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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2021 Six Nations] England vs Italy (13/02/21)
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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1018535" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>By picking the rusty Sarries players in a small squad Jones has put himself between a rock and a hard place. Whether we think right or not they are almost certain to all (prob including Mako) start in the tougher games to come.</p><p></p><p>As they're undercooked (and in some cases also horribly out of form) there's a strong argument for playing them again v Italy to get rid of some rust. Unfortunately there's an equally strong argument to say they should be replaced and other match sharp / more in form players given a shot.</p><p></p><p>I don't think any of us would really have batted an eyelid if Jones had left out some / all of the Sarries contingent from the squad - we might have looked at it as a bit of gamble, but it would have been undeniably logical. As it is he's backed himself into a corner and as with the Autumn we're probably looking at a wasted opportunity to test new blood.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 1018535, member: 73144"] By picking the rusty Sarries players in a small squad Jones has put himself between a rock and a hard place. Whether we think right or not they are almost certain to all (prob including Mako) start in the tougher games to come. As they’re undercooked (and in some cases also horribly out of form) there’s a strong argument for playing them again v Italy to get rid of some rust. Unfortunately there’s an equally strong argument to say they should be replaced and other match sharp / more in form players given a shot. I don’t think any of us would really have batted an eyelid if Jones had left out some / all of the Sarries contingent from the squad - we might have looked at it as a bit of gamble, but it would have been undeniably logical. As it is he’s backed himself into a corner and as with the Autumn we’re probably looking at a wasted opportunity to test new blood. [/QUOTE]
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