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       Re: Eng v Arg
   DIR By: Fearless Fred
       Date: November 7, 2022, 7:08 am
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       Murley is back in the 36-man squad ahead of the Japan game:
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       Re: Eng v Arg
   DIR By: Rigger
       Date: November 7, 2022, 8:04 am
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       Can’t believe that Youngs is still in there. Good that Jamie
       George is back though
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       Re: Eng v Arg
   DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
       Date: November 7, 2022, 8:18 am
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       1. Genge
       2. George
       3. Sinkler
       4. Itoje
       5. Hill (Would prefer Coles if he can play 5)
       6. Curry
       7. Willis
       8 BV
       9 JVP
       10. Farrell
       11. Murley
       12. Slade
       13. Manu
       14. Freeman
       15. Steward
       Unless there is a major shift in plan, I honestly don't see the
       point in playing Marcus. Happy to see Jamie George back also, as
       Luke has been a liability for England recently conceding silly
       penalties and has demonstrated fairly poor decision making. I
       can't see EJ dropping both Nowell and Joe, but being as he got
       on the scoresheet I wouldn't be surprised if he starts again at
       11.
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       Re: Eng v Arg
   DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
       Date: November 8, 2022, 8:35 am
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       EJ blames the defeat as he was distracted focusing on the WC
       getting long term strategies in place. Call me old fashioned but
       if you are trying to focus on the WC next year, maybe start
       players who are in good form, in their correct positions, who
       will be the future going forward?
       #Post#: 98857--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Eng v Arg
   DIR By: DOK
       Date: November 8, 2022, 11:33 am
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       --- Quote from: blackadder ---
       >
       > Melchett:
       > Field Marshal Haig has formulated a brilliant new tactical
       plan to ensure final victory in the field.
       >
       > Blackadder:
       > Ah. Would this brilliant plan involve us climbing out of our
       trenches and walking very slowly towards the enemy?
       >
       > Captain Darling:
       > How could you possibly know that, Blackadder? It's classified
       information!
       >
       > Blackadder:
       > It's the same plan that we used last time and the seventeen
       times before that.
       >
       > Melchett:
       > Exactly! And that is what is so brilliant about it! It will
       catch the watchful Hun totally off guard! Doing precisely what
       we've done eighteen times before is exactly the last thing
       they'll expect us to do this time! There is, however, one small
       problem.
       >
       > Blackadder:
       > That everyone always gets slaughtered in the first ten
       seconds.
       >
       > Melchett:
       > That's right. And Field Marshal Haig is worried this may be
       depressing the men a tad. So he's looking for a way to cheer
       them up.
       >
       > Blackadder:
       > Well, his resignation and suicide seems the obvious choice.
       >
       > Melchett:
       > Hmm, interesting thought. Make a note of it, Darling.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       #Post#: 98864--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Eng v Arg
   DIR By: Account_109
       Date: November 8, 2022, 1:14 pm
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       --- Quote from: poorfour link ---
       >
       > Sarries' attack, though, relies on support for the ball
       carrier and creating opportunities to offload. I can't remember
       England making a single effective offload during the game, and
       the support lines were so poor that when Smith did his line
       break there was no-one on his shoulder to give the ball to. In a
       Quins shirt he'd have had Marchant, Murley, Care or Dombrandt on
       his shoulder and it would have been an almost certain try.
       >
       > England are playing like a team that's never played together
       before at the moment.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       England made 9 offloads to Argentina's 1. I really wish that
       people would actually look at the stats before making easily
       disprovable claims. From actually looking at the stats, we see
       that basically the only thing England were worse than Argentina
       at was turnovers lost (13 to Arg's 8), which to me suggests that
       England are still settling into their patterns, and that it
       won't take much for results to change
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       Re: Eng v Arg
   DIR By: DOK
       Date: November 8, 2022, 1:30 pm
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       ESPN Stats here
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       Re: Eng v Arg
   DIR By: never sleep
       Date: November 8, 2022, 1:55 pm
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       I think that England's fortunes won't change while they play
       conservatively.
       Basically they tend to kick their penalties if the penalty is
       within the opponent's half. This means that they only get 3
       points. If they need up the restart, then the other team
       equalise with little effort.
       If they start kicking for the corner, then they have a chance of
       5/7 or worst case, they lose possession which usually means that
       they get another chance at a lineout, etc. Basically, unless you
       start scoring in multiples of 5/7, you leave yourself at the
       mercy of losing a game due to a simple interception.
       On Saturday, it also didn't help that Maku was not great in the
       scrum. You basically need a solid set piece if you want to score
       in 5s or 7s.
       #Post#: 98868--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Eng v Arg
   DIR By: JammyGit
       Date: November 8, 2022, 2:46 pm
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       --- Quote from: Account_109 link ---
       >
       > England made 9 offloads to Argentina's 1. I really wish that
       people would actually look at the stats before making easily
       disprovable claims. From actually looking at the stats, we see
       that basically the only thing England were worse than Argentina
       at was turnovers lost (13 to Arg's 8), which to me suggests that
       England are still settling into their patterns, and that it
       won't take much for results to change
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Poorfour did say effective offloads. Yareet pointed out they
       were largely tip ons; there were a couple of others off the
       floor and one from Billy I remember when he was being held up.
       Good effective offloads happen on the front foot when you get
       through contact, and the receiver is in space as a result. We
       offloaded to people mostly running into a tackler or just as an
       attempt to avoid a ruck.
       #Post#: 98869--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Eng v Arg
   DIR By: Account_109
       Date: November 8, 2022, 3:06 pm
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       --- Quote from: JammyGit link ---
       >
       > Poorfour did say effective offloads. Yareet pointed out they
       were largely tip ons; there were a couple of others off the
       floor and one from Billy I remember when he was being held up.
       >
       > Good effective offloads happen on the front foot when you get
       through contact, and the receiver is in space as a result. We
       offloaded to people mostly running into a tackler or just as an
       attempt to avoid a ruck.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I would strongly disagree with that definition of an effective
       offload. There are plenty of reasons to offload that aren't just
       to put someone through a gap - primarily to change the point of
       contact, allowing you to make a dominant carry and get front
       foot ball. You also mention offloads off the floor, which are
       popular at the moment as another tool in the arms race for
       faster ruck speed. Would you say that an offload isn't effective
       if it directly leads to a clean break being made on the next
       phase, rather than putting someone through a gap immediately?
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