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<blockquote data-quote="TheSaffycen" data-source="post: 631075" data-attributes="member: 71135"><p>This Robshaw thing is all a bit silly isn't it. He is a 6 in his style of play, but he links up the forwards and backs like a 7 and he tackles as much as a 7. We play two 6.5 hybrid players in Wood and Robshaw but they aren't fetchers like Hooper or Gill they are more like Dusautoir or Louw, they do everything else a 7 does just they aren't specialist on the floor. You don't need a 7 if the rest of your pack (Launchbury, Coles) can fetch. The only <em>true</em> opensides we have are Kvesic, Fraser and Seymour. Robshaw may not be the traditional 7 but he is a damn good player what ever number is on his back.</p><p></p><p><strong>Edit</strong></p><p></p><p>No need for the sorry I have to be honest the reason I support Saracens is because I lived literally on the road where they use to train, not for our style of play! I think the reason we asked him to play the way he does is Hodgson isn't a great defensive 10, but if we let Farrell play with us the way he does with England that Barritt and Ashton will benefit hugely. I still really want Ashton to go back to the way he was 2 years ago and for that to happen he needs a 10 who brings it to the line and he runs lines of them. It's funny because he had an interview where he said the style of England wasn't suiting him because he was told to stay out on the wing and then this 6 nations we play the way he prefers. </p><p>With the centres in order of where they stand </p><p>12- Twelvetrees, Eastmond, Barritt</p><p>13- Tuilagi, Burrell, Tomkins, Joseph</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSaffycen, post: 631075, member: 71135"] This Robshaw thing is all a bit silly isn't it. He is a 6 in his style of play, but he links up the forwards and backs like a 7 and he tackles as much as a 7. We play two 6.5 hybrid players in Wood and Robshaw but they aren't fetchers like Hooper or Gill they are more like Dusautoir or Louw, they do everything else a 7 does just they aren't specialist on the floor. You don't need a 7 if the rest of your pack (Launchbury, Coles) can fetch. The only [I]true[/I] opensides we have are Kvesic, Fraser and Seymour. Robshaw may not be the traditional 7 but he is a damn good player what ever number is on his back. [B]Edit[/B] No need for the sorry I have to be honest the reason I support Saracens is because I lived literally on the road where they use to train, not for our style of play! I think the reason we asked him to play the way he does is Hodgson isn't a great defensive 10, but if we let Farrell play with us the way he does with England that Barritt and Ashton will benefit hugely. I still really want Ashton to go back to the way he was 2 years ago and for that to happen he needs a 10 who brings it to the line and he runs lines of them. It's funny because he had an interview where he said the style of England wasn't suiting him because he was told to stay out on the wing and then this 6 nations we play the way he prefers. With the centres in order of where they stand 12- Twelvetrees, Eastmond, Barritt 13- Tuilagi, Burrell, Tomkins, Joseph [/QUOTE]
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