RWC: ENG v WAL (Twickenham): POOL A
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the plastic paddy
John Solomon (38)
Lots of negativity out of you Aussies. England have backed themselves into a corner and I can't see a way out for them. You will dump the Orcs out of the tournament next weekend and we can all have a good laugh.
Inside Shoulder
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Cheka can't win: if he lays out his philosophy it will be pulled apart and discredited; if he professes ignorance he'll be criticised but at least none of our opponents will gain insight into his philosophy.
The BP permutations are so complicatd that worrying about them is more effort than it's worth. As a coach if you start talking about how you can get through even if you lose games that are yet to be played there is a risk that the players start contemplating a loss as acceptable. Managing expectations and psyche is easier if you just make the squad approach the issue on the basis of winning them all.
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
No we don't know who is going to be selected. We all have an opinion as to who should be.
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John Eales (66)
Let's not overthink all the permutations fellas. Win every game, get out of the group. It's that simple. If we can't manage that then we're not as good as we thought we were.
Lorenzo
Colin Windon (37)
Some of has never been confident of 4 from 4. Probably why we are anxious about bonus points.
I am one of those people. I am also, however, confident that if we make the quarter finals, we can take it from there and succeed.
swingpass
Peter Sullivan (51)
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
KOB1987
John Eales (66)
That's absolute crap. Find me a stat that supports that. Beale for one often gets criticised for being weak under the high ball but show me the link to the footage of the last time he dropped one cold.
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Trevor Allan (34)
should happen more often
You would be surprised how often it does happen. Obviously when we aren't the opposition that is.
swingpass
Peter Sullivan (51)
Cheika it seems to me has ALWAYS been a one match at a time bloke, in public anyway. So his mantra to players and public alike is that to win the RWC you just have to win the game you are playing, not the next one or the one after that.
Personally i am quietly confident that between them Cheika, Larkham, Gray and Ledesma have a plan and are working to that. In all likelihood we may struggle to beat England. but i think Wales will be buggered by the time they come to play the Wallabies and won't pose a great threat.
Personally i am quietly confident that between them Cheika, Larkham, Gray and Ledesma have a plan and are working to that. In all likelihood we may struggle to beat England. but i think Wales will be buggered by the time they come to play the Wallabies and won't pose a great threat.
Groucho
Greg Davis (50)
You're the one getting "carried away" when you come out with such condescending tosh as "once he actually wins something (meaningful)". And that's just the bar for for you sucking his dick. You really are one negative hombre.
CatchnPass
Vay Wilson (31)
And the fun begins - good summary of UK press reaction: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11519709 . It may be kicking the sleeping dog, but gee I love seeing the dodger press all frothed up like this. Eg,
"A 12-month policy shift in favour of greater sophistication was abandoned in the face of the Welsh midfield threat. Lancaster refused to see it that way. He cast it as horses for courses. But the knife-edge was all too clear. Victory would have vindicated the meddling. Defeat has cast Lancaster as the coach who ripped up a winning formula, at home, against a team with an injury list as long as the M4. Robshaw's captaincy is also badly battered."
"A 12-month policy shift in favour of greater sophistication was abandoned in the face of the Welsh midfield threat. Lancaster refused to see it that way. He cast it as horses for courses. But the knife-edge was all too clear. Victory would have vindicated the meddling. Defeat has cast Lancaster as the coach who ripped up a winning formula, at home, against a team with an injury list as long as the M4. Robshaw's captaincy is also badly battered."
maxdacat
Nicholas Shehadie (39)
This - how many different people taking kicks have we had since the last RWC? I reckon it would easily be double figures.
In recent times the only kicker in Oz who has this long, penetrating kicking style with a pretty straight path has been Beale, albeit without the consistency of these guys. Plus, he hasn't commanded a starting position often at Super level, let alone Test level. With attention and dedication he could probably be a very good goal-kicker, but we tend not to pick the kicker first, more the ballplayer, and Beale has not been good enough at that to demand selection. It's telling that a freak like Neil Jenkins coaches both Biggar and Halfpenny.
Oh, and Nic White, but the same applies.
Gnostic
Mark Ella (57)
^^^ and I would add Cyclo that given our kicker is not picked first, but rather is a tie breaker of sorts between balacned options, those in that frame would tend to concentrate their training time on other aspects.
Is the few months that Malone has been with the team enough to overcome the technique issues in Foley's kicking. On recent results (with a very small sample size) would indicate that a positive impact has been made, and we hope that is indeed the case.
Is the few months that Malone has been with the team enough to overcome the technique issues in Foley's kicking. On recent results (with a very small sample size) would indicate that a positive impact has been made, and we hope that is indeed the case.
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David Codey (61)
I'm not getting it.
I thought we won our first game?
We have a human bye tonight.
Then we have England who are actually playing shit,and Wales who have an injury toll that would cruel the AB's.
Things are looking a lot better today,than before it started, with or without a bonus point.
Enjoy the ride!
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