Smith to start next week.
6 Nations Round 4 - England V Ireland
Fucking drop goal 
Fair dues England, played their best match in a long while.
Faz needs to take some flack here: the team is regressing in this competition. And Connor Murray was on the pitch because of him.
Disappointing performance for Ireland.
Fair dues England, played their best match in a long while.
Faz needs to take some flack here: the team is regressing in this competition. And Connor Murray was on the pitch because of him.
Disappointing performance for Ireland.
Over the hills and far away........
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Marcus Smith brilliant
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Amazing game. Fair Fuchs England. Well deserved win.
Are we pretending Ford didn't have a big hand in how well our attacking game went?
Agree on the others, even though Slade also had his best attacking game in ages
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Another fantastic finish!
Expected Ireland's usual professionalism to see them through, but not today - fair play England.
No GS but Ireland will wrap up the title easily next week.
Expected Ireland's usual professionalism to see them through, but not today - fair play England.
No GS but Ireland will wrap up the title easily next week.
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Left hand down a bit
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England rush defense looking better each game
He really was.
Thank god that performance did not end up as a moral victory.
No, that's what your lack of principles have done ....
Over the hills and far away........
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Loved everything about that, superb game and a great win. Maybe some humble pie from some of Borthwick’s critics?
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages, What feats he did that day
I think it was despite, not because of Ford, he just booted the ball after the first 15 mins, reverted to type
He seemed to go into his shell though and that coincided with Ireland really coming back into the game
We need to be ruthless and move on. If Marcus Smith is available he should be starting. MSmith is 25 so will be in his prime over the next 3 years.
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Been thinking this all along. After the Eddie shitshow, he's restored respectability.Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:40 pm Loved everything about that, superb game and a great win. Maybe some humble pie from some of Borthwick’s critics?
Nah, England did exactly what everyone had been begging for and threw the game plan England have used for 18 matches under Borthwick away. Full credit to him for coaching them to play like this, but it doesn't change what's come before.Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:40 pm Loved everything about that, superb game and a great win. Maybe some humble pie from some of Borthwick’s critics?
Fingers crossed the result persuades them this is the way to go at home and away, too. Loads to love about it.
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One swallow.Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:40 pm Loved everything about that, superb game and a great win. Maybe some humble pie from some of Borthwick’s critics?
That's the first game that actually felt like progress. It would have been even without the result.
We are slowly but surely stumbling towards the most optimal backline. Furbank - Feyi-Waboso - Freeman is a much, much better back three than the configuration we started the tournament with.
1 ray of sunshine does not a summer make.Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:40 pm Loved everything about that, superb game and a great win. Maybe some humble pie from some of Borthwick’s critics?
Disagree, it was 20 mins tops
Think this is a bit mad to be honest. England were a much better team when Ford was on. Really all Smith did was drop a goal that anyone would have done, under little pressure as he had the penalty. All seems a bit emotional which is fair enough
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I will admit that with the number of times a Celtic team has burst England's championship bubble over the years, it's nice to get one back. Albeit we've only delayed the crowning by a week, I back Ireland to get the job done against Scotland next week and claim the title
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Yeah well you're wrong, sorry. And it's not like he wasn't prepared to attack in the second half either. No need to go overboard about the guy who played a pivotal role in our attacking game. No question his kicking off the tee was bad and some of his kicks from hand weren't good, but we didn't spend the second half kicking it away.
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Slick wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:48 pmThink this is a bit mad to be honest. England were a much better team when Ford was on. Really all Smith did was drop a goal that anyone would have done, under little pressure as he had the penalty. All seems a bit emotional which is fair enough
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And we need to see how he comes back from this long term injury. Maybe he's fine, but maybe he's a lesser player. Either way it's premature to be talking about him in the international conversation.
Smith completely changed the dynamic of the England attack...offered a lot of threat ball in hand which Ford never does...he is very predictable and much easier to defend against.Slick wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:48 pmThink this is a bit mad to be honest. England were a much better team when Ford was on. Really all Smith did was drop a goal that anyone would have done, under little pressure as he had the penalty. All seems a bit emotional which is fair enough