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Re: Team vs Bath
DIR By: poorfour
Date: February 5, 2021, 6:49 am
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> How have Bath managed to get some of those players out on the
pitch? Especially with concussion protocols... Hmmm...
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Pro concussion protocols are very different from amateur ones
because the player can be monitored closely by medical staff. If
they are asymptomatic I think it's a minimum 7 day RTP, and
given they played on Friday night it's just about doable. Will
have missed some training, though...
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Re: Team vs Bath
DIR By: noah_jo
Date: February 5, 2021, 6:51 am
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Mental that Smith has almost half of Marler's cap count already!
At the current rate, he'd have more caps than Brown before he
turned 30!
Obviously intl and injuries mean thats optimisitic but still
pretty mental
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Re: Team vs Bath
DIR By: Liverpoolquin
Date: February 5, 2021, 6:54 am
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Yep it’s crazy to think Smith is still only 21 and has that
number of caps for us. Surely Eddie can’t continue to ignore
him, on current form he’s the best fly half in the premiership
for me.
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Re: Team vs Bath
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: February 5, 2021, 7:07 am
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Good call to keep the same team, maybe now we will be more
consistent in our approach.
Baths backs in particular cannot be taken lightly.
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Re: Team vs Bath
DIR By: Jedzi
Date: February 5, 2021, 7:34 am
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If you look at the players Bath are missing from their likely
starting line-up:
Injury: Underhill, Ewels International call-up: Watson,
Obano, Stuart, Joseph, Redpath, Faletau
We're missing:
Injury: Chisholm, Murley (arguably not a nailed on starter)
International call-up: no-one
While it's a shame to have no Quins players at all in the
England squad, compared to when we had 6 a couple of years ago
this puts us in a much stronger position.
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Re: Team vs Bath
DIR By: RhubarbAndGustard
Date: February 5, 2021, 7:34 am
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Personally think that’s a really poor Bath squad. Neither of
their 1st choice props, no Joseph, Watson, Redpath, McConnochie,
or Ewels. Faletau, Stooke, Underhill and Boyce missing too. Just
having a big backline doesn’t make them good.
Obviously lucky we’ve only lost Steele to international duty,
but that’s not far off our best squad again. Anything less than
5 points will be disappointing imo
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Re: Team vs Bath
DIR By: Liverpoolquin
Date: February 5, 2021, 7:39 am
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Think Joseph has been dropped rather than an international call
up? He’s only in the shadow squad.
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Re: Team vs Bath
DIR By: Jedzi
Date: February 5, 2021, 7:50 am
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--- Quote from: Liverpoolquin link ---
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> Think Joseph has been dropped rather than an international
call up? He’s only in the shadow squad.
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I knew he was dropped from the 'full' England squad, but I'd
assumed being in the shadow squad meant he couldn't play, or
maybe Bath had rested him because of the international
preparations.
I would imagine England will have had a pretty full-on week,
given that most of them haven't played for nearly a month and
the Saracens players (except Billy V) even longer.
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Re: Team vs Bath
DIR By: Donuts
Date: February 5, 2021, 7:53 am
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Marchant is also in the shadow squad but starting for us again
this week
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Re: Team vs Bath
DIR By: BedfordshireBoy
Date: February 5, 2021, 7:55 am
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--- Quote from: Liverpoolquin link ---
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> Yep it’s crazy to think Smith is still only 21 and has that
number of caps for us. Surely Eddie can’t continue to ignore
him, on current form he’s the best fly half in the premiership
for me.
>
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As long as Ford and Farrell can actually stand Smith will be
nowhere near the England team, even then I am not sure that
Jones see's Smith as next in line.
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