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RWC Quarter Final: England - France (08-10-2011, 20:30)
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<blockquote data-quote="Aout" data-source="post: 454857" data-attributes="member: 39372"><p>I doubt this will happen, for 2 reasons.</p><p></p><p> First because even when we sucked in the past, we still had a dominant pack. Now our front five has been smashed by kiwis, mainly because our 2 main props are injured (Domingo and Mas), and both Servat and Szarweski don't seem to have fully recovered from their injuries. This is a very concerning point, because 4 the 4 last years, we have never ever been dominated in scrums.</p><p></p><p>The second point is our fly half. Parra is likely to start at 10 once again, and he's just not good enough. He doesn't have that magical spark that Trinh Duc can have and that makes the difference. He can't attack the advantage line and he struggle in defence because of his size. And with our scrum being dominated, it's quite hard for our flankers to do a decent job in order to cover Parra's defending zone. </p><p></p><p>However if Marc chooses to select TD at ten, we'll probably end up with something like that :</p><p></p><p>9. Parra</p><p>10. TD</p><p>11. Clerc</p><p>12. Mermoz</p><p>13. Marty</p><p>14. Palisson</p><p>15. Medard.</p><p></p><p>which means, we'll play with :</p><p></p><p>- a 9 who played ten over the 2 last games</p><p>- a 10 who wasn't in the starting XV over the 3 last games</p><p>- a 12 who has been rubbish so far (I do like Mermoz, but he has shown nothing since he returned from injury in August against Ireland)</p><p>- a 13 who played 80 mn over the 4 last games</p><p>- a winger who played one game (Palisson) since the beginning of the tournament because of his injury</p><p>- a fullback who played 3 games on the wing since the beginning of the rwc</p><p>- and Vincent Clerc.</p><p></p><p>Players are probably talented enough, but you can't expect anything from them in such circumstances. And they're going to play a quarter final against England, which is the team we struggle the most against, with a scrum which is likely to be dominated and with a ref... well, not the best ref of the planet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aout, post: 454857, member: 39372"] I doubt this will happen, for 2 reasons. First because even when we sucked in the past, we still had a dominant pack. Now our front five has been smashed by kiwis, mainly because our 2 main props are injured (Domingo and Mas), and both Servat and Szarweski don't seem to have fully recovered from their injuries. This is a very concerning point, because 4 the 4 last years, we have never ever been dominated in scrums. The second point is our fly half. Parra is likely to start at 10 once again, and he's just not good enough. He doesn't have that magical spark that Trinh Duc can have and that makes the difference. He can't attack the advantage line and he struggle in defence because of his size. And with our scrum being dominated, it's quite hard for our flankers to do a decent job in order to cover Parra's defending zone. However if Marc chooses to select TD at ten, we'll probably end up with something like that : 9. Parra 10. TD 11. Clerc 12. Mermoz 13. Marty 14. Palisson 15. Medard. which means, we'll play with : - a 9 who played ten over the 2 last games - a 10 who wasn't in the starting XV over the 3 last games - a 12 who has been rubbish so far (I do like Mermoz, but he has shown nothing since he returned from injury in August against Ireland) - a 13 who played 80 mn over the 4 last games - a winger who played one game (Palisson) since the beginning of the tournament because of his injury - a fullback who played 3 games on the wing since the beginning of the rwc - and Vincent Clerc. Players are probably talented enough, but you can't expect anything from them in such circumstances. And they're going to play a quarter final against England, which is the team we struggle the most against, with a scrum which is likely to be dominated and with a ref... well, not the best ref of the planet. [/QUOTE]
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