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<blockquote data-quote="Patchey" data-source="post: 631074" data-attributes="member: 61403"><p>Well he sort of does... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Robshaw is suited, physically, to either flank. However I've always felt the way he likes to play and his handling mean that he has all the artibutes of a very good six. Unfortunately, in a way, because he's also capable of being a good seven there has never been any need to move him to the blindside.</p><p></p><p>IMO a Quins back row with Wallace 7, Robshaw 6, Easter/Clifford 8 would be peachy. Similarly and England back row of Kvesic 7, Robshaw 6, Morgan/Billy 8 is probably our best available (although as a concession to Olyy, if Dave Seymor stood a chance of being picked by England I would have put him in there).</p><p></p><p><strong>(Edit:</strong> I think I've replied to your second post before you posted it. How funky of me)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Back to centres though, I think the way Manu has been taught to play in an England shirt has to have had a bearing. I'd completely agree that being England's only real attacking threat in the backs for most of his career must have conditioned him to prefer carrying to passing. When I asked at the start of the thread why no one had 'taught him to pass' I was being overly simplistic. What I was getting at is my confusion as to why no one has ever sat him down and, as well as getting him to improve his basic passing, taught him when he <strong>needs</strong> to pass. I'm not saying we're going to turn him into a BOD clone but there is massive room for improvement.</p><p></p><p>I'd be interested to see where people thing Jonathan Joseph fits in. Prior to his injury I would have thought he'd have been up there to fill Manu's shirt for this tournament. He's quite a similar player to Burrell but I'd rate his passing higher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Patchey, post: 631074, member: 61403"] Well he sort of does... :P Robshaw is suited, physically, to either flank. However I've always felt the way he likes to play and his handling mean that he has all the artibutes of a very good six. Unfortunately, in a way, because he's also capable of being a good seven there has never been any need to move him to the blindside. IMO a Quins back row with Wallace 7, Robshaw 6, Easter/Clifford 8 would be peachy. Similarly and England back row of Kvesic 7, Robshaw 6, Morgan/Billy 8 is probably our best available (although as a concession to Olyy, if Dave Seymor stood a chance of being picked by England I would have put him in there). [B](Edit:[/B] I think I've replied to your second post before you posted it. How funky of me) Back to centres though, I think the way Manu has been taught to play in an England shirt has to have had a bearing. I'd completely agree that being England's only real attacking threat in the backs for most of his career must have conditioned him to prefer carrying to passing. When I asked at the start of the thread why no one had 'taught him to pass' I was being overly simplistic. What I was getting at is my confusion as to why no one has ever sat him down and, as well as getting him to improve his basic passing, taught him when he [B]needs[/B] to pass. I'm not saying we're going to turn him into a BOD clone but there is massive room for improvement. I'd be interested to see where people thing Jonathan Joseph fits in. Prior to his injury I would have thought he'd have been up there to fill Manu's shirt for this tournament. He's quite a similar player to Burrell but I'd rate his passing higher. [/QUOTE]
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