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Ray Winstone

By Ray Winstone
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They're not exactly top of my Xmas list either, tbf. And will Dan Cole - surely the ugliest man in world sport - ever have a shave FFS? :down:

 

Cheeky git

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Dusk_Till_Dawn

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Beat team by a mile are going to win this. England have been nothing more than mediocre all tournament

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shaun.lawson

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You expect one great performance from France at the world cup

 

We've seen half of one so far

 

Exactly. Their second half performance - which started going wrong when they inexplicably took Yachvili off - left me feeling Wales have every chance next week. On the other hand though, France didn't even have to play well for 80 minutes to beat a poor England side.

 

What is with all these replacements, by the way? They kill the momentum of the game; and coach after coach seem obsessed with taking all their best players off. Ben Youngs off? Why? Wilkinson off, at a time we needed 10 points to win, meaning a penalty or drop goal might well have come into the equation late on? Why?

 

Is there any strategy involved in any of it? Doesn't seem like it from where I'm sitting. Good luck to France though - in the northern hemisphere, only they and Wales ever seem to have the innate wit to play proper running rugby, so it's fitting one of them will end up in the final.

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Here comes the inquest - why are you so surprised Steve you have been absolute shite the whole tournament - lucky against Argentina, luck against Scotland and now pumped by the French...

 

Wsit: Yes stve finally your right you were just wrong, you aren't good enough

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Dusk_Till_Dawn

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And rider - 'we assumed there was another gear'. 'England are better than this.'

 

Total delusion

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Rider: "England as a squad of players are better than this, aren't they?" :vrface:

 

Pienaar: "Not on this performance, they're not".

 

Spot on, Franko. :thumbsup:

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Rider: "England as a squad of players are better than this, aren't they?" :vrface:

 

Pienaar: "Not on this performance, they're not".

 

Spot on, Franko. :thumbsup:

 

Him and Fitzpatrick have told it like it is all the way through - and they're right about no leadership. Moody's no captain

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Rider: "England as a squad of players are better than this, aren't they?" :vrface:

 

Pienaar: "Not on this performance, they're not".

 

Spot on, Franko. :thumbsup:

 

Was wondering what he was called... :)

 

Rider is a buffoon!

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Him and Fitzpatrick have told it like it is all the way through - and they're right about no leadership. Moody's no captain

 

:Agree:

 

All the off-field incidents have suggested a culture of no leadership or respect. I also have to think Haskell was benched because of those incidents: otherwise, it makes no sense at all.

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On another note, did engalnd have a single penalty kick ? That must be a first surely at this level... Got to credit the French there

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Dusk_Till_Dawn

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On another note, did engalnd have a single penalty kick ? That must be a first surely at this level... Got to credit the French there

 

If the game had been tighter they'd probably have kicked a couple of their pens

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If the game had been tighter they'd probably have kicked a couple of their pens

 

True true towards the end at least

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On another note, did engalnd have a single penalty kick ? That must be a first surely at this level... Got to credit the French there

 

Their discipline was good where it mattered

 

Penalties Conceded England 6, France 12

 

Penalty Goals: France 2 from 4, England 0 from 0

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And here goes jonno - we reached the quarters and won our pool 4-0.

 

Jesus wept. He needs hard questions asked of him. Their time out there's been a disgrace

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And here goes jonno - we reached the quarters and won our pool 4-0.

 

Jesus wept. He needs hard questions asked of him. Their time out there's been a disgrace

 

It's all very Football-team like...

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It's all very Football-team like...

 

Apart from scotland and the argies, I can't even remember who the feck was in England's pool

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Apart from scotland and the argies, I can't even remember who the feck was in England's pool

 

Georgia and Romania.

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shaun.lawson

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Apart from scotland and the argies, I can't even remember who the feck was in England's pool

 

World rugby superpowers, Georgia and Romania. Glory glory, eh? :vrface:

 

Johnson's the first England coach I've ever known to try to claim some solace in us winning our pool games.

 

:keys:

 

Here's how it works for England at the RWC, Martin:

 

Champions = fantastic tournament

 

Runners-up = successful tournament

 

3rd place = decent tournament

 

4th place = disappointing tournament

 

Quarter-final exit = complete failure

 

Amazing how such a no nonsense, no excuses warrior as a player seems to have turned into such an apologist as a coach. And disappointing that the interviewer didn't ask him about his future - because he'll be lucky to survive this shambles of a campaign.

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Ach well, they have honed in their Bungie jumping skills and won the Dwarf throwing contest, not all bad :lol:

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shaun.lawson

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Nae knighthood this year...unless Wales win the Cup. :thumbsup:

 

They've got my support for the rest of the tournament. Wales are the only country in the northern hemisphere to whom rugby really, really matters. The same is true of part of France, but nowhere near all of it.

 

Wales winning the World Cup would be sensational. I'd love to see them do it too.

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