Like all good teams we found a way to win.If Farrell had bought his kicking boots we wouldn’t have been under so much pressure.France are certainly going to be a team to watch for the next few years
Quote from: nigel on December 06, 2020, 04:19:57 PMLike all good teams we found a way to win.If Farrell had bought his kicking boots we wouldn’t have been under so much pressure.France are certainly going to be a team to watch for the next few yearsThe thing is our U20 from the year before were easily as good as the U20 team that french team was built around but most of ours have barely been given a look in. Finishing with Ford, Farrell, Slade, Daly and Malins all on the pitch showed everything you could ever want to know about how Jones has decided we're going to play. our game for as long as he's with us from now on is going to be 100% about playing the percentages and dominating territory. It'll work to an extent but we're going to be boring as fuck to watch other than the odd flash of brilliance from the only actual winger he seems willing to put any trust in.He's done great things for the national team and was a big upgrade on the useless old boy appointments that came before him but I'd be looking to move him on soon because his stubbornness is hurting us now and the more people call for a proper 12, proper wingers and less kicking the more likely he will be to just stick with it.
Quote from: paul_e on December 06, 2020, 07:46:05 PMQuote from: nigel on December 06, 2020, 04:19:57 PMLike all good teams we found a way to win.If Farrell had bought his kicking boots we wouldn’t have been under so much pressure.France are certainly going to be a team to watch for the next few yearsThe thing is our U20 from the year before were easily as good as the U20 team that french team was built around but most of ours have barely been given a look in. Finishing with Ford, Farrell, Slade, Daly and Malins all on the pitch showed everything you could ever want to know about how Jones has decided we're going to play. our game for as long as he's with us from now on is going to be 100% about playing the percentages and dominating territory. It'll work to an extent but we're going to be boring as fuck to watch other than the odd flash of brilliance from the only actual winger he seems willing to put any trust in.He's done great things for the national team and was a big upgrade on the useless old boy appointments that came before him but I'd be looking to move him on soon because his stubbornness is hurting us now and the more people call for a proper 12, proper wingers and less kicking the more likely he will be to just stick with it.While we’re winning games I can’t see anything changing, mate.Fords kicking from hand was poor today, as was Farrell's kicking off the tee.I would like to see the Simmonds brothers both in the squad and we certainly need to blood a young scrum half.
Quote from: nigel on December 06, 2020, 07:57:56 PMQuote from: paul_e on December 06, 2020, 07:46:05 PMQuote from: nigel on December 06, 2020, 04:19:57 PMLike all good teams we found a way to win.If Farrell had bought his kicking boots we wouldn’t have been under so much pressure.France are certainly going to be a team to watch for the next few yearsThe thing is our U20 from the year before were easily as good as the U20 team that french team was built around but most of ours have barely been given a look in. Finishing with Ford, Farrell, Slade, Daly and Malins all on the pitch showed everything you could ever want to know about how Jones has decided we're going to play. our game for as long as he's with us from now on is going to be 100% about playing the percentages and dominating territory. It'll work to an extent but we're going to be boring as fuck to watch other than the odd flash of brilliance from the only actual winger he seems willing to put any trust in.He's done great things for the national team and was a big upgrade on the useless old boy appointments that came before him but I'd be looking to move him on soon because his stubbornness is hurting us now and the more people call for a proper 12, proper wingers and less kicking the more likely he will be to just stick with it.While we’re winning games I can’t see anything changing, mate.Fords kicking from hand was poor today, as was Farrell's kicking off the tee.I would like to see the Simmonds brothers both in the squad and we certainly need to blood a young scrum half.We needed that quality scrum half & fly half 60 caps ago....Youngs & Ford have never been top quality...always thought Youngs looked good from bench, never from start
That was like watching Stuart Lancaster’s death throes, Jones is kidding himself and believes his own ego and hype if he thinks he can talk his way out of that absolute shit show. He needs to drop his mates and start picking players on their form. Drop the kick fest shit. Show some attacking intent. The premiership is great to watch so is the Southern Hemisphere game, watching England now is boring shit, even the few fans in Twickenham yesterday were booing Eddie. It’s fucking boring.
I hope in spite of his outburst in the media he will reflect on how we’ve played and realise it’s not the way forward. Winning is not the be all and end all at this point - your performances have to show an upward curve. Teams that cling onto wins with increasingly poor performances eventually drop off a cliff, because it’s performances that underpin everything.England were bloody rubbish yesterday and really disjointed - that will not lead to winning rugby in the long-term.