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Rugby World Cup 2007
England v France
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<blockquote data-quote="stormmaster1" data-source="post: 154966"><p>The Talisman thing is key. he called the drop goal routine, and the team knew what they needed to do to get him that position. They also knew he would slot it. He may have missed a couple by a whisker, but with minutes left he would get it right. The self belief thing is so important. When Michalak came on, France carved out a few opportunities. They weren't taken. After England resisted the 5m scrum i though for the first time we were definitely going to win. After that it was evident in our defence. France were slower, we knocked them backwards harder than before and they failed to hang on to their one point lead.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Earlier in the match i worried. In the first minute the bunce of the ball went our way. After that, a near charge down by Moody fell for France and led to a penalty. The bounce and 50:50 calls were going Frances way. Wilko missed the touchline conversion, missed a 54m penalty and a difficult drop goal. Easter conceded a penalty which was very soft. Later Wilko struck the posts with another drop. The passes from hand were just stopping the backs flying full tilt. Small margins of inprecision all of them, but i kept thinking: if we want to be world champs, we have to aim for perfection and get those things right. I hope we get more precision and some clinical finishing against SA, because they are gong to be tough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stormmaster1, post: 154966"] The Talisman thing is key. he called the drop goal routine, and the team knew what they needed to do to get him that position. They also knew he would slot it. He may have missed a couple by a whisker, but with minutes left he would get it right. The self belief thing is so important. When Michalak came on, France carved out a few opportunities. They weren't taken. After England resisted the 5m scrum i though for the first time we were definitely going to win. After that it was evident in our defence. France were slower, we knocked them backwards harder than before and they failed to hang on to their one point lead. Earlier in the match i worried. In the first minute the bunce of the ball went our way. After that, a near charge down by Moody fell for France and led to a penalty. The bounce and 50:50 calls were going Frances way. Wilko missed the touchline conversion, missed a 54m penalty and a difficult drop goal. Easter conceded a penalty which was very soft. Later Wilko struck the posts with another drop. The passes from hand were just stopping the backs flying full tilt. Small margins of inprecision all of them, but i kept thinking: if we want to be world champs, we have to aim for perfection and get those things right. I hope we get more precision and some clinical finishing against SA, because they are gong to be tough. [/QUOTE]
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