England v Wales

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Another scrum penalty ooh what fun!
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tc27 wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:32 pm
Crash669 wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:20 pm So how many times since 2008 have England lost to Wales because our players have absolutely no idea how to control a game?

We look clueless a lot, but against the Welsh we save our special store of cluelessness for games we should be easily winning.
I know what you mean but you also can't stop teams having periods of dominance. England need to get better at converting theirs into points.

Also have to say England have ridden this last part out relatively well.
Agree that the opposition will always have their moments in the game, but England don't just concede points in those moments, the totally lose the plot. There's no ability to respond to changing situations on the field as the change, and it's been that way for years now.

I really worry that most of our players have an IQ lower than their shirt number.
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3 tries to 1, moral victory, noting, boring England. Cuthbert was MOTM for me.
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I take back any positive comments about Ebglands game management
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How's that not a yellow?! :problem:
Over the hills and far away........
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Bad luck Wales.
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tc27 wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:42 pm I take back any positive comments about Ebglands game management
As usual, we stop playing when we think we've won. Should have eased Wales out of that once we went 20 points on the board.
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Frankly Wales deserved that!!
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tc27 wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:42 pm I take back any positive comments about Ebglands game management
I feel vindicated and I'm sorry I wasn't more critical of the current set up.
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England were utterly shit, seriously shit, hard luck Wales, you were the better team out there
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Wales must be the dumbest team in international rugby, how they didn’t beat that shithouse England side is shameful.
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Ireland and France are going to thrash this England team.
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salanya wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:43 pm How's that not a yellow?! :problem:
Position on the field, not preventing a clear linebreak. Hardly a controversial decision I'd have thought. Worse deliberate knock ons than that get the penalty only treatment.
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That ref was a fucking disgrace, how he got an international game is beyond me.
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Don’t care in any way how we do that. Idea Wales were the better team is comic
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I’m terrified what the French team in Paris on for a GS will do to England.
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sefton wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:52 pm I’m terrified what the French team in Paris on for a GS will do to England.
The only consolation is that I will be too drunk to remember by that point in the proceedings. Although maybe by that point they'll have stopped building the game plan around Manu being available. Maybe.
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sefton wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:40 pm 3 tries to 1, moral victory, noting, boring England. Cuthbert was MOTM for me.
1 Try FFS. Abject.

Italy will score more tries against this Welsh side.
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Openside wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:45 pm Frankly Wales deserved that!!
Did you watch the first half? They were comfortably worse than England, which is really saying something about how useless Wales were in that period.
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I think Calculon speaks for us all.

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Bloody hell

<more words to follow when I’ve had a drink>
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Lady P wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:11 pm Bloody hell

<more words to follow when I’ve had a drink>
Dear God :shock: ... How did you get thru that without drink?
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fishfoodie wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:14 pm
Lady P wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:11 pm Bloody hell

<more words to follow when I’ve had a drink>
Dear God :shock: ... How did you get thru that without drink?
Same way as I get through every Saturday late afternoon without a drink, by shouting a lot. And tidying up a lot of toys frantically while swearing.
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Lady P wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:16 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:14 pm
Lady P wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:11 pm Bloody hell

<more words to follow when I’ve had a drink>
Dear God :shock: ... How did you get thru that without drink?
Same way as I get through every Saturday late afternoon without a drink, by shouting a lot. And tidying up a lot of toys frantically while swearing.
Did you put them back in Brazil's pram or would that be a waste of time?
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Cuthbert made 176 meters.
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tc27 wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:18 pm Cuthbert made 176 meters.
…most of which seemed to end with him being pinged for holding on. Twat (Cuthbert, not you).
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fishfoodie wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:14 pm
Lady P wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:11 pm Bloody hell

<more words to follow when I’ve had a drink>
Dear God :shock: ... How did you get thru that without drink?
England games often make me question nearly 15 years of teetotalism.
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notfatcat wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:18 pm
Lady P wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:16 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:14 pm

Dear God :shock: ... How did you get thru that without drink?
Same way as I get through every Saturday late afternoon without a drink, by shouting a lot. And tidying up a lot of toys frantically while swearing.
Did you put them back in Brazil's pram or would that be a waste of time?
:lol:

Quite glad he’s going to be at the pub when France put 50 past us.
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Also, how much did they struggle with MOTM?! Not sure it should have been Smith.
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Lady P wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:32 pm Also, how much did they struggle with MOTM?! Not sure it should have been Smith.
Randall or Dombrandt for me.
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I think Dallaglio was desperately hoping somebody would do something in the last couple of minutes to make them MOTM worthy.
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Itoje? Pains me to say it but he was pretty solid and got that key turnover at the end.

Most players just meh at best

Edit: tbh, and I hate saying this even more, Biggar or Faletau
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Oxbow wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:41 pm I think Dallaglio was desperately hoping somebody would do something in the last couple of minutes to make them MOTM worthy.
It did sound like he didn't want to give it to anyone; & then just went, F**k it, I'll just give it to the OH
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notfatcat wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:18 pm
Lady P wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:16 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:14 pm

Dear God :shock: ... How did you get thru that without drink?
Same way as I get through every Saturday late afternoon without a drink, by shouting a lot. And tidying up a lot of toys frantically while swearing.
Did you put them back in Brazil's pram or would that be a waste of time?
That deserves a :lol: :lol:
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I don't need this level of abuse, I can get that at home.


Oh.
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Adamson was th person who had the biggest influence on the match.
By feck the first have was a shit show
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Adamson is the kakkest ref by far. Great fightback by Wales
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OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 9:45 pm Adamson is the kakkest ref by far. Great fightback by Wales
Wales lost, not be caused of the ref but because England scored more.
The missed push on Beard and the different officiating of the breakdown on the second half was idiocyncratic.

The batter team lost this week. Shit happens.
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I think one thing everyone can agree on is that Adamson should never be let near an intl match again. As hopeless as we had all expected.
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Phew. I've enough medical problems. That last few mins was heart stopping.

Offa's Dyke remains as it was. The widening and access by crocs and alligators has been put on hold, till next year.

Next up is a serious cause for rectal dysfunction.
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