RWC R2 - England vs. Japan - Sunday 17th - 20:00 BST

Where goats go to escape
Post Reply
Simian
Posts: 786
Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2022 12:53 pm

el capitan wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:53 pm Take your pick on individual players, but my take is that when you look shambolic in every facet, permanently confused, lacking clarity and direction, unable to do the very basics, and every single player looks shit..... then it's squarely on the coaching team.
100% the right answer
Top
Oxbow
Posts: 1492
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:45 pm

Did a lock just run down Daly there?
Top
User avatar
Hal Jordan
Posts: 4594
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:48 pm
Location: Sector 2814

Daly is so fucking slow.
Top
User avatar
Torquemada 1420
Posts: 11945
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:22 am
Location: Hut 8

Japan have accepted the challenge and have come up with a worse kicking game than England's.

This pool is sooooooooo bad that no team in it would have got out of any of the other pools, including C.
Top
tc27
Posts: 2559
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:18 pm

No one has a fucking clue when we have the ball
Top
User avatar
Torquemada 1420
Posts: 11945
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:22 am
Location: Hut 8

Didn't Austin Healey do that overhead kick once against a Fre team of some persuasion.... and it resulted in a try?
Top
User avatar
Hal Jordan
Posts: 4594
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:48 pm
Location: Sector 2814

tc27 wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:09 pm No one has a fucking clue when we have the ball
Full on 3rd XV stuff.
Top
User avatar
Hal Jordan
Posts: 4594
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:48 pm
Location: Sector 2814

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:09 pm Didn't Austin Healey do that overhead kick once against a Fre team of some persuasion.... and it resulted in a try?
2002, I think, Catt scored.
Top
el capitan
Posts: 192
Joined: Sun Feb 05, 2023 12:25 am
Location: Middle England

Ben Kay for once spot on - no one has the first fucking clue what line they're supposed to run and when. Virtually every time we shift it to Ford when everyone else is already ahead of him.

The only thing you can do is laugh, woeful.
Top
User avatar
sturginho
Posts: 2582
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:51 pm

"It's been knocked on" is the story of this match
Top
petej
Posts: 2506
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:41 am
Location: Gwent

Hal Jordan wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:06 pm Daly is so fucking slow.
We are weird about wingers as we keep on playing them after their pace has gone.
Top
User avatar
Torquemada 1420
Posts: 11945
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:22 am
Location: Hut 8

This game :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:
Top
Oxbow
Posts: 1492
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:45 pm

This is eye-bleedingly bad.
Top
User avatar
Torquemada 1420
Posts: 11945
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:22 am
Location: Hut 8

Hal Jordan wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:10 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:09 pm Didn't Austin Healey do that overhead kick once against a Fre team of some persuasion.... and it resulted in a try?
2002, I think, Catt scored.
Cheers.
Top
User avatar
Hal Jordan
Posts: 4594
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:48 pm
Location: Sector 2814

Good thing we have am experienced scrum half on the bench...
Top
inactionman
Posts: 3398
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:37 am

This does explain why we kick it so much.


One particularly highlight was Ford running one way and the entire midfield the other.
Top
Slick
Posts: 13226
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:58 pm

Japan are going to be kicking themselves after this game
All the money you made will never buy back your soul
Top
User avatar
ScarfaceClaw
Posts: 2806
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:11 pm

I’m giving a lot of thought to just going to bed.
Top
Oxbow
Posts: 1492
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:45 pm

Hal Jordan wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:10 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:09 pm Didn't Austin Healey do that overhead kick once against a Fre team of some persuasion.... and it resulted in a try?
2002, I think, Catt scored.
Vaguely remember Matt Dawson doing one and it resulting in a try.
Top
User avatar
ScarfaceClaw
Posts: 2806
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:11 pm

Slick wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:12 pm Japan are going to be kicking themselves after this game
They’d likely miss.
Top
User avatar
Torquemada 1420
Posts: 11945
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:22 am
Location: Hut 8

