tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post3695351594495283273..comments2023-07-09T21:38:41.963+01:00Comments on TOTAL FLANKER...a rugby blog: Twenty Four Hours LaterTotalFlankerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624839368553218464noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post-32937995328910602142011-10-11T18:57:17.077+01:002011-10-11T18:57:17.077+01:00Whaddaya mean, "For once"?Whaddaya mean, "For once"?Total Flankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368624271678527333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post-45507392937704424942011-10-11T13:35:39.934+01:002011-10-11T13:35:39.934+01:00For once I find myself agreeing with your views. ...For once I find myself agreeing with your views. When you look at the players 1-15 you could never really say we had the same level of talent as France let alone New Zealand and so we got to roughly where we deserved. Johnson is finding his feet as a coach. He brings intensity and a winners mentality and should be given more time. But he did make some pretty big mistakes most notably given the influence of openside flankers in the international game, to bring only one half-fit specialist 7, seemed very odd at the start, but in hindsight looks suicidal given the massive influence of players like Pocock and Warburton on the fate of their teams. I know we don't have huge riches in this area but why would he not bring one back-up ie Fourie? And some of the substitutions are inexplicable - bringing on Lawes at 6 when Haskell was bursting to make an impact, substituting a forward when we had a scrum on the 5m line...<br /><br />Anyway I don't think there is much we can learn from football but the futility of demonising the coach and players when they didn't quite live up to our overblown expectations is surely one of them.Gruneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13343246576770497784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post-45304397411385611992011-10-10T21:51:58.094+01:002011-10-10T21:51:58.094+01:00apparently when Tuilagi jumped overboard Nick East...apparently when Tuilagi jumped overboard Nick Easter grabbed the life vest and knocked it on, Johnny Wilkinson threw it 10 yards behind Manu, Chris Ashton ironically wouldn't dive in. Matt Stevens was to stoned and Tindall was to "busy" to helpBoneOnBonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11532964362213248483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post-1587331603680706822011-10-10T02:16:10.352+01:002011-10-10T02:16:10.352+01:00England won their group. I don't think they we...England won their group. I don't think they were as bad as the Kiwi press would lead you to believe-France played their best match of the tournament against England...now watch them fall like a soufflée against Wales in the Semifinals. I still think MJ should keep his job.Nursedudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07841605014910203222noreply@blogger.com