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England team for Scotland
DIR By: Adrian
Date: February 2, 2023, 8:36 am
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HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/64500383
England: Steward; Malins, Marchant, Farrell (capt),
Hassell-Collins; Smith, Van Poortvliet; Genge, George, Sinckler,
Itoje, Chessum, Ludlam, B Curry, Dombrandt.
Replacements: Walker, M Vunipola, Cole, Isiekwe, Earl, Youngs,
Lawrence, Watson
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Re: England team for Scotland
DIR By: BedfordshireBoy
Date: February 2, 2023, 8:49 am
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So much for the live press conference that should have been
streaming 10 minutes ago.
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Re: England team for Scotland
DIR By: DazzaS
Date: February 2, 2023, 8:52 am
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Oh joy, Marcus at 10 and Farrell at 12. Because that worked well
before, didn't it.
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Re: England team for Scotland
DIR By: oakhaven
Date: February 2, 2023, 9:02 am
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I don't hate that team at all. Would probably have preferred
Lawrence to start, with Faz on the bench, but there's heaps of
dynamism in the pack and JVP over Youngs is a very positive
selection as well.
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Re: England team for Scotland
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: February 2, 2023, 9:08 am
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Still shades of EJ.
Marcus needs a solid bosher along side him to have that
effective linkup play, so we will just get more of the same.
Fairly disappointed in Nev for thinking its even conceivable.
Would of preferred Earl over Curry to start. And what is our
obsession with playing someone at 6, who actually rarely
features there for their club? Ludlam will carry well though, so
lets see.
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Re: England team for Scotland
DIR By: Surbiton Quin
Date: February 2, 2023, 9:18 am
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[quote author=MaidstoneQuin link=topic=5747.msg103674#msg103674
date=1675350504]
Fairly disappointed in Nev for thinking its even conceivable.
Not really Nev's call though was it, although I sympathise with
your view on OF as a centre
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Re: England team for Scotland
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: February 2, 2023, 9:20 am
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--- Quote from: Surbiton Quin link ---
>
> [quote author=MaidstoneQuin
link=topic=5747.msg103674#msg103674 date=1675350504]
> Fairly disappointed in Nev for thinking its even conceivable.
>
> Not really Nev's call though was it, although I sympathise
with your view on OF as a centre
>
--- End Quote ---
Ultimately its SB who picks it, but he did come out with some
sound bites saying he thinks it can work. I guess one of two
things will happen, in that NEV work his magic and the attack
flows and he will get a nice job offer. OR, we will be a team
relying on penalty kicks at goal, as once the ball gets to Owen
it won't do anything much like the AI's.
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Re: England team for Scotland
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: February 2, 2023, 9:39 am
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Charlie Morgan's piece in the Telegraph
HTML https://archive.ph/JJQvp
shows some hints about how Snapper and
Borthwick might be looking at the Smith-Farrell pairing may work
better given the other changes. I think the key is that before,
with Tuilagi as a hard carrier in the 13 slot was the wrong foil
to pair with Smith & Farrell. If you want to play a hard crash
centre with Smith, you want him at 12 (as we see with Andre).
Playing him at 13 meant that you had the impact too far out,
giving the defensive patterns to set to accommodate both him and
any break that Smith is able to generate from that. Instead,
with a more elusive runner in Marchant, it opens up more
possibilities.
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Re: England team for Scotland
DIR By: QuincyJones
Date: February 2, 2023, 9:44 am
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It seems SB really rates Marchant. Wondering if he regrets
leaving for France now?!
I'm sure the salary increase from Stade will soften the blow but
I sympathise with his situation, must be frustrating that EJ
didn't rate him enough and now it looks like SB does!
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Re: England team for Scotland
DIR By: Grins
Date: February 2, 2023, 10:30 am
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I wonder if Marchant has a good 6N he can find a way to play in
the World Cup? Hope so for his sake.
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