RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1)
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The funny thing is we would have still been in it if we had relaxed and concentrated, eliminated mistakes.
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I think getting owned up front started the rot ,
Reminded me so much of 03
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@Kirwan said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Luigi said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
“Are you Scotland in disguise” ringing out in the pub.
fluffybunnies everywhere I guess
Yeah. It was the relief as much as anything.
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@Tim said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Kirwan Absolutely mate. Obvious mistakes that were baffling. How many times did we hear about the importance of experience under pressure, then it was dumped. Very 2003.
Yep, except Franks though. The exception that proves the rule
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@Donsteppa said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
It must be cricket season now.
I'm still seething from the CWC!! Agrh!!
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@Luigi said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Kirwan said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Luigi said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
“Are you Scotland in disguise” ringing out in the pub.
fluffybunnies everywhere I guess
Yeah. It was the relief as much as anything.
Firstly we weren’t shit. Then we won.Far from shit, England were awesome.
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Is Eddie available to coach the All Blacks?
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@chimoaus said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Is Eddie available to coach the All Blacks?
Ha, think I’d take him actually!
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@Kirwan said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Tim said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Kirwan Absolutely mate. Obvious mistakes that were baffling. How many times did we hear about the importance of experience under pressure, then it was dumped. Very 2003.
Yep, except Franks though. The exception that proves the rule
Kept the wrong players too long, got rid of the right ones too soon. Pretty much sums up the last 4 years
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Jordie Barrett’s brainfart was almost as unforgivable as Aaron Smith’s ridiculous up and under. Fucking muppets.
But it’s Retallick and Read who were worst - I’ll have to check the stats, but both got run through like they weren’t there.
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Warren Gatland and Tony Brown, come on down!
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The reality is , the scoreboard doesn’t reflect the dominance , it probably saves us from the embarrassment it could have been
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@PN said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Hahahahahaha he's probably passed out drunk on the floor of the Lake Ferry pub by now.
Anyone know what it costs to get a monstrosity like inked that on you?
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
The reality is , the scoreboard doesn’t reflect the dominance , it probably saves us from the embarrassment it could have been
Agreed - easily a thirty point drubbing.
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@Kirwan said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Too many cute selections, cane not being there was a massive mistake. We didn’t play our best ten at ten, and Richies poor defence was ruthlessly exposed. All the things people have been worried about all year in evidence tonight.
Don’t mind losing to a better team, doesn’t mean we had to make it so easy for them.
Every failed WC campaign characterised by a panic selection. Thought Hansen above that, so disappointed.
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@Kirwan Yeah we copped a bit for it as well. Still rather be proven wrong haha but yeah, this was coming. We should have been destroyed in Wellington against the Boks and got destroyed in Perth before papering the cracks at Eden Park against Australia.
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Hopefully get a complete clean out in the coaching box. No Foster, No McLeod. Fresh ideas needed.
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
The reality is , the scoreboard doesn’t reflect the dominance , it probably saves us from the embarrassment it could have been
Oh fuck yes, that could have been a 30 point hiding
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@gt12 said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Jordie Barrett
Why the hell would anyone select him in a pressure game? He's very flaky. Reece did the same thing in his 22.
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Goodhue best AB on the field; first AB subbed off. Cane dropped for Barrett. A few young guys are panicking cause we are behind in a knockout, so we bring on jordie... Fucks sake.
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@Mokey said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Hopefully get a complete clean out in the coaching box. No Foster, No McLeod. Fresh ideas needed.
Defense was cruelly exposed, he’s not international level.
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@Jonty-lean Because the English were standing in our backline
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@reprobate said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Goodhue best AB on the field; first AB subbed off. Cane dropped for Barrett. A few young guys are panicking cause we are behind in a knockout, so we bring on jordie... Fucks sake.
this
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@MrDenmore said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Jonty-lean Because the English were standing in our backline
You obviously don't understand the offside rule. England has to be be behind our hind most players feet. I.e. our fullback
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Hanson and co got their selection badly wrong. Reece is just too small. Bridge was ordinary. With Barrett as well the back three was unbalanced. So if Reece is on 1 wing (I just don't rate him though) select a power winger on the other one
It was a poorly selected team and the England coaches totally and utterly out-coached and out-selected Hanson and co
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@jegga said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@PN said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Hahahahahaha he's probably passed out drunk on the floor of the Lake Ferry pub by now.
Anyone know what it costs to get a monstrosity like inked that on you?
Easy fix.
ABs too.
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Imagine the Boks winning tomorrow and then England winning the final - beating Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in the finals, we'd never hear the end of it!
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@jegga said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@PN said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Hahahahahaha he's probably passed out drunk on the floor of the Lake Ferry pub by now.
Anyone know what it costs to get a monstrosity like inked that on you?
He can always pass it off as “participation years, and they just left some off”
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Game was lost up front.
We picked a team to dominate the lineouts and instead England picked us off repeatedly and we barely pressured them - won one I think.
As it turned out, we'd picked a bench designed to accelerate momentum, rather than shift it when we were going backwards. I thought subbing Goodhue and Bridge were silly decisions, when they were among our best players - Goodhue especially was excellent. None of our subs looked like turning the game - Coles was decent enough.
Not good enough. Congratulations England.
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@Tim said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
I'm just fucking stunned that the idiot dropped Sam Cane and Rieko Ioane! First names on the team sheet.
Ioane no way. But ben Smith should have been on the bench
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I know many people will want a Spanish Inquisition wanting to apportion blame on either coaches or players, but you know what ,on this night of all nights, I reckon you just have to pay homage to Eddie Jones and England boys..they pretty much put together an 80 minute performance which had us rattled throughout most of it..let’s hope the boys can get up for this 3rd place game and at least send Read and Hansen out on a winning note..
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Oh well , just as well that jaguars prick isn’t around trolling
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