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Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:22 pm**

Oxbow wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:21 pm Fuck's sake, we're going to get a draw out of this and absolutely nothing will change.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:22 pm**

So it looks like NZ are stuck with Foster.....England stuck with Jones.

No winner there.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:22 pm**

Lame England. Lame.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:22 pm**

No ambition.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:22 pm**

lots of weird games today

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:23 pm**

Did I just dream that?

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:24 pm**

England absolutely terrible for 71 minutes, but somehow manage to salvage a draw by playing 10 minutes of decent rugby for the first time this Autumn.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:24 pm**

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:25 pm**

FFS. Why couldn’t NZ have picked last week to collapse in the last 10?

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:25 pm**

Massive choke by NZ

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:25 pm**

PCPhil wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:23 pm Did I just dream that?

Which bit? The 70 minutes nightmare or the 10 minutes Jones contract extension?

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:25 pm**

Lobby wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:24 pm England absolutely terrible for 71 minutes, but somehow manage to salvage a draw by playing 10 minutes of decent rugby for the first time this Autumn.

Who knew that attacking at pace could have such an effect?

OK 14 men, but...

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:25 pm**

LOL WHAT did I just see?

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:26 pm**

No idea what to make of that game.

AB's play a great half and then fall off a cliff into mistake after mistake.

England are terrible for 60 minutes - then it all clicks and they look like world beaters.

Safe to say that neither of these two teams will be battling it out past the quarters.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:26 pm**

Sadly Smith kick the ball out.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:27 pm**

Fucking bizzare and hilerous game

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:27 pm**

ASMO wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:25 pm Massive choke by NZ

????

Have you seen any AB's match this season?

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:27 pm**

Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:25 pm
Lobby wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:24 pm England absolutely terrible for 71 minutes, but somehow manage to salvage a draw by playing 10 minutes of decent rugby for the first time this Autumn.
Who knew that attacking at pace could have such an effect?

OK 14 men, but...

Ribbans made a big difference, as did allowing Smith finally to play at 10.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:27 pm**

Mako was actually a net positive when he came on. That was his best game for England in a while.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:27 pm**

Thor Sedan wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:22 pm So it looks like NZ are stuck with Foster.....England stuck with Jones.

No winner there.

Well except for the other teams at the World Cup, excluding Wales of course.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:27 pm**

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:25 pm LOL WHAT did I just see?

I’m not sure but it has bolstered my belief in quantum physics.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:28 pm**

PCPhil wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:27 pm
FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:25 pm LOL WHAT did I just see?
I’m not sure but it has bolstered my belief in quantum physics.

Which one was poisoned? Us, I suspect.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:32 pm**

Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:27 pm Mako was actually a net positive when he came on. That was his best game for England in a while.

Helps when he doesn't have to do much scrummaging.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:33 pm**

Lobby wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:27 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:25 pm
Lobby wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:24 pm England absolutely terrible for 71 minutes, but somehow manage to salvage a draw by playing 10 minutes of decent rugby for the first time this Autumn.
Who knew that attacking at pace could have such an effect?

OK 14 men, but...
Ribbans made a big difference, as did allowing Smith finally to play at 10.

He was fantastic.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:33 pm**

What the fuck. I switched off at 69min... What happened????

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:33 pm**

Twitter fucknuckles having a go at Smith for taking the draw. Jesus.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:35 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:33 pm
Lobby wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:27 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:25 pm

Who knew that attacking at pace could have such an effect?

OK 14 men, but...
Ribbans made a big difference, as did allowing Smith finally to play at 10.
He was fantastic.

His offload that led to the Steward try was a thing of beauty.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:35 pm**

Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:33 pm Twitter fucknuckles having a go at Smith for taking the draw. Jesus.

If that had been France, I'd have been furious. Weak minded decision.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:35 pm**

As a point of principle I am not watching Mammals.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:35 pm**

Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:33 pm Twitter fucknuckles having a go at Smith for taking the draw. Jesus.

Getting pumped for 71 minutes you take the fucking draw

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:37 pm**

tc27 wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:35 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:33 pm Twitter fucknuckles having a go at Smith for taking the draw. Jesus.
Getting pumped for 71 minutes you take the fucking draw

50:50 tbh. Not like it’s the world cup semi, why not go for it?

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:37 pm**

Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:33 pm Twitter fucknuckles having a go at Smith for taking the draw. Jesus.

It did show a distinct lack of ambition when facing 14 men, & in a game that's only meaningful in the possibility of getting one over on a big opponent.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:39 pm**

Weird game.
Initial anticipation killed almost stone dead by the endless penalties ... and then a sudden lurch into last-minute action and alarm.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:40 pm**

fishfoodie wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:37 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:33 pm Twitter fucknuckles having a go at Smith for taking the draw. Jesus.
It did show a distinct lack of ambition when facing 14 men, & in a game that's only meaningful in the possibility of getting one over on a big opponent.

Farrell just been asked about it and said that where the ball ended up would have made it difficult to get anything going as several England players were on the floor; if it had been in a more promising position, they might have gone for it.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:41 pm**

There are an infinite number of parallel universes in which Smith is being pilloried for not kicking the ball out because one of our many morons has moroned in front of the posts. Anyone bitching about that kick needs to get real and remember what this England team is like.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:41 pm**

tc27 wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:35 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:33 pm Twitter fucknuckles having a go at Smith for taking the draw. Jesus.
Getting pumped for 71 minutes you take the fucking draw

Except that wasn't the way the game was going at that point. I could have understood NZ kicking it out.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:43 pm**

convoluted wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:39 pm Weird game.
Initial anticipation killed almost stone dead by the endless penalties ... and then a sudden lurch into last-minute action and alarm.

Yep, it kinda seems like a weirdly appropriate end to a strange and largely unsatisfactory year for the ABs.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:44 pm**

Lady P wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:41 pm There are an infinite number of parallel universes in which Smith is being pilloried for not kicking the ball out because one of our many morons has moroned in front of the posts. Anyone bitching about that kick needs to get real and remember what this England team is like.

Accept that as a fan's view. But if that was the reasoning process on the pitch

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:49 pm**

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:44 pm
Lady P wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:41 pm There are an infinite number of parallel universes in which Smith is being pilloried for not kicking the ball out because one of our many morons has moroned in front of the posts. Anyone bitching about that kick needs to get real and remember what this England team is like.
Accept that as a fan's view. But if that was the reasoning process on the pitch

Maybe Marcus just knows he is surrounded by some of the stupidest people in the country?

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:50 pm**

Nah, kicking it out was really odd

Anyway, that game reminded me of the England 38 - 38 Scotland game when Scotland decided to ignore the coaches and play their own game in the 2nd half. Who knew England with those players could actually play like that? Everyone except Eddie it seems

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