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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 305662"><p>There are many reasons why England aren't creating many try scoring chances. The main problem is with the pack itself. Whilst they are powerful enough to provide good scrum ball, and decent in the lineout (despite Hartley's throwing), they still manage to produce slow ball 90% of the time. The English forwards are either taking the ball on one time too many and getting slightly isolated or they simply aren't clearing past the ball at ruck time.</p><p></p><p>Wilkinson has copped alot of flak in recent times, and whilst he doesn't help things atall with how deep he's standing, it's not all his fault. These problems up front are transferred to the scrum half, who doesn't get given good ball at the bottom of rucks, he's then chucking bad ball on to Wilkinson. Against Ireland, Brian Moore and Eddy Buttler pointed out on numerous occasions how the English centres weren't helping Wilkinson in the slightest. Wilkinson hasn't got the option to offload to his centres when things are on the backfoot, which has resulted in him taking the ball on himself (which he's not very good at). There is no dummy running, no angles from the fullback (although Foden was alot better at this), and I don't think I saw the wingers venture infield once!</p><p></p><p>There is no quick fix solution here. It's not a lack of quality players, it's a lack of just about every aspect of attackign play unfortunately. However producing some quick ball would help things drastically, then maybe Wilkinson can start standing flatter and defenses will be tested.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 305662"] There are many reasons why England aren't creating many try scoring chances. The main problem is with the pack itself. Whilst they are powerful enough to provide good scrum ball, and decent in the lineout (despite Hartley's throwing), they still manage to produce slow ball 90% of the time. The English forwards are either taking the ball on one time too many and getting slightly isolated or they simply aren't clearing past the ball at ruck time. Wilkinson has copped alot of flak in recent times, and whilst he doesn't help things atall with how deep he's standing, it's not all his fault. These problems up front are transferred to the scrum half, who doesn't get given good ball at the bottom of rucks, he's then chucking bad ball on to Wilkinson. Against Ireland, Brian Moore and Eddy Buttler pointed out on numerous occasions how the English centres weren't helping Wilkinson in the slightest. Wilkinson hasn't got the option to offload to his centres when things are on the backfoot, which has resulted in him taking the ball on himself (which he's not very good at). There is no dummy running, no angles from the fullback (although Foden was alot better at this), and I don't think I saw the wingers venture infield once! There is no quick fix solution here. It's not a lack of quality players, it's a lack of just about every aspect of attackign play unfortunately. However producing some quick ball would help things drastically, then maybe Wilkinson can start standing flatter and defenses will be tested. [/QUOTE]
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