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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 255037"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Mar 31 2009, 05:57 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=388387" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>well you conceded 2 tries to the French, you were at full complement as well when Italy scored their try and you certainly lost more than 1 lineout. </p><p></p><p><strong>Worsley may have been excellent for England but that still doesn't put him ahead of Jones or Ferris at blindside or even Williams and Wallace at openside, as for Powell he's still living off his Autumn form and has flattered to deceive big time in the 6N.</strong></p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Spot on with that. Worsley did a fantastic job for an England pack in need of some grizzle, because without him and Shaw England really lacked the ruthless bullying streak we're known for. However, he remains a one-dimensional player and is quite rightly behind Ferris, Heaslip, Wallace, Leamy, Taylor, Williams, and fellow Englanders Croft and Haskell for a place on the Tour.</p><p></p><p>BTW, those tries against the French were irrelevent. We'd won by half time... a truly good England team would have really rubbed it in (like the Boks did to us), but we just shut up shop after 50 mins and thought job done. Like Wales did against Scotland. And I don't see how you can say we were gifted tries; even if you ignore the Italy ones, we scored 2 good tries against Wales, a good try against Ireland, all the French ones we actually had to break down their defence to score, and Scotland again we scored a few more good tries. Hardly any of our tries came from forwards burrowing. Which is more than you can say for Ireland. </p><p></p><p>Let's face it, with Armitage and Flutey on form, the English backline for the first time in years had players capable of breaking down a defence. Then it's great to give it to the likes of Monye and Sackey to gun in and beat anyone in a footrace... our speed merchants finally started to look good once they were given opportunities and space. That's when you can properly take advantage of sprinter-cum-wingers.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 255037"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Mar 31 2009, 05:57 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=388387']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> well you conceded 2 tries to the French, you were at full complement as well when Italy scored their try and you certainly lost more than 1 lineout. [b]Worsley may have been excellent for England but that still doesn't put him ahead of Jones or Ferris at blindside or even Williams and Wallace at openside, as for Powell he's still living off his Autumn form and has flattered to deceive big time in the 6N.[/b] [/b][/quote] Spot on with that. Worsley did a fantastic job for an England pack in need of some grizzle, because without him and Shaw England really lacked the ruthless bullying streak we're known for. However, he remains a one-dimensional player and is quite rightly behind Ferris, Heaslip, Wallace, Leamy, Taylor, Williams, and fellow Englanders Croft and Haskell for a place on the Tour. BTW, those tries against the French were irrelevent. We'd won by half time... a truly good England team would have really rubbed it in (like the Boks did to us), but we just shut up shop after 50 mins and thought job done. Like Wales did against Scotland. And I don't see how you can say we were gifted tries; even if you ignore the Italy ones, we scored 2 good tries against Wales, a good try against Ireland, all the French ones we actually had to break down their defence to score, and Scotland again we scored a few more good tries. Hardly any of our tries came from forwards burrowing. Which is more than you can say for Ireland. Let's face it, with Armitage and Flutey on form, the English backline for the first time in years had players capable of breaking down a defence. Then it's great to give it to the likes of Monye and Sackey to gun in and beat anyone in a footrace... our speed merchants finally started to look good once they were given opportunities and space. That's when you can properly take advantage of sprinter-cum-wingers. [/QUOTE]
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