Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:13 am
Awesome start
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Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:14 am
This is such an average match
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:14 am
Itoje?Banquo wrote:
Ludlam on for Billy. Who will play 8
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:14 am
And here's the first post-Billy scrum... Curry it is.
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Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:15 am
Cue JNGF
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:15 am
Obvs silly meRenniks wrote:Itoje?Banquo wrote:
Ludlam on for Billy. Who will play 8
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:17 am
So, now Daly has given us a good 40 minutes - what's the chances this is when EJ changes his mind on him…
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:18 am
Curry.Banquo wrote:Faz has had the ball in hand more than Ford, which says something. Now you could argue Ford needs to step in and take charge, but this twin fly half thing is confusing then today.Oakboy wrote:I agree Ford has had limited ball with which to impose himself but that should mean he treats what he does get as vital, not kick it away aimlessly or drop it. I would prefer him to stay on when Slade comes on but he is giving Jones an excuse to move Farrell to 10. I hate the thought of that.Banquo wrote: That’s what you concluded from our play? You don’t think there’s any connection with what is happening inside?
Ludlam on for Billy. Who will play 8
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:18 am
Despite Fazs ineptness a decent ish try.
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:19 am
even I worked that out after 2 scrumsOakboy wrote:Curry.Banquo wrote:Faz has had the ball in hand more than Ford, which says something. Now you could argue Ford needs to step in and take charge, but this twin fly half thing is confusing then today.Oakboy wrote:
I agree Ford has had limited ball with which to impose himself but that should mean he treats what he does get as vital, not kick it away aimlessly or drop it. I would prefer him to stay on when Slade comes on but he is giving Jones an excuse to move Farrell to 10. I hate the thought of that.
Ludlam on for Billy. Who will play 8
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:20 am
Miles seems to be channelling Eddie Butler today
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:20 am
Good quick switching by Eng..the brutish 10 charges over.
Eng 22 - 3 Arg , Con Faz
47 mins.
Arg missing tackles now.
Eng 22 - 3 Arg , Con Faz
47 mins.
Arg missing tackles now.
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:20 am
As I shouted at Clive Woodward at half-time, it's only a yellow for a tackle in the air if they land on their back. The Argentine landed on his feet, so there's absolutely no grounds for a yellow.switchskier wrote:Isn't there an argument that he took a player in the air and didn't return him safely to the ground? For the record I think it was sensible reffing and the right decision but with some other refs it would have been yellow and that's an issue.Banquo wrote:Not dangerous thoOakboy wrote:
Tackle with player off the ground.
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Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:22 am
That steal from Itoje and the kick from Ford. We're definitely not slacking off now we have a bonus point.
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:23 am
Good to see that Youngs has been hooked. Awful first half. You'd think the amount he kicks he'd be better at it, and the two tap and go penalties were just brain dead.
Exercise in hoping no one else gets hurt now.
Exercise in hoping no one else gets hurt now.
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:24 am
Ford's kicking this half.. damn
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:24 am
Ford heard me at HT. That's more like it.
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:26 am
Not sure why every man free on the outside is being ignored?
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:27 am
Eng 25 - 3 Arg
Pen Faz, 54 mins.
Pen Faz, 54 mins.
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:27 am
New 9 mateOakboy wrote:Ford heard me at HT. That's more like it.
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:28 am
The second tap penalty would've been a try if Nigel hadn't called it back for his own ineffable reasons. That was a great decision!16th man wrote:Good to see that Youngs has been hooked. Awful first half. You'd think the amount he kicks he'd be better at it, and the two tap and go penalties were just brain dead.
Exercise in hoping no one else gets hurt now.
The rest of it, I completely agree with.
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Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:28 am
Pretty sure that the huge change in kicking for Ford (going for touch instead of straight down the middle) is a tactical change - I don't understand the kick down the middle as a tactic though
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:28 am
lol. But he is slow as fook. Better that than being slow of mind and thought, though.Banquo wrote:New 9 mateOakboy wrote:Ford heard me at HT. That's more like it.
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:29 am
England's defence is so hard to get through, they're confident Argentina will just kick it back again, which either leads to a counterattacking opportunity or a l/o to us.Renniks wrote:Pretty sure that the huge change in kicking for Ford (going for touch instead of straight down the middle) is a tactical change - I don't understand the kick down the middle as a tactic though
Re: Eng - Arg: Match Thread
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:30 am
I think we ought to remove the entire front row. We cannot afford to lose any of them to injury and this is the perfect opportunity to get game time into the legs of Mako.
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