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<blockquote data-quote="Substitute" data-source="post: 143378"><p>Christ the Samoa game scares me. Sadly the way to beat Samoa is to drain their forwards and not to let the ball go to some of their more dangerous backs. That means you need a pack at the top of their game to gurentee beating Samoa. Englangs pack are f**king useless. At least with Wilko or Barkley and Catt, touch should be found and Samoa won't get the chance to counter attack, with any luck.</p><p></p><p>Asides from the pack our backline will need to be able to survive off scraps and counter attack well - the current ponderous backline won't do that. Lewsey must go to FB. Yes he's had a couple of bad games there but has Cueto ever had a good game at FB? For the Samoa game I'd play Cueto opposite Tuilagi - can't run the risk of him destroying Sackey or Robbo. I personally don't rate Samoas centres especially highly so I think it could be a good oppurtunity for Tait.</p><p></p><p>Eitherway the backline needs some attacking panache. Our best defence will still concede tries so we might as well pick a slightly worse defence and have oppurtunities to score more than we can concede. If England are going to win that pack has got to keep the Samoa pack shattered for the entire game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Substitute, post: 143378"] Christ the Samoa game scares me. Sadly the way to beat Samoa is to drain their forwards and not to let the ball go to some of their more dangerous backs. That means you need a pack at the top of their game to gurentee beating Samoa. Englangs pack are f**king useless. At least with Wilko or Barkley and Catt, touch should be found and Samoa won't get the chance to counter attack, with any luck. Asides from the pack our backline will need to be able to survive off scraps and counter attack well - the current ponderous backline won't do that. Lewsey must go to FB. Yes he's had a couple of bad games there but has Cueto ever had a good game at FB? For the Samoa game I'd play Cueto opposite Tuilagi - can't run the risk of him destroying Sackey or Robbo. I personally don't rate Samoas centres especially highly so I think it could be a good oppurtunity for Tait. Eitherway the backline needs some attacking panache. Our best defence will still concede tries so we might as well pick a slightly worse defence and have oppurtunities to score more than we can concede. If England are going to win that pack has got to keep the Samoa pack shattered for the entire game. [/QUOTE]
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