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The Autopsy thread: Which England team members are for the chopping block?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lé Ddanno" data-source="post: 755889" data-attributes="member: 72465"><p>This. The team was ripped apart four years ago already. We have players that can and should stay on, even if only to get Ewers, Roko, Kvesic, Itoje, etc etc up to speed with the squad as a whole. Robshaw, Brown, Wilson, Haskell are the names that immediately spring to mind for that role. Perhaps even Cole if he can't find his form again (and stop those silly penalties).</p><p></p><p>If you want to be wildly* optimistic then the only thing we were <em>really</em> lacking was a coaching team with a gameplan to pick players for. Were that the case then a few more players might have been blooded in 2014 to open the cover options for said plan instead of the hodgepodge of game styles, carousel of players and panicked tactical or selection changes when the slightest thing gets thrown out.</p><p></p><p>Fairly sure I had a bigger point to make but I lost it. MTV generation or something.</p><p></p><p>*key word that. I realise I am totally ignoring the continual erosion of the scrum/lineout/any of our traditional strengths you care to mention, as well as the failure to address ongoing failures at the breakdown and the ability to start games strongly/close big games out (depending on the end of Lancaster's reign). Feel free to bring it up anyway. 'Tis a forum after all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lé Ddanno, post: 755889, member: 72465"] This. The team was ripped apart four years ago already. We have players that can and should stay on, even if only to get Ewers, Roko, Kvesic, Itoje, etc etc up to speed with the squad as a whole. Robshaw, Brown, Wilson, Haskell are the names that immediately spring to mind for that role. Perhaps even Cole if he can't find his form again (and stop those silly penalties). If you want to be wildly* optimistic then the only thing we were [I]really[/I] lacking was a coaching team with a gameplan to pick players for. Were that the case then a few more players might have been blooded in 2014 to open the cover options for said plan instead of the hodgepodge of game styles, carousel of players and panicked tactical or selection changes when the slightest thing gets thrown out. Fairly sure I had a bigger point to make but I lost it. MTV generation or something. *key word that. I realise I am totally ignoring the continual erosion of the scrum/lineout/any of our traditional strengths you care to mention, as well as the failure to address ongoing failures at the breakdown and the ability to start games strongly/close big games out (depending on the end of Lancaster's reign). Feel free to bring it up anyway. 'Tis a forum after all. [/QUOTE]
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