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Noise, randomness, ballistic uncertainty.
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Does he see Itoje as a second row or back row? He's got both him and Launchberry on the bench. Interesting that Clifford is still not getting a start.
Still narked that Daly hasn't got a spot on the bench. Jones said he would play at some point during the 6N, surely Italy is easier as a debut game.
I fear for our scrum. Nathan White isn't the anchor that Mike Ross is.
I think you're right. If you look at last week, an organized defense was enough to keep Wales out. They kinda ran out of ideas. BUT this is Scotland. As night follows day I think they'll disappoint, and they've the coach to make sure of it. In a season where Glasgow played a blistering brand of rugby to win the Pro12 with a rake of Scottish players, they got tonked in the 6Ns, and huffed pasted a knackered Japan in the WC. Wales will win if they stop Stuart Hogg basically. Outside of maintaining a high standard at Clermont, Cotter didn't actually win that much. I remain unconvinced by him.
Noise, randomness, ballistic uncertainty.
It's widely accepted that the French league doesn't have the fitness levels of the others. They play an attritional game with big guys up front and have success in part due to their benches and in part because they have the best players.
It can't be coincidence that the French team has been in decline for the last 10 years while the big money and overseas stars have come in at around that time too.
It's a shame in a way that we don't get to see how the SH players perform after leaving the S15's as it may well be telling. There will of course be exceptions to the rule as you pointed out but there's not very many players that go their and enhance their international careers. Which is down a lot I know as they go there for pay days and most get less or zero international rugby.
Anyway....I agree we are a stale team in attack, it has to come down to more than just Howley though, Gatland is the min man so he must take some of the blame, the skills needed to offload and pick angles shouldn't need to be coached in the international set up-they should be there.
The issue is that Gatland doesn't trust these players to take risks-preferring possession to the risk of losing the ball. North and others failed to back themselves on Sunday to throw offloads in wide channels. Not sure if he doesn't trust them because they're not good enough or they are only allowed to do it when it's safe? I'm not sure of the answer, bloody frustrating as a fan though.
Read an interesting stat the other day-NZ made 2 more offloads than Wales in their last 6(?) games with 26 France had something like 40 so what's needed is intelligent offloads at pace.
Our gameplan involves runners on shoulders focusing on hitting the ruck of the tackled player to secure possession rather than looking for the pass-this means they are closer and flatter than they should for an offload.
What if like to know is do Howley and Gatland leave it up to the players to make on field decisions or is it weighted towards following a rigid gameplan?
It is becoming tedious to watch though and personally I think the backline is being wasted.
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Manchester based original indie band Random White:
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Manchester based original indie band Random White:
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https://twitter.com/randomwhite1
Manchester based original indie band Random White:
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https://twitter.com/randomwhite1
Manchester based original indie band Random White:
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Manchester based original indie band Random White:
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Manchester based original indie band Random White:
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Manchester based original indie band Random White:
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