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       #Post#: 104891--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Smith gets 15 second 
   DIR By: baggie
       Date: February 27, 2023, 6:37 pm
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       --- Quote from: JammyGit link ---
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       > The cross kick is something Marcus is not actually very good
       at despite trying it all the time...
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       Unfortunately Marcus tends to use the “kick to score” tactic
       from open play when you risk turning the ball over if
       unsuccessful … contrast that with Danny Care who only tends to
       use “kick to score” when he is playing with a penalty advantage
       in his favour
       #Post#: 104893--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Smith gets 15 second 
   DIR By: RodneyRegis
       Date: February 28, 2023, 2:17 am
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       --- Quote from: baggie link ---
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       > What makes you think he was being sarcastic ?
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       > This is the essence of what Saracens & Leicester have done in
       recent years and it has worked for them in terms of trophies won
       … at the top level most sports operate on the “copycat”
       principle, i.e. if it worked for someone else it can work for us
       >
       > This is despite the evidence we have seen from the
       international game that “ball in hand” is now the way to play …
       as per Scotland & Italy who have both made significant
       improvements this year and are trying to emulate what Ireland &
       France do … England are going in the opposite direction
       >
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       OK. Sarcasm is the wrong word. He was being derisory.
       #Post#: 104905--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Smith gets 15 second 
   DIR By: Fearless Fred
       Date: February 28, 2023, 5:01 am
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       Charlie Morgan of the Telegraph on twitter is suggesting Marcus
       has been left out of the squad with Ford replacing him (making
       Smith available for BG14).
       #Post#: 104911--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Smith gets 15 second 
   DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
       Date: February 28, 2023, 5:20 am
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       Brilliant news!! His time will come.
       #Post#: 104984--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Smith gets 15 second 
   DIR By: Quinspirational
       Date: March 1, 2023, 3:03 pm
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       I can’t believe SB has just dropped Marcus or any of the other
       Quins boys,  he has been England head coach for 5 minutes and
       wasn’t able to make wholesale changes, I do believe he is making
       the most of what he has got so he can get  through the World Cup
       without embarrassing England, I hope that after the World Cup he
       will build his own team which will be based around Marcus. SB
       releasing Marcus and others is also giving them valuable game
       time which he cannot give them in the England side. Farrell and
       a few others won’t be in contention for places after this World
       Cup but SB has inherited a squad built around Farrell which he
       has to work with and we have to get behind him.
       #Post#: 104985--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Smith gets 15 second 
   DIR By: Yareet
       Date: March 1, 2023, 3:57 pm
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       --- Quote from: Quinspirational link ---
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       > I can’t believe SB has just dropped Marcus or any of the other
       Quins boys,  he has been England head coach for 5 minutes and
       wasn’t able to make wholesale changes, I do believe he is making
       the most of what he has got so he can get  through the World Cup
       without embarrassing England, I hope that after the World Cup he
       will build his own team which will be based around Marcus. SB
       releasing Marcus and others is also giving them valuable game
       time which he cannot give them in the England side. Farrell and
       a few others won’t be in contention for places after this World
       Cup but SB has inherited a squad built around Farrell which he
       has to work with and we have to get behind him.
       >
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       I’m still not convinced by this. He’s only 31.
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