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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1070507" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/60050912[/URL]</p><p></p><p>This is the sort of stuff that drives a lot of the negative perception of Farrell.</p><p></p><p><em>England fly-half Marcus Smith "could be an absolutely brilliant 10", but needs Owen Farrell's help to "run the game for him", says head coach Eddie Jones.</em></p><p></p><p>Funny how Ford apparently needed Farrells help, Smith will need Farrell help but Farrell never needs anyone's help... Bearing in mind some of our biggest embarrassments where Farrell has been our 10. 2013 6N, 2015 WC, 2019 comeback by the Scots (where FORD saved us an even bigger humiliation). It's just a ridiculous and undeserved claim that he alone can be a functioning 10 and all the others require his presence to operate. It's just been proven not only wrong but likely the opposite of the truth so often.</p><p></p><p><em>Jones added on the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bhyqzb" target="_blank">Rugby Union Weekly podcast:</a> "His [Farrell's] reading of the game, his ability to take pressure off Marcus is going to be so important."</em></p><p></p><p>Farrell's reading of the game has consistently been awful recently as he blindly follows a game plan, frequently butchering overlaps and being so predictable he hampered everyone around him. I'm sure Farrell gives his best and can be a great motivator but he seems to get praise that is so detached from what everyone can see on the pitch. "Iceman" being another perfect example, he has frequently shown he is anything but.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1070507, member: 56232"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/60050912[/URL] This is the sort of stuff that drives a lot of the negative perception of Farrell. [I]England fly-half Marcus Smith "could be an absolutely brilliant 10", but needs Owen Farrell's help to "run the game for him", says head coach Eddie Jones.[/I] Funny how Ford apparently needed Farrells help, Smith will need Farrell help but Farrell never needs anyone's help... Bearing in mind some of our biggest embarrassments where Farrell has been our 10. 2013 6N, 2015 WC, 2019 comeback by the Scots (where FORD saved us an even bigger humiliation). It's just a ridiculous and undeserved claim that he alone can be a functioning 10 and all the others require his presence to operate. It's just been proven not only wrong but likely the opposite of the truth so often. [I]Jones added on the [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bhyqzb']Rugby Union Weekly podcast:[/URL] "His [Farrell's] reading of the game, his ability to take pressure off Marcus is going to be so important."[/I] Farrell's reading of the game has consistently been awful recently as he blindly follows a game plan, frequently butchering overlaps and being so predictable he hampered everyone around him. I'm sure Farrell gives his best and can be a great motivator but he seems to get praise that is so detached from what everyone can see on the pitch. "Iceman" being another perfect example, he has frequently shown he is anything but. [/QUOTE]
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