Haven't gone through the entire thread, but discussed this game with a few English friends.
I though this was England's poorest performance by a long way. Youngs didn't help. He looked like Aled Davies, slowing everything down.
They seemed totally incapable of actually changing the game plan to account for the opposition going down to 14 men. They continued to play short pass run it up the middle rugby, with no apparent creativity.
So far, they've done all that was needed of them to win each game, not looking in any danger of losing, but not looking like they have much more up their sleeve.
I'm starting to think they may have been overcoached.
This lack of creativity will (in my opinion) severely hamper any chance they have of getting past a tier 1 nation in the knockout stages.
Also, what has happened to Argentina? I thought they were were supposed to be doing well in the super 12 (as the Jaguars(sp?)). They were absolutely awful, look like they've gone backwards 4 years instead of forwards from last world cup.
(Just re-read this and noticed how many times I used the word 'they'. That's not good grammar
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