6N 2024 - Italy v England
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@sparky said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
Italy have offered almost nothing in the second half.
I do think Portugal and Georgia should get a chance to play some years in the 6 Nations. Promotion and relegation would give an edge to games like this.
Please sort your own house out
Italy are the best of the next
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Can someone please explain why
If a restaurant critic has a poor meal experience they are allowed/expected to slate the joint
and a movie critic watches a dire movie they’re allowed/expected to slate it
But a rugby critic will espouse Italy as plucky & unlucky and readers will nod sagely when what should have been written is
An individual moment of athletic superiority from Monty Ioane which gave Italy a losing BP deflected the fact that a willing and capable Italian side played with the tactical nous of a schoolboy team handing possession, momentum, and ultimately victory to a lacklustre England who almost grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory
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@sparky said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
Razor's All Blacks will put a hundred on these England boys if they play with that low level of intensity in New Zealand.
Whilst I agree with most you have said, this is a bold statement for a team that has yet to play a game.
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In response to a mate's suggestion that the England selection was interesting, I said this:-
"Interesting to a degree but the real issues are a) how Will Borthwick play the game and b) how many minutes will Smith, Fayi-Waboso and Cunningham-South get? My thoughts given the selection of Ford AND Daly is a) kick and chase and b) between 10 & 15 minutes between them"
All so appallingly predictable.
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@Catogrande said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
@sparky said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
Razor's All Blacks will put a hundred on these England boys if they play with that low level of intensity in New Zealand.
Whilst I agree with most you have said, this is a bold statement for a team that has yet to play a game.
So arrogant too. I expect better from the fern.
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@MN5 said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
@Catogrande said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
@sparky said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
Razor's All Blacks will put a hundred on these England boys if they play with that low level of intensity in New Zealand.
Whilst I agree with most you have said, this is a bold statement for a team that has yet to play a game.
So arrogant too. I expect better from the fern.
Yeah ABs by a THOOOWWWSAAAAND!
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@Machpants said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
@MN5 said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
@Catogrande said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
@sparky said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
Razor's All Blacks will put a hundred on these England boys if they play with that low level of intensity in New Zealand.
Whilst I agree with most you have said, this is a bold statement for a team that has yet to play a game.
So arrogant too. I expect better from the fern.
Yeah ABs by a THOOOWWWSAAAAND!
To be fair if Blackadder and Charlie Ngatai started that would be a given.
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@Catogrande said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
@sparky said in 6N 2024 - Italy v England:
Razor's All Blacks will put a hundred on these England boys if they play with that low level of intensity in New Zealand.
Whilst I agree with most you have said, this is a bold statement for a team that has yet to play a game.
Sometimes it's best to look at the poster before deciding whether to respond to the post
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England can and will get a lot better. I suspect to see a lot more intent and higher work rates from them against Wales next weekend. It should be a good game.
Italy had the chances to win this one, but couldn't hold on for their first defeat of England. I don't see them against another chance of a victory in this Six Nations.
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A realistic view of England's performance
Four talking points after England's narrowest-ever win over Italy
Steve Borthwick sure has his particular way with words. Save for the well-taken Elliot Daly try that saw the ball flash through numerous hands from one side of the Stadio Olimpico to the other, England were dull as dishwater trying to get across the gain line on Saturday.
