While I totally agree with a lot of whats been said, I'll do my utmost to defend the English coaching staff from a neutral point of view.
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1) Why was Monye shoehorned into Fullback?[/b]
You have been looking for a decent 13 for a while and a certain Mr Armitage could do a good job outside of Flutey. In order to free up Armitage you need a replacement 15. Someone who can kick well, cath well and has brilliant positional sense................. Nope I havent a clue why he went for Monye but are there really that many other qualified options available in the GP? and before Mite starts listing off a load of Saints players, one or two semi decent performances in the GP does not make an international fullback. I would have put Cueto in there myself but he wouldnt make many (or any) of the other home nations teams at fullback would he?
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2) Why was Louis Deacon allowed anywhere near the squad?[/b]
No idea. Absolutely pointless selection. As is a combination of Borthwick and Shaw. I dont understant why Kennedy isnt in there with Lawes. If they are good enough they are old enough. Even if they arent good enough at the moment, they have to be a better option then 2 x 40 year old locks.
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3) Why are we persisting with this wilko-Geraghty-Hipkiss axis that plainly doesn't work?[/b]
Havent a clue. it seems to be an English thing to stick round pegs in square poles. Where most teams select inside centres to play inside centre, you guys like your outhalf to sit sooooo deep that a real inside centre (and the other backs outside of him) are kinda pointless. Personally I'm surprised you havent gone a step further and selected a wilko - geraghty - lamb combination.
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4) WHAT IS IT WITH THE SODDING THREE MAN POD THING?![/b]
The breakdown and the fear of losing possession. Its not exactly dynamic, it is extremely predictable, but you'd imagine they will get better at it.
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5) Why are we using front rowers like Hartley to do the job of centers in the middle, thus creating a huge crowd of England forwards which suffocate the backs?[/b]
Becuse one of your centres is actually an outhalf and is sitting so deep he always gets tackled behind the gain line. See point 3.
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6) Why can't we even execute our aimless kick and chase plan properly?[/b]
No idea
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7) Why is Mike Ford wearing an England Rugby baseball cap from ten years ago?[/b]
No idea BUT when he left the Irish post, our "Golden Age" began. Just think of how good you'll be when you get rid of him.
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8) Why didn't we use any of our decent impact subs at all during our important games (i.e. Lawes who was eventually deselected period
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Maybe they arent very impacty? Why would you bring on Lawes when you have players like Deacon out there eating up the opposition?
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9) Why is there this whispering campaign against Hodgson at scrum half in favour of Care who in turn is suffering from another whispering campaign in favour of Ellis?![/b]
That has to be one of the weirdest ones for me. Why Care is in there at all I cant understand, why he is playing in front of Hodgson is just daft.
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10) Why are these awful purple jerseys selling so well?![/b]
Jesus they arent are they?
