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[RWC2019][The Final] England vs. South Africa (02/11/2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 975420" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>Apparently it's much more fun to get all butthurt by anything other than effusive praise.</p><p></p><p>I CBA to reread the whole thread, but based on my recollection, I would refute any suggestion that any England supporters are being underestimating the quality of the South African team. Pretty much all of the negativity I've seen from England supporters have been pointing out the folly in some pretty flimsy attempts to big up the South African team.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, I think England win the match 70% of the time (so I'm 5% more confident in their chances than the markets). Everything good about England has been pretty well documented apart maybe from the significance of the extra day turnaround. On the down side, the injury / fitness concerns are a worry, as is the possibile mental hangover of the New Zealand match and the fact that South Africa pose a different kind of challenge than England have overcome so far. South Africa's strengths and weaknesses have alse been pretty well documented. I never know how much to read in to form, but you'd need to be a very good spin doctor to argue that whatever advantage it affords isn't with England.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 975420, member: 58362"] Apparently it's much more fun to get all butthurt by anything other than effusive praise. I CBA to reread the whole thread, but based on my recollection, I would refute any suggestion that any England supporters are being underestimating the quality of the South African team. Pretty much all of the negativity I've seen from England supporters have been pointing out the folly in some pretty flimsy attempts to big up the South African team. FWIW, I think England win the match 70% of the time (so I'm 5% more confident in their chances than the markets). Everything good about England has been pretty well documented apart maybe from the significance of the extra day turnaround. On the down side, the injury / fitness concerns are a worry, as is the possibile mental hangover of the New Zealand match and the fact that South Africa pose a different kind of challenge than England have overcome so far. South Africa's strengths and weaknesses have alse been pretty well documented. I never know how much to read in to form, but you'd need to be a very good spin doctor to argue that whatever advantage it affords isn't with England. [/QUOTE]
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