anyway which is why Eastmond and Ford work so well together as it's Eastmond pulling the strings and Ford running the close game, but they are actually quite different now. Absoloutely, and they are, but good quick going forward ball will have a bigger positive impact for the backs then an un-creative midfield who charge over the gain line will have negatively for the forwards. If we want to play wide we have to have good go forward ball. Like most teams Australia look good when they have good ball going forward and poor when they have bad static/slow ball. In the SA game there is a point in the second half where Barritt gets clattered by JDV or JS. The reason he gets clattered isn't because Farrell gives him sh*te or he just runs head first - it's because the ball has sucked in no one, and they just shuffle sideways and get off the line early, so he has no option but to take contact. And that for me is the biggest issue England have got, it's not that we don't' have boys who can play wide, because we do look at last years 6nations we slung it about - it's because we're not giving them front foot ball against a retreating defence. I thought he was immense against New Zealand, he was everywhere, linking, tackling carrying - it was like watching Peter Winterbottom. [/QUOTE]
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