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<blockquote data-quote="dasNdanger" data-source="post: 577463" data-attributes="member: 61962"><p>Do these threads always turn into p****** matches?</p><p></p><p>This is how I see it...</p><p></p><p>First game the ABs underperformed. Scrums were terrible. Sure, they had a couple flashes of brilliance (which they capitalized on), but overall they just didn't have any spark. The French seemed to have more enthusiasm throughout the game, but just couldn't finish the job. </p><p></p><p>Second match? Well, it appeared to me that the ABs learned from their mistakes and brought a different game (sort of like adaptive robots in sci fi movies <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ), but the French just did more of the same. Perhaps they thought they were facing the same team they had the week before, or perhaps they *thought* they were themselves a better team than the week before, but whatever it was they just didn't have *it* this time. It was like the ABs were ready, prepared, for whatever the French threw at them. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sold on the idea of France 'choking'. I do, however, think they didn't have the enthusiasm they showed in the first match. There is a difference. Choking is about trying so hard mistakes are made, or doing just the opposite - freezing under pressure. I really don't think that was the case. I feel that France just didn't bring their A-game by learning (or applying what they learned) from the week before. Instead it was more of the same (drop goal attempt, anyone?), and that meant that the ABs knew exactly who they were playing. </p><p></p><p>das</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dasNdanger, post: 577463, member: 61962"] Do these threads always turn into p****** matches? This is how I see it... First game the ABs underperformed. Scrums were terrible. Sure, they had a couple flashes of brilliance (which they capitalized on), but overall they just didn't have any spark. The French seemed to have more enthusiasm throughout the game, but just couldn't finish the job. Second match? Well, it appeared to me that the ABs learned from their mistakes and brought a different game (sort of like adaptive robots in sci fi movies ;) ), but the French just did more of the same. Perhaps they thought they were facing the same team they had the week before, or perhaps they *thought* they were themselves a better team than the week before, but whatever it was they just didn't have *it* this time. It was like the ABs were ready, prepared, for whatever the French threw at them. I'm not sold on the idea of France 'choking'. I do, however, think they didn't have the enthusiasm they showed in the first match. There is a difference. Choking is about trying so hard mistakes are made, or doing just the opposite - freezing under pressure. I really don't think that was the case. I feel that France just didn't bring their A-game by learning (or applying what they learned) from the week before. Instead it was more of the same (drop goal attempt, anyone?), and that meant that the ABs knew exactly who they were playing. das [/QUOTE]
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