can never understand why players take drop goals when they have a pen advantage its such a negative bit of play. Argentina rolled the dice with Contempomi taking the defence on and it payed off.
Markie -…… Feel Argentina deserved the win even so…
Scotland stats are so much higher, metres run, defenders beaten etc that they really should have won – but you have to take your points. Never really looked like getting over the line
TJ Scotland stats are so much higher, metres run, defenders beaten etc that they really should have won – but you have to take your points. Never really looked like getting over the line
Though (perhaps sounding slightly contrary to my belief that Argentina deserved the win!), Argentina didn’t take their points either, and didn’t look like troubling the line, bar that superb individual effort. I would have like it if Scotland had pushed for a try instead of taking the drop goal when given the penalty.
This is all slightly worrying. Look at the points now.
Eng 14
Scot 10
Arg 10
Assuming Argentina beat Gerogia and get a BP then they are on 15.
Best case we beat scotland with a BP and scotland do not get a bp, we have 19. Happy days.
Worst case scotland beat us with a bp and we get no bp then we are out …
Ok unlikely but it will raise scotlands game big time. I hope you lot are licking your lips.
Not a great deal to chose between the teams bar Ashton and Foden IMO – so for Scotland it will all depend on bossing the breakdown and swarming the midfield to stave Ashton and Foden of the ball
TJ have you bumped your head??? Not much between the teams????? 😯 I am no lover of the english but for the love of god man you have Parks in your team. Go lie down in a dark room and gather yourself.
TandemJeremy – Member
Don’t matter anyway – Scotland lost the game earlier when they did not get points after being camped in the 22
Or to phrase it another way, Scotland lost the game earlier when their ‘awesome’ backs were totally unable to construct anything other than short individual breaks.
Both teams played the whole game looking for kickable penalties rather than trying to win the game by scoring points. A really poor advert for the game.
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