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This thread probably articulates exactly how I feel on the game better than I could. Would be more fearful of Finn Smith in the long run but having Marcus back might be what England need currently with their lack of literally anything with ball in hand.
Have I scrubbed argentina out of my mind?Now granted before that losses to Fiji, and Argentine have happened but just I still approach this with caution.
Lost to them in the AIsHave I scrubbed argentina out of my mind?
People said the same about Scotland, tbfI think England will have targeted this game from before the start of the comp though.
We just can't produce props or a 12. For the rest it's when they wear a rose that it goes belly up.But regardless of how it does go the weekend how is a country with such a massive playing pool producing such crap products like in my eyes England and France should always be competing.
Kick chase. Two of the three games we've lost since 2022 have been to teams who kicked really well and won the territory battle as a result. England, even when ****, were the best kick chase team in the world until this 6 nations for my money. Get that back and couple it with a monster defensive and breakdown performance (would admittedly come out of nowhere but it's not like the players aren't there to execute) and England can win this game.People said the same about Scotland, tbf
Just don't see where we target Ireland - Scotland has issues in the pack we looked to exploit, whereas Ireland's pack is better than England's, and we might as well not have a backline for the amount of trust they put in it so not like we can put pressure on the fresh halfback pairing (which is more settled than England's)
The highest ranked team in those 8 wins was Argentina.Have always said this is the banana skin Ireland need to navigate. For all the critics on England their record is 8/10 wins in their last 10 I see.
1 Points loss to South Africa and last game vs Scotland.
Now granted before that losses to Fiji, and Argentine have happened but just I still approach this with caution.
But regardless of how it does go the weekend how is a country with such a massive playing pool producing such crap products like in my eyes England and France should always be competing.