RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1)
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Can we get a welfare check on @mariner4life?
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@Kirwan Bridge is also good at running good lines. Reiko has X factor though and he wouldn’t have been bundled into touch as easy as Reece or Bridge. Can’t blame these guys though and Rieko lost favor. Lost in in the forwards and the English defense everywhere was immense.
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@broughie said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Kirwan Bridge is also good at running good lines. Reiko has X factor though and he wouldn’t have been bundled into touch as easy as Reece or Bridge. Can’t blame these guys though and Rieko lost favor. Lost in in the forwards and the English defense everywhere was immense.
Huh? Have you not been watching Rieko finding new ways to die with the ball? The only way he wouldn't have been bundled out is because he dropped it.
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I can handle a loss ,
But to be almost out of ideas , completely out coached , was tough to swallow ,
Shag has been good , but this was the worst night of his coaching career , not a nice way to finish.
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@Bones said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Catogrande said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Bones said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Catogrande I don't think you're allowed to just say red. I think you have to announce every bottle of wine by it's full name and year.
My dear fellow wine IS red. It's only white wine that's white.
Astounding arrogance.
Beta-cuck
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alls I'm gunna say is this fluffybunny jinxed us... confident fan gets tattoo
I said it to the wife before the game and what do you know. get him in the high court, charge him with treason.
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For the NZ post mortem.
- Poor mental preparation.
- Forward pack was missing. (Related to point 1)
- Poor tactics, going wide against a rush defence without earning the right (related to point 1 and 2).
- Getting bundled into touch. FFS. (Related to point 3)
- Passive defense.
Selections fairly irrelevant for me to the outcome. No B Smith on the bench the only stinker.
We have a lot of players and coaching staff with experience of following up a good knockout game with a stinker from both 2011 and 2015, but no learnings seemingly. Got way too excited by the opportunity to play Ireland. Poor mental prep. A very naive last fortnight.
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@Bones said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@broughie said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Kirwan Bridge is also good at running good lines. Reiko has X factor though and he wouldn’t have been bundled into touch as easy as Reece or Bridge. Can’t blame these guys though and Rieko lost favor. Lost in in the forwards and the English defense everywhere was immense.
Huh? Have you not been watching Rieko finding new ways to die with the ball? The only way he wouldn't have been bundled out is because he dropped it.
Yes that is dreaming to think he would have made a difference he lost favor because he lost form and confidence, he wasn’t going to suddenly regain it in the semi. Besides I would take Bridge all day long under the high ball.
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@DMX said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Bones said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@broughie said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Kirwan Bridge is also good at running good lines. Reiko has X factor though and he wouldn’t have been bundled into touch as easy as Reece or Bridge. Can’t blame these guys though and Rieko lost favor. Lost in in the forwards and the English defense everywhere was immense.
Huh? Have you not been watching Rieko finding new ways to die with the ball? The only way he wouldn't have been bundled out is because he dropped it.
Yes that is dreaming to think he would have made a difference he lost favor because he lost form and confidence, he wasn’t going to suddenly regain it in the semi. Besides I would take Bridge all day long under the high ball.
And that sort of selection policy and player management got us last nights result.
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People in this forum are great fans of Richie Mounga. He's had a mare : missed an easy tackle on Daly who is not the quickest fullback nor the strongest one (this led to England's first try), then could not handle the English rush defence. Let's hope he'll learn from this very disappointing performance.
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@cgrant said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
People in this forum are great fans of Richie Mounga. He's had a mare : missed an easy tackle on Daly who is not the quickest fullback nor the strongest one (this led to England's first try), then could not handle the English rush defence. Let's hope he'll learn from this very disappointing performance.
The Bounga experiment was clearly a failure with BB's kicking from hand being an issue. Would DMac have done better ?Yes.
Cause that little bastard has the x factor
