My heart rate is slowly dropping out of the ‘heart attack’ zone now…
Flood was much better, Youngs doing that classic English scrum-half technique of taking a couple of steps before releasing the ball. When will we learn you can’t do that against backrows of this quality?
Overall, Scotland’s problem has been the same throughout this world cup – if we could finish off try scoring opportunities, we’d have been playing this game to decide which quarter-final we were in.
Scotlands decision making was terrible, particularly Parks. 5 mins to go, in the England 22 with good posession and he sends a crap garryowen that England go up the field from and score the winner. Unlucky Scotland but they brought it on themselves. Well done to England for sticking at it and to Flood when he came on.
Ah well, Hopefully Ireland will do the business tomorrow and I’ll be happy.
Err dwarf…Never any suggestion from me that we are anything but the worst of the home nations,yet a country with the oft-stated aim of winning the tournament needs a last min try to beat Scotland,hardly anything but pish I am afraid. Maybe that is why your…sorry I mean OUR commentary team were reduced to blaming the banning of your fitness coach?
In the wider view, how are Scotland going to up their try rate into actually scoring some?
Maybe have more than 16,000 players,thus allowing us more backs to pick from?
Shame for Scotland, they deserved to get more out of that. If you can’t score a try when the ball is at your feet a metre from the line though, you’ve got problems…
Lol at us getting to the final. We might scrape an ugly win against France but we’ve looked second best against the two half decent teams we’ve played so far.
Parks distribution from hand has broken Scottish hearts for a few years now – the lack of creativity at No.10 is the obvious weakness in the Scotttish side. If we had a Gregor Townsend now, we’d have a massively more dangerous back line.
Err dwarf…Never any suggestion from me that we are anything but the worst of the home nations,yet a country with the oft-stated aim of winning the tournament needs a last min try to beat Scotland,hardly anything but pish I am afraid. Maybe that is why your…sorry I mean OUR commentary team were reduced to blaming the banning of your fitness coach?
Hang on, i actually AGREE with you about England’s performance, my question is why couldn’t Scotland finish them off? Again, Scottish incompetence at the final move or England’s last-gasp defence just too much for them?
I thought LBND comment obout the fitness coach was bollox!