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What a bloody stupid fool he is! How on earth could england allow the worst French team in living memory to snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat yesterday? We're supposed to be the rugby world champions! WE lead 17 points to 6 at half-time, but then we allow them back in and they win 18 17! Now I'll tell you what happened: it was that tosser Charlie Hodgson who missed six very easy kicks at goal. A kick at goal is worth three points, so it doesn't take rocket science to work out that if he'd managed to land one, just one piffling kick, between the posts, England would have won. But no! Instead, we piss all over the french at the scrum, in the line-out and with the forwards, score two fantastic tries and don't concede any, and yet still allow the blasted French to come away with the game? It's all the fault of that stupid sod-father Charlie Hodgson!
My dear Lawlord, you are speaking out of ignorance - not your fault though, you probably don't know much about rugby. The fault was in the captain. We have a no.15 who plays like a centre with the speed of a winger. He tried to run everything, and often he runs into trouble because he does not kick. He hasn't got the experience or the ability to be captain - we lost the game in changing room at half time. On top of that, we don't seem to have any support for the forwarrds, they run without anyone at their shoulders to off load to. Of course, your point is taken, our kicking was shabby, but the whole team is to blame because we gave away too many penalties. It was clear that the frogs didn't want to attack, they were scared to, so anyone worth their salt should have took the game to them but because of our poor scrummaging, and because of our worthless hooker in the lineout, we could not apply pressure. We need a new hooker, we need to improve our scrummaging, we need to change our captain, we need to put Robinson in the centre or on the wing, and bring in a tactical full-back who is able to kick and run. It is a shambles, but we have the strength and depth to improve. A tean cannot recover quickly from the loss of a coach, a great captain, and a great number 10.
Vive le France! Mon Dieu! Sacre Blue! where's my copy of
Le Marsielles cranks up the stereo next to the Italian and German anthems, this has to be one of the most attractive tunes I have ever heard..
however you will notice that I'm still smiling after Scotland's alimighty gubbing by Ireland, but I know how to lose with dignity the feckin english always expect to win and cant stomach defeat...its only a game mate and eh don't think you'll be seeing the chequered flag too often this year either, the Ferrari team are on top already...
Rugby is NOT only a game, it's chess with muscles.
they are big strong ....athletes ohh don't get me started on rugby players...
Points taken Eidol, without question. I've been watching rugby for fourteen years incidentally but that's by the by I suppose. Anyway, I agree that Steve Thompson needs to be drowned in the sea for his shabby performance, and I agree that our scrummaging and forward play could have been better. The fact still remains, though, that our scrummaging, whilst poor, was way better than that of the french, and while they stole some of our line-out ball, we stole some of theirs too. so for all our shortcomings, the matter still boiled down to missing kicks in front of the posts, and I mean right in front of the posts! I mean, that last drop goal was the limit and Ian Robertson got it right when he said that it was easier to score than to miss.
Will carling has just been on Radio 5 saying that Charlie Hodgson looks timid and frightened when he plays for England. I certainly sympathise with that view and there's a lot of evidence to suggest that he's right. If so, he must be removed for the next match, because if we're going to beat the Irish, we must kick goals, end of story! You won't beat nine teams out of ten if you chuck away 21 points over the course of a match, no matter how good your scrummaging, line-outs and rucks and malls are.
there's nothing worse than sore loser after scotlands resounding defeat by the superior team we went to Failte an Irish pub and drank a few pints with a load of very pleased with themselves Irish, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
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...And that's the difference between us pal we can lose and not go in the huff afterwards, I'm certainly not advocating any of the Scottish players are run through with a claymore such a suggestion is ludicrous...
Just a minute, I'm not a sore loser and besides you lot up there should have got used to losing by now seeing as how even the Italians have had the wood over you in recent years. Like I say, I'm not a sore loser, but it is very concerning and we have to discuss it. the fact of the matter is that England are the world champions, whereas scotland are somewhere in the middle of the world rankings with the likes of argentina probably better than them now. It's important to analyse where things might have gone wrong, and notwithstanding what Eidol says and with a lot of which I agree, i stand by what I said about Charlie Hodgson. aS the main goalkicker, you must land a penalty from 20 metres right in front of the posts, or a drop goal five metres out in front of the posts, you just must! Olly Barclay also missed three kicks of course and I haven't forgotten that, but Charlie Hodgson is picked to kick goals isn't he? In a championship where we're getting the line-out wrong and where the scrummage is not as on song as it should be, it's absolutely vital that you do the basics viz. kick penalties and drop goals, right. After all, remember that in the semi-final of the world cup it was thanks to eight such kicks that we went through against the French. I appreciate that Eidol believes that I am laying the blame unfairly at one man's feet, but Dick best, the former england coach, agrees with me, as do will carling and Jonathan davies. You just must kick goals, and I'm sorry Charlie, but you made a right old charlie of yourself by missing some of those!
No I'm not the one ranting on about a feckin game mate..as I said before, the Scots lose with dignity where as the english take it all far too personally.
The Irish played a superlative game and by the look of your lot their playing worse than us at the moment, and that's quite an achievement .
..go on the Irish!
The Irish played a superlative game and by the look of your lot their playing worse than us at the moment, and that's quite an achievement .
..go on the Irish!
Goblin, there is a difference between sore losers and those who offer constructive criticism - by the way, the English lose with dignity too, i've been to Twickenham over twenty-five times, mixing with the opposition and not "bitching" or "sniping" there is a mind set in rugby, high standards to achieve. I played club rugby for four years and therefore some insight into the ethos and philisophy. Totally different to soccer.
amen to that, Eidol. Whereas footballers are for the most part brainless automatons, rugby players at least have the knowhow to put a newspaper article together, to behave like normal people during the course of what is a very interesting and sporting game and to win a world cup for the old country. I repeat, I'm not a sore loser, but I do feel that the kicking is important and will voice this opinion.
your man will get an even bigger fright when he sees the quality of Ronan O'Gara's kicking...
your man will get an even bigger fright when he sees the quality of Ronan O'Gara's kicking...
your man will get an even bigger fright when he sees the quality of Ronan O'Gara's kicking...
your man will get an even bigger fright when he sees the quality of Ronan O'Gara's kicking...
Goblin I have now read that post four times, why is it that the same thing is so much duplicated? We know all about Ronan O'Gara's kicking already. he is quality, there's no doubt about that, but then so are the entire Irish team and I don't tip us to beat them on their own patch.
Oh Now I see, now I get the sodding idea! When charlie Hodgson plays for his club he can kick it over for fun, but when he's playing for his country he's about as useless as a handbrake on a canoe! Bloody idiot! Well I'm not falling for it: you can try and pull the wool over our eyes by kicking beautifully in the Zurich premiership so that you get picked for your country again old lad, but if I were the manager you'd be sitting the match against the Irish out. Bloody fool!