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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2021 Six Nations] England Squad
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<blockquote data-quote="Crash Hamster" data-source="post: 1032040" data-attributes="member: 84693"><p>I'll say again, he had the ideal chance to blood new players by not picking any Saracens players for this 6N. It was a complete free shot. If the team had done well, everyone would've considered him a genius. If they'd finished fifth, well, er....</p><p></p><p>As it turns out, both Vunipolae, Daly were very rusty, Farrell and George rusty, Itoje a penalty machine but we would have missed him, how much worse could the side have been with different players in those positions?</p><p></p><p>Picking them just sends the message that they don't even have to play club rugby to get picked for England, which surely has to breed complacency.</p><p></p><p>I am generally happy with the 'credit in the bank' argument, but it ceases to apply when the coach makes a spectacular mistake. I feel that the selection of non-playing Sarries for international rugby was a particularly egregious example.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crash Hamster, post: 1032040, member: 84693"] I'll say again, he had the ideal chance to blood new players by not picking any Saracens players for this 6N. It was a complete free shot. If the team had done well, everyone would've considered him a genius. If they'd finished fifth, well, er.... As it turns out, both Vunipolae, Daly were very rusty, Farrell and George rusty, Itoje a penalty machine but we would have missed him, how much worse could the side have been with different players in those positions? Picking them just sends the message that they don't even have to play club rugby to get picked for England, which surely has to breed complacency. I am generally happy with the 'credit in the bank' argument, but it ceases to apply when the coach makes a spectacular mistake. I feel that the selection of non-playing Sarries for international rugby was a particularly egregious example. [/QUOTE]
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