God knows. Would be nice to pick players in the right positions. Get rid of the Ford, Farrell, Tuilagi axis. Pick a quick winger. We won’t though.
If we turn out the same team as this weekend, then Fiji will cause havoc in the outside channels
RWC QF: England
Match thread
Fiji
@Billy-Webb Wales have a decent coach though. England? Jury is out.
@stodders said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:
@Billy-Webb Wales have a decent coach though. England? Jury is out.
Jury is in
@Catogrande said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:
@NTA Did you watch the Samoa game?
Now I have.
England didn't do much, but they did enough.
The question is whether Fiji will let them into the game the way Samoa did.
I counted three poor kicks from Sopoaga that probably had more effect than the disallowed try; important to note that the try was disallowed in the first half so England had plenty of time to recover. Who is to say they don't score 2 of their own before the break? Sliding doors.
I barely heard Ford's name in the commentary. Or Farrell's, either. TBH that first 20 minutes the Poms looked unhappy and a bit stunned, like they didn't know what to do.
If Fiji play like they did for the last 20 minutes against Wales, maybe they're a short, but they'll have to seriously lift their discipline.
England? Well if they forget they've got backs and just bosh-penalty-lineout-maul-penalty-lineout-bosh-try etc they should do it.
Worked since forever.
Said it soon as Fiji beat England in the Warm Ups
Kick long, kick dead, compete at lineout
Take 3 points every time it's offered
Drubbing, and England won't have to get out of 3rd gear
Which is good because I don't think they have a 4th
We have a third?
@MiketheSnow said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:
@Catogrande said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:
We have a third?
You used it against Chile
OK so that's had though rather than have :anguished_face:
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)
Assistant Referee 1: Nic Berry (RA)
Assistant Referee 2: Pierre Brousset (FFR)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
@frugby said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:
Does the pedantic nature of Raynal favour Fiji or England, I can't decide.
England
According to reports in the British press Ford won't be in the starting xv, Farrell at 10 & Smith at fullback
@Duluth said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:
According to reports in the British press Ford won't be in the starting xv, Farrell at 10 & Smith at fullback
Can I change my vote?
@Duluth said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:
According to reports in the British press Ford won't be in the starting xv, Farrell at 10 & Smith at fullback
lol what? jesus and we thought we had coaching and selecting problems
@Duluth said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:
According to reports in the British press Ford won't be in the starting xv, Farrell at 10 & Smith at fullback
That can't be surprising since he's done nothing in the pool games.
Quite a few tickets on the resale sight yesterday, assume that was Aus / Welsh fans giving up their tickets but still, shows how far England have fallen in the eyes of their fans.
If we pick Smith at fullback we’ve lost the plot
@Dodge said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:
Quite a few tickets on the resale sight yesterday, assume that was Aus / Welsh fans giving up their tickets but still, shows how far England have fallen in the eyes of their fans.
If we pick Smith at fullback we’ve lost the plot
You can’t lose what you never had.
Borthwick, EJ and Foz are secretly best mates and are fucken loving the big joke they're playing.
@antipodean said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:
@Duluth said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:
According to reports in the British press Ford won't be in the starting xv, Farrell at 10 & Smith at fullback
That can't be surprising since he's done nothing in the pool games.
Who Ford?