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Ok, so I got a name wrong, and rather than politely correct me you add insults to the post. You really do have some issues my friend, no wonder you get some many cautions and bans.
Pack it in you two please, this has been rankle free for a while lets keep it that way.
Thank you
Screw you pigface, ya dick!
😆 😆 😆
I've nothing to "pack in" pig face. I came on here this morning to discuss yesterday's rugby, yet not for the first time find myself singled out for attention by AA, the result of which I now can't post on here again today without possibility of personal prejudice.
A shame.
*shrugs*
This thread has been well behaved can we keep it that way please?
All this discussion of performances and quality etc, lets face it the chances are Eng wont make it out of the group and then Lancasters achievement will be no better than Johnsons in the previous effort. It's funny how perception and press opinion colour the position of a team/coach in the nations eyes.
In 2011 the warm ups we beat ireland and wales and then wales beat us, not unlike our performance in the warm up matches this year.
At least under Johnson we won the 6N in the RWC year.
I don't give Lancaster any credo now, we need a new boss, and coaching team to bring on some of the better talent.
(unless of course by some miracle we beat OZ, make to the finals and then stomp NZ but I've been fantasising enough today as it is.)
It's not a unique jibe to a_a and as always best ignore silly comments whoever they come from. Cheer up, England will likely have a solid amount of bonus points and good points difference so they only need one of the next games (eng and Wales) to go their way and it's game on for the knockouts
Predictions for the Scotland game? Bonus point win with an interception try seems a safeish bet 🙂
No one has said it yet (I think) but credit to both goal kickers yesterday.
I'm the biggest detractor of Farrel but he was majestic yesterday.
Aye scotland will piss this.
No one has said it yet (I think) but credit to both goal kickers yesterday.
Indeed. They were both brilliant. Which makes the decision to go for the corner even more strange.
Discipline was very poor - think back to the silly penalty when the ball had been sent right back to the Welsh 22.
Forget O Farell, what abut the old man? How many times was the ENG defence line doglegged including the all important try???
Wasn't sure if they were trying the hinge / rush defence i.e. rush up on the 2nd / 3rd receiver that Wasps used to employ effectively? The line speed was good in the first half where it was effective but they lost coherence in the 2nd half particularly the last 20. If you're going to use that rush defence you can't miss tackles otherwise big holes appear.
A few thoughts on England in the cold night of day. I've been flying back fromJapan all night, avoiding the Saturday sports sections, trying not to be too grumpy to my crew, even if they were all talking in welsh accents to me all night!!!
1. I was, and still am, happy with the starting team. It did the job it was picked to do with a 10 pt lead.
2. The bench. Owen Farrell is not a match changing centre, nor will wigglesworth be at 9. We had no X factor on the bench. What has happened with Danny Care? Why not play Slade as a plan B at 10/12/15.
3. If you want to bring on Ford to attack in the last 20, having Farrell/Barritt outside him is not the way to do it.
4. Decision making. I don't blame Robshaw for going for the try near the end, but whoever called a throw to 2, then drove blindside wants shooting. If you go to the front, you need to peel inside. Japan & Fiji showed it perfectly.
5. Maybe England's lack of experience showed here. You should close out a game from 10 Pte up with 20 to go. This game will be a study in exactly how NOT to do it.
6. The pool of death is looking bad for both eng and Wales at the moment. Wales may well qualify, but their injury list has probably ruled them out as contenders.
I've not actually seen the match yet, that pain is for tonight - helped by my latest Yamazaki whisky purchase 😀
My Team for Aus
Mako
Youngs
Brooke's
Lawes
Launch bury
Wood
Robshaw
Billy V
Youngs
Farrell
Burgess
Slade
Watson
May
Brown
The Scotland of old is back with a ton of handling errors. Must be very frustrating!
Bumped into loads of Ireland fans at Heathrow/Paddington/London Bridge today. Plenty of shirts from all the home nations, and a few others too. Atmosphere around London really great, and all fans looking excited, and a credit to rugby. No matter what the results, a great RWC so far.
Right - good to see that Scotland have stopped messing about.
Fairly evident that while other teams have "squad players" we have a decent core and little else.What we do have is three points and about 17+ points scored. A losing point in both the remaining games would probably see us through,although I think we will be better than Samoa. I think the Samoa Japan game is going to be a 100mph cracker. The team that finishes third doesn't have to qualify for next WC.
Interested to see how 9-13 works out.
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Its a good game this, I watched the Italy Canada game the other day and I thought as soon as the NFL and Ice Hockey lot in the Americas get their teeth into Rugby we (IE Europe) are going to be screwed.
Ireland's average age of 29 and 245ish days is the oldest in RWC history. 😀
Mean looking Romainians.
I thought Canada's (?) average age is 30 something? Maybe just the oldest in Irish RWC history?
Good nearly try..
Followed by a Noice actual try! Woop.
Yes DanW, that's exactly 😀 what I was trying to say.
Keef's got a bit of pace back. 🙂
Who's playing in the Keet Earls mask?
Can I just point out that Scotland has more points than any other team at the world cup at this moment in time. 😉
Have they? 😛
Not for long.
Aye - hence the "moment in time" qualifier.
Erm, can I just also point it out that the biggest of the home nations which allegedly has been playing the game the longest is the only one of the four to not have a 100% win record in the tournament at the moment. 😉
Speaking of points, dumbquestion, but 2 for a draw right, but does that then earn you 1 extra for losing by less than 7 points? So a draw is effectively 3? (I doubt this but just wondering)
WML - At the moment 😉
Toys - How can you both lose and draw the same match?
If you score four tries but also lose by <7 do you get two bonus points?
Win 4 points
Draw 2 points
Loss 0 points
4 or more tries 1 point
Loss by 7 points or less 1 point
TGA - Yes. That's what SA did
If you score four tries but also lose by <7 do you get two bonus points?
Yes, hence why when we got beaten by Japan, 😳 we came away with 2 points.
Ta.
scotroutes, yes indeed, just being dumb. I guess I saw a draw as not winning ie losing..
That's alright. I've only just found out why a Try is called a Try.
Umm why?
I guess I saw a draw as not winning ie losing..
You are captain Robshaw and I claim my free low swinging chariot finders fee.
because it didn't used to have score, it only gave you a "try" at scoring a goal.(what we now call a conversion)toys19 - Member
Umm why?
because it didn't used to have score, it only gave you a "try" at scoring a goal.(what we now call a conversion)
The scoreboard at St Helens, Swansea used to note the scores as 'Try' and 'Goal', iirc. Probably still does.
So, just watched the eng/Wal first half. Looking good, and in control. I think I might just leave it there 😥