England v Australia
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@catogrande said in England v Australia:
Overall I'm reasonably pleased with the squad as a whole but the match day squad just seems baffling to me.
Just think how confused you'll be after winning by 20.
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@pakman Tupou and AAA concussed. Slipper to THP (he's old enough to remember playing both sides
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@nta said in England v Australia:
@pakman Tupou and AAA concussed. Slipper to THP (he's old enough to remember playing both sides
) and Ollie Hoskins (London Irish, formerly Western Force and Perth-born) to the bench.There are other THP options but not ones you're going to fly over for a single game, assuming the regular guys recover in time for Wales.
Christ, at this rate you might get a call!
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@pakman said in England v Australia:
@nta said in England v Australia:
@pakman Tupou and AAA concussed. Slipper to THP (he's old enough to remember playing both sides
) and Ollie Hoskins (London Irish, formerly Western Force and Perth-born) to the bench.There are other THP options but not ones you're going to fly over for a single game, assuming the regular guys recover in time for Wales.
Christ, at this rate you might get a call!
if I get in the lineup for the Wales game, I can at least kick that Jarvo idiot in the balls.... -
@catogrande said in England v Australia:
Another baffling selection by Eddie:-
England: Steward; Tuilagi, Slade, Farrell (capt) May; Smith, Youngs; Genge, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Hill, Lawes, Underhill, Curry.
Replacements: Blamire, Rodd, Stuart, Ewels, Dombrandt, Simmonds, Quirke, Malins.
So we drop our most exciting winger and put Manu there, which has been tried before and didn't work and when there was never a real suggestion from anyone that it would work. Farrell back at 12 with Smith at 10. Good to see Smith starting and I can understand Farrell at 12 but then either put Manu at 13 or on the bench.
Our joint best 7 goes to 8 again with two 8s on the bench. Seriously WTF is going on Eddie?
he has form choosing 7s at 8.
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@nostrildamus said in England v Australia:
@catogrande said in England v Australia:
Another baffling selection by Eddie:-
England: Steward; Tuilagi, Slade, Farrell (capt) May; Smith, Youngs; Genge, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Hill, Lawes, Underhill, Curry.
Replacements: Blamire, Rodd, Stuart, Ewels, Dombrandt, Simmonds, Quirke, Malins.
So we drop our most exciting winger and put Manu there, which has been tried before and didn't work and when there was never a real suggestion from anyone that it would work. Farrell back at 12 with Smith at 10. Good to see Smith starting and I can understand Farrell at 12 but then either put Manu at 13 or on the bench.
Our joint best 7 goes to 8 again with two 8s on the bench. Seriously WTF is going on Eddie?
he has form choosing 7s at 8.
Yes and in this case it is perfectly valid: wallabies need fast ball. Do everything you can to slow that down.
With Jaco holding the whistle, the rucks will be "sort-it-out-yourself-bru"
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@nta said in England v Australia:
@mn5 said in England v Australia:
@nta said in England v Australia:
Ah that's a grand story. Sure, his selection is the result of happenstance, but he's still there and still going to sing the anthem, whatever happens.
Big deal, So does Jarvo
I reckon we've seen the last of that idiot.
I really, really hope so. He’s nothing but an absolute dickwad.
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@nta said in England v Australia:
@nostrildamus said in England v Australia:
@catogrande said in England v Australia:
Another baffling selection by Eddie:-
England: Steward; Tuilagi, Slade, Farrell (capt) May; Smith, Youngs; Genge, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Hill, Lawes, Underhill, Curry.
Replacements: Blamire, Rodd, Stuart, Ewels, Dombrandt, Simmonds, Quirke, Malins.
So we drop our most exciting winger and put Manu there, which has been tried before and didn't work and when there was never a real suggestion from anyone that it would work. Farrell back at 12 with Smith at 10. Good to see Smith starting and I can understand Farrell at 12 but then either put Manu at 13 or on the bench.
Our joint best 7 goes to 8 again with two 8s on the bench. Seriously WTF is going on Eddie?
he has form choosing 7s at 8.
Yes and in this case it is perfectly valid: wallabies need fast ball. Do everything you can to slow that down.
Yes that’s a valid point but then you have Lawes at 6. Now don’t get me wrong he’s been pretty good there for the Lions as well as England but being a legal nuisance at ruck time is not high on his CV. If you had Curry and Undehill on the flanks with Dombrandt at 8 you’d have a more balanced back row and lose none of the jackalling aspect. Moreover, your go forward is improved hugely. You maybe lose a bit in the line out but that’s it. Gives you more flexibility on the bench too.
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Genge out with the Rona, that’s a big loss. Rookie to start and rookie on the bench. Evens things up slightly given Aussie‘s problems.
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@catogrande will be less of an impact given Arnold was awful in the second row for us last week at scrum time. That was our main issue.
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@tordah said in England v Australia:
Marcus Smith looks like a Lesbian. Not necessarily a bad thing these days, I guess.
shit I see what you mean. Should be plugging holes for the Netherlands.
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some of those English forwards look big and a Wallaby prop looks a bit pork-bellied.
