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The clubs want teams to run the ball back? What rugby have you been watching. The nature of the entire sport at this moment in time, not just the premiership ISN'T about running the ball back.
Foden wasn't picked because he's a defensive liability and can't catch a high ball to save his life. Monye wasn't much better, that experiment failed, and Johnson corrected things for the NZ game, with Cueto putting in a superb performance at fullback.
Typical of a club before country supporter to slate England at every possible opportunity. England were very very poor, but Johnson was right when he said that the reaction was bordering on hysterical and ridiculous. Perspective mate[/b][/quote]
:lol: Bless.
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You really are clueless if you think that Sale and Gloucester are playing quality rugby this year. Sale are playing the most boring the league has seen, Gloucester are in a mess, ditto Quins but look like they're on the up finally. Saints and Irish are doing well but that's about it. The overall quality of the league is p*ss poor, and has been all season. You won't find many fans disagreeing with that. Have a look at the Heineken cup tables if you want further proof... four out of six GP teams are in 3rd, 3rd, 4th and 4th positions.
The premiership IS poor, Gatland was 100% right, so far it's the weakest it's ever been. Very good stuff in recent years, but so far this season it's been awful. Last year it was decent quality, which translated to Six Nations form when England started playing more attacking rugby as the season went on. We kept the ball in hand and made more passes than any other nation, because we had a settled team that were getting more comfident and comfortable playing with each other.
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There's the club way and then there's the England way; England have negative tactics and want the ball kicking back constantly (mostly due to the clueless coaches) while a bulk of the clubs want to run the ball back and train their players as such... That's the very reason Foden wasn't picked; He goes against the grain of the negative style that Rob Andrew and his minions like to employ.[/b]
The clubs want teams to run the ball back? What rugby have you been watching. The nature of the entire sport at this moment in time, not just the premiership ISN'T about running the ball back.
Foden wasn't picked because he's a defensive liability and can't catch a high ball to save his life. Monye wasn't much better, that experiment failed, and Johnson corrected things for the NZ game, with Cueto putting in a superb performance at fullback.
Typical of a club before country supporter to slate England at every possible opportunity. England were very very poor, but Johnson was right when he said that the reaction was bordering on hysterical and ridiculous. Perspective mate[/b][/quote]
:lol: Bless.