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<blockquote data-quote="Teddington Logic" data-source="post: 1058052" data-attributes="member: 85441"><p>As everyone likes to speculate, I had the following put to me in the pub a couple of nights ago</p><p></p><p>Eddie Jones has always wanted a creative, running no10. This, the running, is actually what he said he saw in Smith when he was a school boy and was the reason that he was invited to meet up with the England team.</p><p>Jones plan, as for the previous world cup is to set a new squad with a 2 year lead in to 2023.</p><p>If Smith was to be the player he hoped for, what would be the best plan for his development?</p><p>Would it be intermittent England training camps and odd cameos off the bench with corresponding absence of consistent game time (Paolo and others have all suffered from this)) or would it be 3-4 years of development under Nick Evans where he can play week in week out, developing his game management and kicking with out the glare of publicity of the AI's and 6N's? There were times over the last few years where Smith carried Quins in a way which was unbelievable for a player his age. He has now developed to a stage where other teams will have to change their structures to counteract Smith/Quins. This is the same Holy Grail that SA have at the moment which ultimately Gatland fell for and we all saw what happened</p><p>In Eddie's dream scenario he rides the wave of public clamour to unleash Smith from this Autumn with 2 years to build a team and style of play around him.</p><p>This is not actually dissimilar to how Sir CW built into winning the world cup</p><p>Eddie is not unfamiliar with fast paced attacking running rugby (Japan) as long as he has the players to do it, which he now does</p><p>Eddie is also not afraid to jetison key squad members or indeed a captain in the pursuit of world cup plan</p><p></p><p>I thought it was an interesting proposition</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teddington Logic, post: 1058052, member: 85441"] As everyone likes to speculate, I had the following put to me in the pub a couple of nights ago Eddie Jones has always wanted a creative, running no10. This, the running, is actually what he said he saw in Smith when he was a school boy and was the reason that he was invited to meet up with the England team. Jones plan, as for the previous world cup is to set a new squad with a 2 year lead in to 2023. If Smith was to be the player he hoped for, what would be the best plan for his development? Would it be intermittent England training camps and odd cameos off the bench with corresponding absence of consistent game time (Paolo and others have all suffered from this)) or would it be 3-4 years of development under Nick Evans where he can play week in week out, developing his game management and kicking with out the glare of publicity of the AI's and 6N's? There were times over the last few years where Smith carried Quins in a way which was unbelievable for a player his age. He has now developed to a stage where other teams will have to change their structures to counteract Smith/Quins. This is the same Holy Grail that SA have at the moment which ultimately Gatland fell for and we all saw what happened In Eddie's dream scenario he rides the wave of public clamour to unleash Smith from this Autumn with 2 years to build a team and style of play around him. This is not actually dissimilar to how Sir CW built into winning the world cup Eddie is not unfamiliar with fast paced attacking running rugby (Japan) as long as he has the players to do it, which he now does Eddie is also not afraid to jetison key squad members or indeed a captain in the pursuit of world cup plan I thought it was an interesting proposition [/QUOTE]
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