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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 287654"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Melhor Time @ Nov 15 2009, 11:06 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=421165" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Probably the most succint summing up of England's performance that I've seen anywhere.</p><p></p><p>10 man rugby is for people with a solid base from 1 to 10. Especially against Argentina, without any good props, and with Deacon, we do not have this solid base.</p><p></p><p>Courtney Lawes or Simon Shaw must play 4 for us against the All Blacks. We need an enforcer in the pack, pure and simple.</p><p></p><p>Cueto must play at 15. Monye established himself last season as an International class winger. We cannot afford to wreck his confidence by playing him out of position. Banahan gives the team f*** all. Being big may work at club level, but not on the international stage. Wingers must be quick too. Big forwards must have dynamism. Banahan has neither pace nor dynamism. The French manage with Clerc and Heymans; the Welsh with Williams; the Irish with Fitzgerald. These guys are not big. They are, however, quick, run good angles, pop up in support and create things with quick feet.</p><p></p><p>David Strettle does this. James Simpson-Daniell does this. Noah Cato does this.</p><p></p><p>There are 4 positions - 1,3, 12 and 15 where we have no options down to injuries. Let's get the other positions right, however.</p><p></p><p>Also, let's make the players play some f***ing rugby. The way we played yesterday was exactly the same as the way we played in 2007 when we lost 36-0 to SA in the world cup. The backs have 3 moves - Fly half kicks; Inside centre kicks; forward/ Hipkiss crashes up the middle. There's no decoy runners, no one picking angles, no fizzy flat miss passes, no one fixing a man to create space. I don't know how experienced professional rugby players can come together and fail to execute the simplest of manoeuvres.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 287654"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Melhor Time @ Nov 15 2009, 11:06 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=421165']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Probably the most succint summing up of England's performance that I've seen anywhere. 10 man rugby is for people with a solid base from 1 to 10. Especially against Argentina, without any good props, and with Deacon, we do not have this solid base. Courtney Lawes or Simon Shaw must play 4 for us against the All Blacks. We need an enforcer in the pack, pure and simple. Cueto must play at 15. Monye established himself last season as an International class winger. We cannot afford to wreck his confidence by playing him out of position. Banahan gives the team f*** all. Being big may work at club level, but not on the international stage. Wingers must be quick too. Big forwards must have dynamism. Banahan has neither pace nor dynamism. The French manage with Clerc and Heymans; the Welsh with Williams; the Irish with Fitzgerald. These guys are not big. They are, however, quick, run good angles, pop up in support and create things with quick feet. David Strettle does this. James Simpson-Daniell does this. Noah Cato does this. There are 4 positions - 1,3, 12 and 15 where we have no options down to injuries. Let's get the other positions right, however. Also, let's make the players play some f***ing rugby. The way we played yesterday was exactly the same as the way we played in 2007 when we lost 36-0 to SA in the world cup. The backs have 3 moves - Fly half kicks; Inside centre kicks; forward/ Hipkiss crashes up the middle. There's no decoy runners, no one picking angles, no fizzy flat miss passes, no one fixing a man to create space. I don't know how experienced professional rugby players can come together and fail to execute the simplest of manoeuvres. [/QUOTE]
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