Quote from: Dante Lavelli on February 06, 2021, 08:42:09 PMAmongst my (our) whingeing, it has to be said Scotland were superb. I’d be happy if they can maintain it and win the 6-nations.Scotland were excellent but their 2 best players are Hogg and Russell and we played in a way that gave those 2 time and space to control the match.
Amongst my (our) whingeing, it has to be said Scotland were superb. I’d be happy if they can maintain it and win the 6-nations.
Quote from: paul_e on February 06, 2021, 08:51:11 PMQuote from: Dante Lavelli on February 06, 2021, 08:42:09 PMAmongst my (our) whingeing, it has to be said Scotland were superb. I’d be happy if they can maintain it and win the 6-nations.Scotland were excellent but their 2 best players are Hogg and Russell and we played in a way that gave those 2 time and space to control the match.When ever I’ve watched him, Russell is either a 10/10 or a 2/10 Next game he’ll probably play as if he’s never seen a rugby ball in his life.
Quote from: nigel on February 07, 2021, 10:57:40 AMQuote from: paul_e on February 06, 2021, 08:51:11 PMQuote from: Dante Lavelli on February 06, 2021, 08:42:09 PMAmongst my (our) whingeing, it has to be said Scotland were superb. I’d be happy if they can maintain it and win the 6-nations.Scotland were excellent but their 2 best players are Hogg and Russell and we played in a way that gave those 2 time and space to control the match.When ever I’ve watched him, Russell is either a 10/10 or a 2/10 Next game he’ll probably play as if he’s never seen a rugby ball in his life.Basically he is like every 10 who has played for France in the last 20 years :-)
What an uninspired starting 15 that is. At least Ford is back at 10 assuming fucking Youngs hasn’t box kicked it. Still the 5 unfit Saracens players in there again.
Quote from: Jon Crofts on February 11, 2021, 01:12:36 PMWhat an uninspired starting 15 that is. At least Ford is back at 10 assuming fucking Youngs hasn’t box kicked it. Still the 5 unfit Saracens players in there again. He's got players like Lawrence, Odogwu, Randall, Malins and Willis in the squad who could all do with some caps in a lower pressure game and yet he picked pretty much the most experienced side he could and only put 2 of them on the bench, he's unravelling quickly now and falling into the same pattern that almost all managers in all sports do where he's scared to drop players who've been good for him even when they're no longer working.It's scary how similar to Southgate it is, started well by focusing on the strengths of the squad and bringing in players based on form that expand on that. Have a decent tournament despite some issues but then instead of addressing those issues go off on a tangent and end up with a squad that isn't so suited to how you're trying to play but that you 'trust' so they keep their places regardless whilst the form players in the league are left twiddling their thumbs.
Pathetic discipline again too
Following on from last week's moaning about Billy V, this week I'll pick on Elliot Daly. Has he beaten a man with ball-in-hand in the last year ? Everytime I see him he runs up to the line, looks great doing it, then either passes or gets wrapped up. I understand no player will slice through the defensive line every time, not even Jason Robinson, but could he do it just once ?