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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 1034043" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>My point seems to have been missed ...</p><p></p><p>I was saying that it would be ironic for Eddie to be pleased by Exeter losing as they were guilty of the very same things that have been letting England down recently - poor at the breakdown, poor discipline and no plan B.</p><p></p><p>I do think Sam Simmonds missed an opportunity to show that he can adapt to a different type of game though. If he'd made more of an obvious impression at the breakdown or even shown that he could find a way to get around being shut down early, it would have gone a long way towards him answering the questions posed about him. As it was, he was anonymous at the breakdown and had no answer to Leinster shutting him down.</p><p></p><p>I accept he's not responsible for his team's gameplan, but I still feel he could have done more to get involved in other areas when the carrying clearly wasn't working. He could have used his pace to work on trying to nullify van der Flier for example. Not a massive bloke and someone Simmonds should be able to go toe to toe with IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 1034043, member: 59968"] My point seems to have been missed ... I was saying that it would be ironic for Eddie to be pleased by Exeter losing as they were guilty of the very same things that have been letting England down recently - poor at the breakdown, poor discipline and no plan B. I do think Sam Simmonds missed an opportunity to show that he can adapt to a different type of game though. If he’d made more of an obvious impression at the breakdown or even shown that he could find a way to get around being shut down early, it would have gone a long way towards him answering the questions posed about him. As it was, he was anonymous at the breakdown and had no answer to Leinster shutting him down. I accept he’s not responsible for his team’s gameplan, but I still feel he could have done more to get involved in other areas when the carrying clearly wasn’t working. He could have used his pace to work on trying to nullify van der Flier for example. Not a massive bloke and someone Simmonds should be able to go toe to toe with IMO. [/QUOTE]
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