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Where do teams stand ahead of the WC?
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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 940169" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>I'm not sure. Baxter is rightly lauded for doing a great job at Exeter. It's a club that players clearly enjoy playing at and they've been very successful domestically, but they've been nowhere near as effective in Europe and tactically, they are a very one-dimensional side (albeit hard to stop).</p><p></p><p>IMO, until Baxter shows that he can develop a more varied game plan, I don't see Exeter improving. If anything, they may go backwards as other coaches find better ways of stopping them. He's done brilliantly to get them to this point, but I'm not wholly convinced he can take them further. I hope he proves me wrong as he's a likeable guy and we need more top English coaches.</p><p></p><p>Hogg might make a difference, but he's effectively replacing Cordero, so I'm half expecting it to be a similar scenario to the current one, where plan B is to hope Cordero can create something out of nothing (which he quite often does).</p><p></p><p>Joe Simmonds may be the key. Steenson is very good for executing plan A, but if Simmonds is given more license/opportunity to run the game, I think he has the talent to have them playing a far more varied/less predictable style.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 940169, member: 59968"] I’m not sure. Baxter is rightly lauded for doing a great job at Exeter. It’s a club that players clearly enjoy playing at and they’ve been very successful domestically, but they’ve been nowhere near as effective in Europe and tactically, they are a very one-dimensional side (albeit hard to stop). IMO, until Baxter shows that he can develop a more varied game plan, I don’t see Exeter improving. If anything, they may go backwards as other coaches find better ways of stopping them. He’s done brilliantly to get them to this point, but I’m not wholly convinced he can take them further. I hope he proves me wrong as he’s a likeable guy and we need more top English coaches. Hogg might make a difference, but he’s effectively replacing Cordero, so I’m half expecting it to be a similar scenario to the current one, where plan B is to hope Cordero can create something out of nothing (which he quite often does). Joe Simmonds may be the key. Steenson is very good for executing plan A, but if Simmonds is given more license/opportunity to run the game, I think he has the talent to have them playing a far more varied/less predictable style. [/QUOTE]
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