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       Re: Confirmed - Marcus benched, Slade dropped, backline is
       basically all Saints
   DIR By: DOK
       Date: March 8, 2025, 6:40 am
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       Ugo: I feel for Marcus Smith
  HTML https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/07/i-feel-for-marcus-smith-borthwick-was-never-prepared-to-build-team-around-him
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       > It’s important to depersonalise it but I’m not sure Borthwick
       completely trusts Marcus’s style of play because it is in
       complete conflict with how the head coach sees the game. I’ve
       played with Steve, he was my captain, and Marcus’s instinctive
       game is not part of Steve’s DNA. It was not how he played, not
       how he coached domestically and not how he has coached at
       international level. He had to pick Marcus because of how
       consistently brilliant he has been for Harlequins but I suspect
       that when Steve watches Fin at No 10, his heart rate drops a
       little bit. He feels more comfortable.
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       #Post#: 134950--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Confirmed - Marcus benched, Slade dropped, backline is
       basically all Saints
   DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
       Date: March 9, 2025, 4:09 am
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       > That's sacrilege. It should be Maidstone Quin who's head
       coach.
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       Ahem....!
       #Post#: 134970--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Confirmed - Marcus benched, Slade dropped, backline is
       basically all Saints
   DIR By: Quinky
       Date: March 10, 2025, 6:04 am
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       --- Quote from: deadlyfrom5yardsout link ---
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       > Ahem....!
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       Oops! That should be the one and only Dangly. Imagine, a DoR
       with his own butler...
       #Post#: 134971--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Confirmed - Marcus benched, Slade dropped, backline is
       basically all Saints
   DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
       Date: March 10, 2025, 6:41 am
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       I think everyone would enjoy me at the helm, it would be
       absolute gold. Netflix series type stuff.
       #Post#: 134972--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Confirmed - Marcus benched, Slade dropped, backline is
       basically all Saints
   DIR By: Banstead Quin
       Date: March 10, 2025, 7:09 am
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       I think get Marcus back and lay it out for him, as 3 wins means
       England have performed better than we thought, so Borethick and
       co are safe for now.
       If you want to show your worth, guide Quins to League and
       European wins. Out perform Russell, other Smith, Ford and
       Prendergast when you play against them and keep going. It might
       count him out of the Lions this time but if Farrell wants to use
       his attacking skills, then he'd be ok.
       Tell me why a backline of Tuipulotu, Jones, Lowe, DvdM, Kinghorn
       is better with the other 10s than Marcus?
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