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Woodentop "Daly is playing really well" rest of the planet.."what fucking game you watching"
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ASMO wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:45 pm Woodentop "Daly is playing really well" rest of the planet.."what fucking game you watching"
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ASMO wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:45 pm Woodentop "Daly is playing really well" rest of the planet.."what fucking game you watching"
Once a Wasp...
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"England are back"
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ITV: where has this England team been!?

It’s fucking Chile. Semi pro players at best FFS.
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Where's this England been?

Not playing Chile or another team who's in their first world cup that's where they've been.

Honstly what a comment
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Christ Almighty, the gap for Daly to run into was wide enough to get a bus through, so he kicks it and gets lucky as the Chilean makes a hash of it.

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BnM wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:52 pm Where's this England been?

Not playing Chile or another team who's in their first world cup that's where they've been.

Honstly what a comment
Astonishingly bad commentary. I know they're broadcasting to a domestic audience a large portion of whom will be casuals who don't know that spanking Chile is nothing to write home about, but come on.
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C69 wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:51 pm "England are back"
Farrell and Daly have done enough to start. I don't think Smith, Arundell and Lawrence have.
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Fuck me. I predicted we'd get 20 minutes of Ford-Farrell in this game. We're going to get half an hour. Pretty clear what we're doing for the rest of the tournament then even though Ford - Lawrence - Marchant is our best, most balanced midfield.
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petej wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:42 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:39 pm
C69 wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:24 pm

If you can't play champagne rugby against the tournaments lowest ranked team then you have a problem
Well, yes, but with where we at we need to use every game to build for what we'll do against more serious teams, not give the subs a bit of a jolly.
TBF Arundell and Lawrence should be starting.
Completely agree.
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sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:55 pm Fuck me. I predicted we'd get 20 minutes of Ford-Farrell in this game. We're going to get half an hour. Pretty clear what we're doing for the rest of the tournament then even though Ford - Lawrence - Marchant is our best, most balanced midfield.
I agree. My money is on Farrell, Tuilagi, Daly or Ford, Farrell, Tuilagi being selected.
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petej wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:53 pm
C69 wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:51 pm "England are back"
Farrell and Daly have done enough to start. I don't think Smith, Arundell and Lawrence have.
Arundell. A World Cup hat trick scorer. A hattrick. In the World Cup. Are you not watching ITV? He’s the second coming of Jesus. Not done enough.
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petej wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:57 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:55 pm Fuck me. I predicted we'd get 20 minutes of Ford-Farrell in this game. We're going to get half an hour. Pretty clear what we're doing for the rest of the tournament then even though Ford - Lawrence - Marchant is our best, most balanced midfield.
I agree. My money is on Farrell, Tuilagi, Daly or Ford, Farrell, Tuilagi being selected.
Almost certainly the latter.
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Why bring Rodd off? It's not like Marler needs the playing time.
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What an odd decision by Jack O’Pepper there.
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WTF was that about
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ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:58 pm
petej wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:53 pm
C69 wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:51 pm "England are back"
Farrell and Daly have done enough to start. I don't think Smith, Arundell and Lawrence have.
Arundell. A World Cup hat trick scorer. A hattrick. In the World Cup. Are you not watching ITV? He’s the second coming of Jesus. Not done enough.
Once he has the experience but lost the step and pace then we will select him. It is what we do.
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TBF, it’s just the idiot commentators and pundits, the England team are being pretty respectful and just playing what’s in front of them

Edit: unlike you cunts who couldn’t even start a match thread
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ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:01 pm What an odd decision by Jack O’Pepper there.
He runs like he's shat himself.
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Lol blatant pen for Chile ignored
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Out for a birthday meal so unable to watch, but with this humiliation of the mighty Chile it sounds like England are back on track to win the whole thing :thumbup:
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England at back at snails pace... wonder why?
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Oxbow wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:03 pm Out for a birthday meal so unable to watch, but with this humiliation of the mighty Chile it sounds like England are back on track to win the whole thing :thumbup:
It's coming home.
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I really hate Smith, mainly because of his face, but I love watching his movement off the ball, really impressive
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4 for the flying winger.


The pass to him was miles forward
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Oxbow wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:03 pm Out for a birthday meal so unable to watch, but with this humiliation of the mighty Chile it sounds like England are back on track to win the whole thing :thumbup:
It’s the dawn of an age of dominance the likes of which the world has never seen.
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ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:05 pm
Oxbow wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:03 pm Out for a birthday meal so unable to watch, but with this humiliation of the mighty Chile it sounds like England are back on track to win the whole thing :thumbup:
It’s the dawn of an age of dominance the likes of which the world has never seen.
With Daly and Faz leading the way.
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Ben Youngs is Englands most capper player.
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Youngs utterly fucking trash
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Slick wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:05 pm I really hate Smith, mainly because of his face, but I love watching his movement off the ball, really impressive
A scottish granny away from loving him. At least you know that the conservatism in English rugby means we won't maximise his talent.
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Youngs is comically inept.
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C69 wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:07 pm
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:05 pm
Oxbow wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:03 pm Out for a birthday meal so unable to watch, but with this humiliation of the mighty Chile it sounds like England are back on track to win the whole thing :thumbup:
It’s the dawn of an age of dominance the likes of which the world has never seen.
With Daly and Faz leading the way.
And Ben Youngs
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petej wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:09 pm
C69 wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:07 pm
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:05 pm

It’s the dawn of an age of dominance the likes of which the world has never seen.
With Daly and Faz leading the way.
And Ben Youngs
Not forgetting Will "the dominator" Stewart
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C69 wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:05 pm 4 for the flying winger.


The pass to him was miles forward
Calm down, Farrell isn't going to fuck you.
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Why are teams allowed to go all around the mauls nowadays?
Over the hills and far away........
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ASMO wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:08 pm Youngs utterly fucking trash
This sounds like it would have been the perfect game for Mitchell, instead he's been played in games where he's been asked to kick the leather off the ball.
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salanya wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:13 pm Why are teams allowed to go all around the mauls nowadays?
i thought it might be a peyper tier 1 vs tier 2 thing.
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petej wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:14 pm
salanya wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:13 pm Why are teams allowed to go all around the mauls nowadays?
i thought it might be a peyper tier 1 vs tier 2 thing.
That might exacerbate things, but Sal's right, at some point in the recent past refs srarted allowing teams to swim right round mauls and it boils my piss.
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That was nice, whether or not Chile are absolute blown.
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