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<blockquote data-quote="Reiser99" data-source="post: 1018052" data-attributes="member: 72977"><p>I can see your point. My view is that Jones has persisted long enough with favourites who have not delivered. We already have some positions with absolutely no depth (9) and we don't need more. There is only a limited amount of time now before the next world cup. Assuming tours happen as normal I count it as 29 matches maximum. Yes they might find 1 or 2 more. For some players even if they were to play every single game from now on they would only just be around 30 caps. We don't have time to hope that a player will come good, when we've been hoping for that for the last 3 years or more. (Anyone able to accurately say how long it's been).</p><p></p><p>I know we had this argument in 2018, but tbh 2019 world cup was similar to 2020. We didn't play great, but managed to win and added extra shine to performances that didn't deserve them. We've had a few good wins, NZ, australia, ireland and france in 2019. But otherwise we played poor opposition and it made us look better than we were. We've had more off performances than on performances. We also have a team that has absolutely no ability to adapt when it's not working. Who only play to the tactics and not what is in front of them. I've said before that while Jones says he wants a team that plays heads up rugby, he has actually got a team that does the opposite. Even after this game, apparently it was just 'an off day'. No it's the culmination of numerous poor performances and reflects a team that is playing boring, predictable rugby and cannot play any other way.</p><p></p><p>You know what after writing this I'm in the Jones out camp. I think he's reached the limit of what he can do and we're headed in completely in the wrong direction. The world cup semi-final was the aberration, not yesterday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reiser99, post: 1018052, member: 72977"] I can see your point. My view is that Jones has persisted long enough with favourites who have not delivered. We already have some positions with absolutely no depth (9) and we don't need more. There is only a limited amount of time now before the next world cup. Assuming tours happen as normal I count it as 29 matches maximum. Yes they might find 1 or 2 more. For some players even if they were to play every single game from now on they would only just be around 30 caps. We don't have time to hope that a player will come good, when we've been hoping for that for the last 3 years or more. (Anyone able to accurately say how long it's been). I know we had this argument in 2018, but tbh 2019 world cup was similar to 2020. We didn't play great, but managed to win and added extra shine to performances that didn't deserve them. We've had a few good wins, NZ, australia, ireland and france in 2019. But otherwise we played poor opposition and it made us look better than we were. We've had more off performances than on performances. We also have a team that has absolutely no ability to adapt when it's not working. Who only play to the tactics and not what is in front of them. I've said before that while Jones says he wants a team that plays heads up rugby, he has actually got a team that does the opposite. Even after this game, apparently it was just 'an off day'. No it's the culmination of numerous poor performances and reflects a team that is playing boring, predictable rugby and cannot play any other way. You know what after writing this I'm in the Jones out camp. I think he's reached the limit of what he can do and we're headed in completely in the wrong direction. The world cup semi-final was the aberration, not yesterday. [/QUOTE]
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