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Stom wrote:

Which Tyler wrote:Ford on... For Lawrence - who's probably been our best back - possibly, because Watson's not had any work to do, so I guess he's still on 50% by virtue of putting is shirt on the right way round.

Neither has Lawrence, tbh. No back can possibly get anything out of this game. Youngs was meh, Farrell has been appalling, no one else has had any fucking ball!

loudnconfident wrote:Our pack were beaten. Were he Sarries crew match fit?

Mr Mwenda wrote:At least those who hate the lions won't have to watch many Englishmen go with the team.

Stom wrote:

loudnconfident wrote:Our pack were beaten. Were he Sarries crew match fit?

I disagree with this. They had no chance.

Scrumhead wrote:

Mr Mwenda wrote:The Scots are sounding a bit bullish, which makes me nervous as always before the 6 Nations. I'm concerned the Sarries players will be off the pace. I really feel England should be looking to hand out a paving since after the last two results there's a risk of self-belief emerging within this group of Scottish players and that can't lead anywhere good.

They’re always bullish before the 6N and most of the time, they go on to finish in the bottom half of the table.

They have a decent squad and on their day, they can be very good, but I’m not sure how good they really are?

In recent times, they’ve beaten a poor Welsh team and a French team that would probably have won but for a dumb red card. They also beat Italy, which is almost a given, but only by 17 points.

I’m not dismissing them as a threat. Watson, Russell and Hogg are on song, they can be very dangerous and van der Merwe is a great addition, despite not being in the least bit Scottish.

That said, their midfield is weak and for this 6N, they are missing their first and second choice hookers, which will inevitably affect the quality of their set piece.

I’m definitely not complacent about it, but I would be disappointed if we were to lose.

loudnconfident wrote:

Stom wrote:

loudnconfident wrote:Our pack were beaten. Were he Sarries crew match fit?

I disagree with this. They had no chance.

Credit to Scotland, of course! Perhaps some major issues that we papered over have broken through?

16th man wrote:Well. Not a single positive to take from that.

There may be a silver lining if we choose to change the game plan to be something a bit less predictable .

Scrumhead wrote:Unbelievably, embarrassingly bad.

Full credit to Scotland, but I’d struggle to give any of the England players any better than 5/10.

How can we continue to pick Farrell 10? We look absolutely awful with him in the driving seat.

Puja wrote:Well, that was dire. Every player looked rusty, especially the Saracens lot, which maybe suggests that game-time might be important. We failed to fire a single shot.

The only advantage is that it might be the defeat we need to make proper changes for the next game. Although, knowing our luck, the lesson that Eddie's probably learned from that is that Lawes needs to play 6 from the start.

Puja