RWC Warm Up : Wales v England 05Aug23
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@GibbonRib said in RWC Warm Up : Wales v England 05Aug23:
Multiply 75,000 by 30 quid and you'll have your answer
And the money spent in the city
Great atmosphere around town
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@MiketheSnow How many games has Marcus Smith played in his career when his lot never crossed over?
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@game_film said in RWC Warm Up : Wales v England 05Aug23:
@MiketheSnow How many games has Marcus Smith played in his career when his lot never crossed over?
Not many I'm guessing
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@GibbonRib said in RWC Warm Up : Wales v England 05Aug23:
Multiply 75,000 by 30 quid and you'll have your answer
A couple of million well spent just to see Smith cry.
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I have pondered much on the game. Plans, patterns, selection etc and also the wider squad and further back to the 6N and Leicester's winning season and my pessimistic conclusion is this:
England will fall back on "experience", and percentages in re the side who kicks more, wins more. We will pick guys who have been great servants to England in the past but are long past their sell by date. We will kick poorly and chase even worse. We will get out of our group and most likely be bundled out at the QF but dependent upon who we get, could make the SF. We will play dull rugby, we will be indisciplined and we will make no friends.
No. I am not drunk.
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I don’t think you’re far wrong
But if England do make a SF then that’s a big achievement for Borthwick
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Looking at it short term, I sort of agree with you, in that if we made the SF it would be above immediate expectations. However, in truth, with our resources, a SF place should be a minimum. We have so much going for us, numbers, funding, support, but we seem to have this handbrake applied about 80% of the time and an acceptance that this is ok and “the done thing” 90% of the time. It ceased to be amusing some years ago.
