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[RWC2023 Bronze Final] Argentina vs England (27/10/2023)
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<blockquote data-quote="Geordie" data-source="post: 1163132" data-attributes="member: 71380"><p>Can I just clarify for those thinking I'm on drugs..im not.</p><p></p><p>Do I think we've played fabulous rugby...no absolutely not. I want to see us playing fast attacking aggressive rugby. </p><p>However, rugby is based on foundations...the basics..and I believe under Jones we'd deteriorated alot in those aspects.</p><p>Discipline, defence, the set pieces, the breakdown.</p><p></p><p>With that in mind i believe SB has tried to fix all these, and gone with a basic plan for the WC.</p><p></p><p>We're miles from perfect or the finished article...but our defence is much improved.</p><p>Our breakdown was incredibly poor but is now another level to what it was.</p><p></p><p>Our Lineout a work in progress and the Scrum generally was good but we know we have a depth issue.</p><p></p><p>We have a mentality now that we're hard to beat. It's ugly but only SA have beaten us and that was in the late stages by one point.</p><p></p><p>Now...post WC...we MUST move on...we need to develop an attack.</p><p>Everyone can see that.</p><p>We must move away from kicking 90% of our ball.</p><p>Developing an attack will also help with the clear performance levels dropping at around 60- 70 mins as we won't spend all our time tackling through a game, hammering our fitness.</p><p></p><p>Theres alot of players leaving...Id say abut 10 in all. And thats good as we need to fix many of the positions.</p><p></p><p>Its a big job...but Rome wasn't built in a day...and the shoots are there that there's potentially very good side here.</p><p></p><p>All my humble opinion of course....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geordie, post: 1163132, member: 71380"] Can I just clarify for those thinking I'm on drugs..im not. Do I think we've played fabulous rugby...no absolutely not. I want to see us playing fast attacking aggressive rugby. However, rugby is based on foundations...the basics..and I believe under Jones we'd deteriorated alot in those aspects. Discipline, defence, the set pieces, the breakdown. With that in mind i believe SB has tried to fix all these, and gone with a basic plan for the WC. We're miles from perfect or the finished article...but our defence is much improved. Our breakdown was incredibly poor but is now another level to what it was. Our Lineout a work in progress and the Scrum generally was good but we know we have a depth issue. We have a mentality now that we're hard to beat. It's ugly but only SA have beaten us and that was in the late stages by one point. Now...post WC...we MUST move on...we need to develop an attack. Everyone can see that. We must move away from kicking 90% of our ball. Developing an attack will also help with the clear performance levels dropping at around 60- 70 mins as we won't spend all our time tackling through a game, hammering our fitness. Theres alot of players leaving...Id say abut 10 in all. And thats good as we need to fix many of the positions. Its a big job...but Rome wasn't built in a day...and the shoots are there that there's potentially very good side here. All my humble opinion of course.... [/QUOTE]
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