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[2021 Six Nations] Wales vs England (27/02/21)
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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1024111" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>Looking at this the next day, Jones' absolute top priority has got to be sorting out the discipline. We had stuff go against us but ultimately teams that already have a reputation for giving away penalties tend to get scrutinised more resulting in giving away more penalties and the whole thing reinforces itself. England's discipline for years has been in the gutter, frequently at the bottom or 2nd from bottom of the 6N teams and it has got to be addressed. Too many games we are in it on the balance of play but constant stupid infringements cause us to really struggle to get a hold of the game. I've seen us go from attacking the opposition try line to defending our own without the opposition even needing to do anything, all through penalties.</p><p></p><p>There is playing on the edge and having a bit of fight in the team but that isn't what England have, most of the stuff is just crass stupidity.</p><p></p><p>I think if we drastically reduce our penalty count, a lot of other stuff will naturally begin to slot into place as fewer of our attacking opportunities end up in nothing and we would spend more of the game further up the field and under less pressure. It has simply got to be the top priority.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1024111, member: 56232"] Looking at this the next day, Jones' absolute top priority has got to be sorting out the discipline. We had stuff go against us but ultimately teams that already have a reputation for giving away penalties tend to get scrutinised more resulting in giving away more penalties and the whole thing reinforces itself. England's discipline for years has been in the gutter, frequently at the bottom or 2nd from bottom of the 6N teams and it has got to be addressed. Too many games we are in it on the balance of play but constant stupid infringements cause us to really struggle to get a hold of the game. I've seen us go from attacking the opposition try line to defending our own without the opposition even needing to do anything, all through penalties. There is playing on the edge and having a bit of fight in the team but that isn't what England have, most of the stuff is just crass stupidity. I think if we drastically reduce our penalty count, a lot of other stuff will naturally begin to slot into place as fewer of our attacking opportunities end up in nothing and we would spend more of the game further up the field and under less pressure. It has simply got to be the top priority. [/QUOTE]
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