England V France

[Mich the Tester]

Fair enough, I know you forwards like to huddle together as much as you can . I still maintain that Wilkinson is not good enough to play for England and that his selection is down to the safety feeling and tactics that the Leicester dominated coaching team want England to play to

Are you, by any chance, one of those people called a 'back'?

If so, I shall defer to your expertise on fly halves, England centres and the hair care products of the L'Oreal corporation.

Meanwhile, leave the intelligent stuff to the forwards would you?

[DodgyAgent]

Are you, by any chance, one of those people called a 'back'?

If so, I shall defer to your expertise on fly halves, England centres and the hair care products of the L'Oreal corporation.

Meanwhile, leave the pushing and shoving to the forwards would you?

FTFY

[Mich the Tester]

FTFY

No, intelligent stuff like 'tactical stampings', 'strategic frogbashing', 'second phase rib destruction' and 'making the winger drink a pint of piss'.

[Doggy Styles]

I still maintain that Wilkinson is not good enough to play for England and that his selection is down to the safety feeling and tactics that the Leicester dominated coaching team want England to play to

Sadly yes, he's probably finished. He is only in now for his defence and his great kicking, and his kicking is no longer great. He never was good at the thinking bits, he left that to the likes of Greenwood and Dawson.

[Mich the Tester]

Do you guys really think JW will have another off day? I'm not so sure; I suspect Flood will start (superior hairstyle), and JW will come in late on in the game and score an ice cool drop goal.

His last two kicks in the Scotland game were top class, especially getting himself together for the long drop goal after missing a few. I wouldn't write off Wilkinson just yet. Not a bad guy to have on the bench.

[PAH]

Am I just imagining things or are the players getting less colossal?

You see mountains like Dallaglio, Johnson, and Thompson and the younger guys seem to be more lithe.

Is Union turning into League where the play is dictated by whippets not scrum pack weights?

[Mich the Tester]

Am I just imagining things or are the players getting less colossal?

You see mountains like Dallaglio, Johnson, and Thompson and the younger guys seem to be more lithe.

Is Union turning into League where the play is dictated by whippets not scrum pack weights?

I think second rows are becoming somewhat slimmer as the scrums, being refereed so amobinably, are turning into a farce and 2nd rows are being used as extra back rows. Front row players have generally lost the bellies. Backs have got bigger, especially the wings and centres. Dallaglio was actually quite athletic, perhaps a little more so than Johnson. Thompson is old school and nearing the end of his career; he's not as effective as he once was, but you always need a couple of old hairy arses in the forwards for when things turn muddy and bloody.


You'll start me on a Brian Moore style rant about straight put-ins at the scrum at this rate.

[oracleslave]

If it comes down to kicking points it appears Wilkinson is in poor form at the moment.

Despite the attempted cheating. I am amazed there haven't been further repercussions to this attempted ball switching by England.

[Incognito]

Good luck England.

[Mich the Tester]

Despite the attempted cheating. I am amazed there haven't been further repercussions to this attempted ball switching by England.

Begrudgingly I have to say you have a point there; MJ's gamesmanship can be bloody irritating. he's going to get England into trouble some day.