Its All about territory and pressure...making the opposition make mistakes.
I do get where you are coming from but again a good chunk of the players are those who successfully implemented it in 2019, I know they were somehow destroyed post WC and somehow got consistently worse but it's still not new or foreign to them.
Sorry, going to call bullshit here. Top teams don't kick it when attacking past the 10 metre line up in the air into the 22. We do and it's ridiculous. Yes, sometimes the kicks are on, but England kick more than they run the ball, yet it gives us nothing. Almost all our tries have come from running the ball into the 22, yet I guarantee England will still kick it into the 22 pointlessly in the hope Samoa will make a mistake.
Might have to call BS on your BS. Top teams are more and more using the cross field kick to the winger when defences become narrow, and that's almost always in and around the 22. And not always when they have a pen. The issue is that England aren't narrowing defences enough to have the option, and then don't execute the cross field kick with enough accuracy when they do. We also see dinks over the top, grabbers etc. the issue is, England kick as part of a formula, 2 sets kick repeat. The kick type is always the same. There's no mystery, nothing to keep opposition on their toes, so it's easy to defend. The first time we saw England use the kick option to good effect was the drop goals in the Argentina game. Against teams like SA, who have incredibly strong defence, we will need kick options like that in the 22 if, after a number of phases we aren't making progress, otherwise they will just hunker down, and each time you go into contact you give them the chance to turn the ball over, which becomes ever more certain as time goes on.
Your correct and this is definitely something they need to address.
Teams are kicking from all over now...I hate the term kick pass but it's now a very regular means of scoring...bypassing the whole backline. Quins use it all the time with Marcus Smith
Completely agree Personally I would have Farrell out the squad altogether now. But that's just me. And I know FA
Yeah it's pretty interesting we have debth problems but 12 isn't necessarily one of them (going forward), I'm on the fence with Faz looked great for Sarries but excessively aimlessly kicks and misses better options, I had him a lot higher up the pecking order than Ford but so far Fords been very good, then there's the tackle issue which isn't unlikely in a key game where 15 players on the pitch are essential.Completely agree Personally I would have Farrell out the squad altogether now. But that's just me. And I know FA
Focus on Ford and Smith (and a young developer like Atkinson, Fin Smith etc efc) and then look at the best young 12s coming through also and pick them.
Time to move away form the"old guard" and bring through the exciting new talent.
Tight head still concerns me...as Cole will retire and I don't rare Stuart at all....which leaves us a little bare...unless Hayes comes through
I think Stuart is alright. Not great, but often better than he's given credit for and a fair bit better than Heyes IMO.Completely agree Personally I would have Farrell out the squad altogether now. But that's just me. And I know FA
Focus on Ford and Smith (and a young developer like Atkinson, Fin Smith etc efc) and then look at the best young 12s coming through also and pick them.
Time to move away form the"old guard" and bring through the exciting new talent.
Tight head still concerns me...as Cole will retire and I don't rare Stuart at all....which leaves us a little bare...unless Hayes comes through
This is my worry … Farrell will 100% want do a Sexton.
They have? I've always said the draw meant they could do anything between going out the group stages and getting to a semi-final. And it would probably mean they had the same tournament. I haven't seen anything other thana spirited performance against Argentina that suggests otherwise.
Yup in the context England won one game against a Wales B team in the warm ups, 6N performance and new coach-Argentina, Japan, and Samoa all looked loose able. Not suggesting they've played particularly well.
Again, you miss the point. I'm not saying top teams don't kick. But they kick with purpose. Yes it might not always work,but they try when it's the right option or when they have advantage etc...
Farrell is still the best/most consistent 10 season in season out in the premiership so why shouldn't he be selected for England(it's not his fault the coaches select him at 12).I'd be more concerned that the up and coming 10's or 12's are not forcing him out of consideration by taking there club level to the same heights as Farrell or ford.The onus should be on the likes of Marcus smith/Dan Kelly etc to make it impossible for the selectors not to pick them not move Farrell out the way to accommodate them.
Could that not be a lot to do with Saracens being the best/most consistent team season in season out?
And is Farrell not one of the reasons for that success/consistency
But he almost never brings that club form to England and is still selected regardless. I genuinely can't recall the last time Farrell had an unequivocally excellent game for England. Certainly not to the point that his inevitable selection is warranted.