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:12 pm I’m giving a lot of thought to just going to bed.
This is so bad, I might join you. Literally.
Top
Lady P
Posts: 182
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:12 pm

To think I was worried I might need to work tonight
Top
User avatar
Sandstorm
Posts: 11675
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:05 pm
Location: England

Shithouse England vs Madhouse Japan. No one wins tonight, including the fans forced to watch it.
Last edited by Sandstorm on Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Top
User avatar
ScarfaceClaw
Posts: 2806
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:11 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:13 pm
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:12 pm I’m giving a lot of thought to just going to bed.
This is so bad, I might join you. Literally.
I am a gentle and considerate lover.
Top
petej
Posts: 2506
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:41 am
Location: Gwent

Glad to see the crowd booing the kicking
Top
Slick
Posts: 13226
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:58 pm

Do you think that’s England supporters booing?
All the money you made will never buy back your soul
Top
User avatar
Torquemada 1420
Posts: 11945
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:22 am
Location: Hut 8

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:14 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:13 pm
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:12 pm I’m giving a lot of thought to just going to bed.
This is so bad, I might join you. Literally.
I am a gentle and considerate lover.
Ah, well, I'm out then.
Top
sockwithaticket
Posts: 9246
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 11:48 am

Hal Jordan wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:55 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:21 am As it's on a Sunday evening, this will be the first England match I will have watched without a beer for many a year.
So this turned out to be a filthy lie.
Can't blame you. I've been tee-total since I was actually legally able to drink, but this is one of those days where I wish maybe I hadn't made that decision.
Top
sefton
Posts: 811
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:00 pm

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:12 pm I’m giving a lot of thought to just going to bed.
You’re not English. You’ve no excuse to staying awake through this.
Top
User avatar
Torquemada 1420
Posts: 11945
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:22 am
Location: Hut 8

sefton wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:15 pm
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:12 pm I’m giving a lot of thought to just going to bed.
You’re not English. You’ve no excuse to staying awake through this.
We're all hanging on to the hope of Japan scoring from a Steward knock on with 5 seconds on the clock to secure a 14-13 win.
Top
User avatar
ScarfaceClaw
Posts: 2806
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:11 pm

sefton wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:15 pm
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:12 pm I’m giving a lot of thought to just going to bed.
You’re not English. You’ve no excuse to staying awake through this.
I am stone cold sober as well.
Top
el capitan
Posts: 192
Joined: Sun Feb 05, 2023 12:25 am
Location: Middle England

You know Scabbers gave them a big speech at HT, it's got worse :lol:
Top
tc27
Posts: 2559
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:18 pm

Christ Argentina are shit :shock:
Top
User avatar
Torquemada 1420
Posts: 11945
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:22 am
Location: Hut 8

Vunipola on to add some pace to the proceedings.
Top
User avatar
ScarfaceClaw
Posts: 2806
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:11 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:18 pm Vunipola on to add some pace to the proceedings.
Chasing the kicks with gusto.
Top
User avatar
Torquemada 1420
Posts: 11945
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:22 am
Location: Hut 8

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:19 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:18 pm Vunipola on to add some pace to the proceedings.
Chasing the kicks with gutso.
Top
sefton
Posts: 811
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:00 pm

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:17 pm
sefton wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:15 pm
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:12 pm I’m giving a lot of thought to just going to bed.
You’re not English. You’ve no excuse to staying awake through this.
I am stone cold sober as well.
Get yourself a dominatrix, it will be more pleasurable and probably less painful.
Top
User avatar
ScarfaceClaw
Posts: 2806
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:11 pm

sefton wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:20 pm
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:17 pm
sefton wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:15 pm

You’re not English. You’ve no excuse to staying awake through this.
I am stone cold sober as well.
Get yourself a dominatrix, it will be more pleasurable and probably less painful.
If she makes me carry on watching this then I’ll be reaching for that safe word.
Top
tc27
Posts: 2559
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:18 pm

Header!
Top
User avatar
Torquemada 1420
Posts: 11945
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:22 am
Location: Hut 8

That sums up this clown show.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “The Bear Pit”