The Rugby Thread

[mpickard2087]

England need to wake up a bit here. Sloppy last 5-10 mins. Getting penalised, and losing the territorial and kicking battle at the moment and weathering the pressure.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

 

[mpickard2087]

Especially 9 and 10 have got to manage this better.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Better. 0 kicks and look! Past the gain line. Tuilagi needed more support there.

 

[cider spurs]

Now then boyo.

 

[cider spurs]

Well played Wales, great recycling.

 

[cider spurs]

 

[idontgetit]

What a **** of a day

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

English spurs fans have a shit day.

Best team won in 2nd half. Wales need to show consistency though, no point turning up for England and no others.

 

[Japhet]

How do I divert a plague of locusts from Burnley to Wales?

 

[cider spurs]

Feckin pub landlord is Welsh, so that rules out a little drinky poo tomorrow lunchtime. Not forgetting he supports Liverpool also knew there was a reason for asking the granddaughter to stop over this weekend.

 

[SE Spurs]

Well done Wales. Really disappointed with England, only seemed to have one kicking plan and nowt else. Together with poor discipline giving up too many pens, it weren't good.

 

[mpickard2087]

What a disaster of a second half, looked like England tried to get away with playing as little rugby as possible once there was a lead. That backfired, and then it's hard to get back on the pedal once you've eased off a bit and they lost their heads a bit.

Poor tactics, whether that was from the coaching team or the players on the field.

England still struggle to run attacks over multiple phases, Youngs/Farrell cant marshal things for that length of time and keep it ticking over.

And that's the trade off for playing Daly at FB. If you're on the front foot you benefit from his attacking game, but if a team can expose him he's so reluctant in the air and wins very little in competition.

Well done Wales, they battered us in the second half and deservedly won in the end, but that was a bizarrely negative showing from England after the break.

 

[longtimespur]

Not a good weekend Sarries. Spurs and England FFS think I'll get pissed.

 

[Thewobbler]

Thought england would dominate wales but that was a good performance from them. They did there homework on our kicks and williams was just taking everything.

England just kept kicking when it clearly wasn't working. Disappointed they didn't run more with the ball. I think manu only had one good run all game.

Good win for the welsh.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Thought england would dominate wales but that was a good performance from them. They did there homework on our kicks and williams was just taking everything.

England just kept kicking when it clearly wasn't working. Disappointed they didn't run more with the ball. I think manu only had one good run all game.

Good win for the welsh.

Kicking is limited. It is generally wasteful. If it is your main tactic, it is fairly easy to counter Imo. It would work if it was used in combination with running and expansive back play. England were predictable 2nd half.

 

[ehalse]

on my way back from Cardiff. Pretty happy not going to lie! Lost a pretty penny on my bets but worth it!
Best team won.
Spurs are shit sadly (just to bring it down again)

 

[E17yid]

English spurs fans have a shit day.

Best team won in 2nd half. Wales need to show consistency though, no point turning up for England and no others.

We’ve just won 12 on the bounce.

 

[E17yid]

We didn’t play very well. Felt like England lost that more than we won it. We’ve got another couple of gears but as always we’re getting better as the tournament goes on. Hopefully we peak for Ireland.

I still fancy England to win. You’ve got to think they’re getting bonus points in their remaining 2 games whereas we’ve got 2 tricky games to say the least.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

We’ve just won 12 on the bounce.

I thought that after I posted it. I meant more in terms of performance levels. Previous 2 games you've been poor! But credit where it's due. Superb run of games