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Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:11 pm
by Ymx
It’s been absolutely pouring with rain in South East.
This game is probably not going to be one of high tempo, accuracy and slick moves.
An old traditional mud wrestle fest might be a more likely.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:56 pm
by Paddington Bear
Don’t think this will be one for the neutral.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:56 pm
by Paddington Bear
Marylandolorian wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:45 pm
What channel is the game on?
Thanks
Prime
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:10 pm
by Hal Jordan
Christ, the rain!
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:15 pm
by Insane_Homer
God save the King for the first, surreal.
weather radar suggesting rain should stop with the next 30 mins
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:18 pm
by Hal Jordan
Flats just announced 17 kicks so far - not even 2 and a half minutes gone...
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:22 pm
by PCPhil
Don’t want to put the mockers on him and wish he was a little bit faster but steady Freddy Steward under the high ball. If we met SA in world cup it almost negates their high kicking game.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:23 pm
by Paddington Bear
Steward is putting Argentina under serious pressure
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:25 pm
by Insane_Homer
looked like head to head off the ball...?
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:26 pm
by Paddington Bear
Moulded spikes probably not the call from Smith
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:27 pm
by Hal Jordan
Comedy of errors by England leading up to that, Billy V stripped, Smith falls flat on his arse, penalties all over the shop.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:28 pm
by Insane_Homer
bullshit pen, ball was off the turf.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:28 pm
by Slick
Glad Farrell is kicking so I don’t have to look at Smiths face too much
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:30 pm
by Slick
Twickenham buzzing
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:31 pm
by Lobby
Slick wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:28 pm
Glad Farrell is kicking so I don’t have to look at Smiths face too much
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:34 pm
by Insane_Homer
"ooh that was nice"
wtf, pass to a guy standing stationary.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:35 pm
by Hal Jordan
Lobby wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:31 pm
Slick wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:28 pm
Glad Farrell is kicking so I don’t have to look at Smiths face too much
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:36 pm
by Hal Jordan
The tempo of the music playing as the pack go about their pre-scrum ritual is both fucking annoying and totally at odds with the tempo of the match, which needs the Funeral March.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:40 pm
by Slick
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:41 pm
by PCPhil
Hal Jordan wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:35 pm
Lobby wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:31 pm
Slick wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:28 pm
Glad Farrell is kicking so I don’t have to look at Smiths face too much
Too much?
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:42 pm
by Paddington Bear
Good scrum, good line, probably deserved
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:43 pm
by Hal Jordan
That's how you run a strike move off the scrum.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:43 pm
by Insane_Homer
Slick wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:28 pm
Glad Farrell is kicking so I don’t have to look at Smiths face too much
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Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:44 pm
by Hal Jordan
PCPhil wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:41 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:35 pm
Lobby wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:31 pm
Too much?
Luther Vandross, I feel.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:48 pm
by PCPhil
Ahh, the beauty of a Ben Youngs no look pass.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:48 pm
by Hal Jordan
OK, a good tackle by Tuilagi, but the guy was blindsided and not set at all.
Super Ben Youngs pass.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:49 pm
by Oxbow
Ah, a Ben Youngs pass straight into touch, all is well with the world.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:50 pm
by Paddington Bear
That’s the experience 1,000 caps gives you
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:50 pm
by fishfoodie
PCPhil wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:48 pm
Ahh, the beauty of a Ben Youngs no look pass.
no matter how many times you've seen it, it still takes your breath away .....
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:51 pm
by Tichtheid
That’s why Blair Kinghorn doesn’t kick for Edinburgh
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:55 pm
by PCPhil
Cin ell guys. Just…take…a…few….steps…back…rather…than …giving …easy…penalties. Ok?
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:56 pm
by Paddington Bear
England’s discipline utterly criminal as ever, under no pressure we’re leaking chances to an excellent kicker
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:02 pm
by Slick
Listening to these commentators it’s unfathomable how England are not the best team in the world by a long long way and winning this match by over 100
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:04 pm
by Paddington Bear
Discipline horrendous and has kept Argentina in a game they have no real right to be in.
Attack much improved. I like the use of Billy/Genge/Sinks, their ball skills are looking good and the interchange of Smoth and Faz does seem to be keeping Argentina off balance. The problem remains that in the time it takes Youngs to distribute they’ve reformed again. There’s a fair chance we’ll run in a couple when JvP comes on.
Scrum very impressive, maul not quite as potent in Oz.
This feels a little like Wales and Scotland in the 6N, we’ve had plenty of time on top without cutting them loose which leaves us vulnerable to a turnaround, particularly when you price in at least three more kickable pens under no pressure
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:05 pm
by Hal Jordan
"Solid".
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:05 pm
by GrahamWa
Slick wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:02 pm
Listening to these commentators it’s unfathomable how England are not the best team in the world by a long long way and winning this match by over 100
The cheerleading from the comms box is unbearable. I would turn them off and just listen to the crowd atmosphere but it's quieter than Murrayfield was yesterday.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:06 pm
by Paddington Bear
Slick wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:02 pm
Listening to these commentators it’s unfathomable how England are not the best team in the world by a long long way and winning this match by over 100
This is a recurring theme from yesterday as well, in fairness. Barclay (I think it was him?) went on and on at the ref for any decision going against Scotland, Warbs and Shanklin were horrific as discussed and Bowe was hectoring Habana about the ref through half time. Send them all to different games
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:09 pm
by Margin__Walker
Nice to nick the three at the end there and the set piece is going well, but EJ is clearly holding a lot back for the RWC as far as our attack goes.
Most noticeably a competent 9. Youngs was rubbish yet again in that 40. Extremely lucky to win that first pen we slotted, as he'd absolutely lifted the ball to trigger the Argie defence to come up.
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:10 pm
by Slick
Paddington Bear wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:06 pm
Slick wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:02 pm
Listening to these commentators it’s unfathomable how England are not the best team in the world by a long long way and winning this match by over 100
This is a recurring theme from yesterday as well, in fairness. Barclay (I think it was him?) went on and on at the ref for any decision going against Scotland, Warbs and Shanklin were horrific as discussed and Bowe was hectoring Habana about the ref through half time. Send them all to different games
Fair enough. To be honest didn’t massively notice it yesterday except the Ireland game - bit we get used to that from the URC.
There was one point where they were going on about how awful it much be for the Argies having to tackle some of the big England players- the same argies that have just spent the last 6 weeks playing SA, NZ and OZ
Re: AI Matches W2: Sat 5; Ita v Sam - Sco v Fij - Wal v NZ - Ire v SA - Fra v Aus : Sun; Eng v Arg
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:10 pm
by Torquemada 1420
Kiwias wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 11:26 am
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 8:00 am
Overall, this was a 3/10 performance and an arse reaming awaits next week unless there are selection changes and some players get their acts together. Light years from where Ireland are at the moment.
Torq
Some harsh comments but largely accurate. You have to wonder how they managed to steal the win.
France are absolutely the worst team in the world to start as favourites because they all too easily start believing their own hype. A loss would have been a needed wake up call.
