England v Argentina

[Bones]

Argentina will be pretty fucken happy with their year eh! Wow.

They didn't even play out of their skins.

[Stargazer]

Wow, Congrats Argentina!

Not the best game to watch, but well done to the Pumas.

[Tordah]

Seeing England lose at home is always one of the more satisfying rugby experiences

[mencey]

Argies won. All that matters.

[Bones]

England looked like the All Blacks in their first game of the season...

[Stargazer]

So is this because Eddie and England have again put all their money on the game against the ABs and haven't had enough focus on this game, or is England really not that good?

[MiketheSnow]

Fucking great

Based on that we could get hammered again next week

[cgrant]

England were poor. They are so slow. With the notable exception of Van Poortvliet's try, they were never dangerous.

[MiketheSnow]

@Stargazer said in England v Argentina:

So is this because Eddie and England have again put all their money on the game against the ABs and haven't had enough focus on this game, or is England really not that good?

Perhaps he’ll use Pivac’s line

Played a battle hardened team and we’ll get better

[Victor Meldrew]

@Stargazer said in England v Argentina:

Wow, Congrats Argentina!

Not the best game to watch, but well done to the Pumas.

Yep, they wanted to play rugby more and were way more controlled.

[Stargazer]

Back to staring at the backside of my eyelids. This interrupted sleep is going to have some effect on my day at work.

[sparky]

Poor Owen Farrell. His side loses and then he has to be interviewed by Sonja.....

[Jailbreak7]

@Stargazer Think a lot of it is down to Argie improvement. A number of players also based in England clubs too, so familiar with players/conditions/thinking.

[Victor Meldrew]

@sparky said in England v Argentina:

Poor Owen Farrell. His side loses and then he has to be interviewed by Sonja.....

And it couldn't happen to a nicer bloke.

[Bones]

@Stargazer said in England v Argentina:

So is this because Eddie and England have again put all their money on the game against the ABs and haven't had enough focus on this game, or is England really not that good?

I just think they were expecting an early season hit out to test a few things against a below par team. Think of how the ABs are in their first test of the year.

Plus the focus and discipline is farkin way off. How about winning a turnover because your halfback nails the opposition off a scrum and losing your shit like you've won the world cup? You haven't even won the scrum, let alone the game Ellis, get a grip.

[Victor Meldrew]

The comments on the BBC Sports site will be epic...

[Bones]

@Victor-Meldrew said in England v Argentina:

The comments on the BBC Sports site will be epic...

I'm sure Sonja will lead the way.

[sparky]

I find these 'gotcha' interviews of professional athletes very strange.

[Bones]

@sparky said in England v Argentina:

I find these 'gotcha' interviews of professional athletes very strange.

She's a c u n t. She is the worst thing about watching British rugby and yet somehow just keeps on keeping on. Better longevity than Foster.

[Billy Tell]

Delighted for Argentina. Ref gave 2 shocking decisions in first half: young’s clearly lifts ball then when he sees Argentina coming round he puts back down on ground and gains penalty. Then genge clearly drops bind and bores in and earns penalty.

Rugby has several fair play problems: time wasting, talking to ref or mocking opposition…and deliberately blocking on the way back to box kicks.