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2024 Guinness Six Nations
Where do teams stand ahead of the WC?
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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 939619" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>Yeah, he's only had a few games there for Exeter and England, and never looked comfortable. But he's never been given a decent shot at it, just the odd 60 minutes here and there, usually whilst swapping with his OC as often as not.</p><p>I don't think he's been tried at IC at all since giving up on being a FH either. I also know he's expressed that henlrefers OC and FH to IC - but then every players prefers the position they've played most which bares no particular relation to where they play best.</p><p></p><p>Mind you, Rob Baxter does seem to like playing people away from their position-of-best-fit.</p><p>Slade is an IC all day long. Plays OC.</p><p>Nowell is an OC all day long (or FB). Plays wing.</p><p>Campagnaro is a world class player. Struggled to make the bench.</p><p>Kvesic and SSimmonds are OSFs all day long. Plays #8.</p><p>Ewers is a #8 all day long. Plays BSF.</p><p>Armand is a BSF all day long. Plays OSF.</p><p></p><p>It's one of the reasons I don't want Baxter lined up for England. I think he's excellent at a simple game plan, executed well, and getting the best out of reasonable players. But he's yet to get a single top-quality player and really get the best out of him (Slade may yet get there. But Nowell, LCD, Devoto should all be much further along now, Cordero was this good before arriving), his game plan is too set in stone, and he has this blind spot about player positions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 939619, member: 73592"] Yeah, he's only had a few games there for Exeter and England, and never looked comfortable. But he's never been given a decent shot at it, just the odd 60 minutes here and there, usually whilst swapping with his OC as often as not. I don't think he's been tried at IC at all since giving up on being a FH either. I also know he's expressed that henlrefers OC and FH to IC - but then every players prefers the position they've played most which bares no particular relation to where they play best. Mind you, Rob Baxter does seem to like playing people away from their position-of-best-fit. Slade is an IC all day long. Plays OC. Nowell is an OC all day long (or FB). Plays wing. Campagnaro is a world class player. Struggled to make the bench. Kvesic and SSimmonds are OSFs all day long. Plays #8. Ewers is a #8 all day long. Plays BSF. Armand is a BSF all day long. Plays OSF. It's one of the reasons I don't want Baxter lined up for England. I think he's excellent at a simple game plan, executed well, and getting the best out of reasonable players. But he's yet to get a single top-quality player and really get the best out of him (Slade may yet get there. But Nowell, LCD, Devoto should all be much further along now, Cordero was this good before arriving), his game plan is too set in stone, and he has this blind spot about player positions. [/QUOTE]
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