Last night's inept performance by England just confirmed my view that none of the current squad would get in to anybody's World XV 3rd team. Hardly surprising therefore that we were beaten out of sight by a good RSA team.
Not a thing to shout about: not even a kick at goal during the whole 80 minutes (except for a couple of missed drops).
I have now assumed Welsh nationality on the basis of having visited Merthyr Tydfil once or twice on business. All the best to them today (never thought I'd find myself saying that!!)
Gardian wrote:Last night's inept performance by England just confirmed my view that none of the current squad would get in to anybody's World XV 3rd team. Hardly surprising therefore that we were beaten out of sight by a good RSA team. Not a thing to shout about: not even a kick at goal during the whole 80 minutes (except for a couple of missed drops). I have now assumed Welsh nationality on the basis of having visited Merthyr Tydfil once or twice on business. All the best to them today (never thought I'd find myself saying that!!)
I think they managed a first in this World Cup last night? A whitewash!
I'm not whining and the last thing on this Earth that I would do is to live in Wales or even think about nationality, sorry Twinks!!!
I just don't know how such a potentialy good team could have been so amature and I wonder if they will have the cheek to pick up their pay packets. All apart from Robinson who ran his heart out and screwed his knee! I would love to see them win again, but they will have to act like the professionals they are highly paid to be!
Gardian wrote: I have now assumed Welsh nationality on the basis of having visited Merthyr Tydfil once or twice on business. All the best to them today (never thought I'd find myself saying that!!)
Good for you boyo!
They just got slaughtered by the aussies though - I think. Where the hell is Merthyr Tydfil?
(I'll send the CD next week - promise)
Ashton may or may not be a good coach, but returning to my original point, the Tri-nations sides would virtually fill a 1st, 2nd & 3rd XV, with England (in particular) and most of the other 6-Nations hardly getting a look in. It hardly matters about the strengths of the coach if the quality of the players is lacking. Sad but true.
None of the major Southern hemisphere sides has (so far) struggled against so-called 'minnows' - the same can't be said for the North.
When England won in 2003, we almost certainly had 5 or 6 players who would have made most people's World 1st XV. Not now.
TWINKLE wrote: They just got slaughtered by the aussies though - I think.
They just got slaughtered by the aussies though - I think.
To be honest, I didn't see it as a slaughter - far from it. They just give themselves too much to do in the 2nd half, which was fine against Canada, but too much against Australia.
I'm really enjoying the tournament, but do have a problem with this 'citing' lark. Vickery gets cited and banned for 2 matches for a totally innocuous trip. Two blatant and dangerous body checks (one by either side) in today's Wales vs Aus game pass by with a finger-wagging.
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