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[2015 RWC] Warm Up Match: France vs England (22/08/2015)
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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 741202" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>Well I'm going to put my neck on the line and say it, 2 things England missed were leaders and thinkers. Ford was left without a 2nd decision maker and distributor. This doesn't excuse his own errors but it put him under more pressure than necessary. The 2nd string team had 2/3 game controllers and it allowed the backs to function behind poor forwards. Answer: Slade at 12. I think our glaring weaknesses elsewhere are far more crippling than him potentially not being so solid in defence.</p><p></p><p>Leadership, didn't feel Robshaw was offering it. Burgess, although it goes against everything I've believed so far, DID offer some degree of leadership and was a sort of morale booster. He has the right attitude. Have him at 12</p><p></p><p>Also Cipriani, the 2 times recently he has come on for England, he has produced stuff. I don't see how this can be ignored... The guy works and NEEDS more time to truely show it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 741202, member: 56232"] Well I'm going to put my neck on the line and say it, 2 things England missed were leaders and thinkers. Ford was left without a 2nd decision maker and distributor. This doesn't excuse his own errors but it put him under more pressure than necessary. The 2nd string team had 2/3 game controllers and it allowed the backs to function behind poor forwards. Answer: Slade at 12. I think our glaring weaknesses elsewhere are far more crippling than him potentially not being so solid in defence. Leadership, didn't feel Robshaw was offering it. Burgess, although it goes against everything I've believed so far, DID offer some degree of leadership and was a sort of morale booster. He has the right attitude. Have him at 12 Also Cipriani, the 2 times recently he has come on for England, he has produced stuff. I don't see how this can be ignored... The guy works and NEEDS more time to truely show it. [/QUOTE]
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