State of the team: England

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What are your thoughts on where we are as a team at the end of the 6 nations.

I believe we are a lot better at creating chances which is certainly an improvement on last year, i think this is due to the half back partnership between B. Youngs and Ford. B. Youngs seems to have found his form again. For me Ford is miles ahead of Farrell at the moment, he improves our attacking play so much more than him. His work with his club mate Joseph is working well too. Talking of Joseph, he's had a really good six nations and probably one of our best players.

Still not sure why Care isnt in the match day squad, not sure what Wigglesworth brings other than being a different type of player to B. Youngs. What has been bit of an issue this year (i can't believe im about to say this about an england team) is our scrum. It hasn't been as powerful as years gone by, is that a result of our forwards being told to up their work rate around the park and being tied at scrum time?

This year we have been creating chances but not finishing them off, we also seem to have a fair few handling errors that needs stamping out. How are we going to do this? Can we? Is it just the players need some more game time with each other?

What are anyone elses thoughts on where we're at?

niwatts wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:

Geordiefalcon you're right actually - perhaps Ewers is not on Lancaster's radar - I might change that in my 45 squad - Ksevic and Waldrom probably have a higher chance as it stands.

I think Lancaster has missed a chance with him...big tough 6/8.

Ewers played for England against the Barbarians last summer, trained with the England squad in the lead up to the AIs and played for the Saxons a few months back, so he's definitely on Lancaster's radar.  I think the issue is that in the coaches' opinions Haskell has the spot in the squad that he would fill and they want to retain that experience for the WC.  Post tournament I think we'll see Ewers drafted in as Haskell drops out.

Your probably right, but aside from the odd game i'm not sure Haskell has justified his position in the squad...despite his good performances for club this season.
I think Ewers should have more of a run out to see what he can offer...he can cover 8 & 6...and the likes of Wood or Kvesic can handle 7 if Robshaw is injured.

nathan wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:Inevitably Hughes as well for the 8 spot, like it or not.

Agree, although I don't like it.

Our team will have more accents than the united nations!!

Manu Tuilagi
Billy Vunipola
Mako Vunipola
Nathan Hughes
Brad Barritt
Dylan Hartley
etc etc

Are we saying that manu's Leicester accent is now from a different country. I mean come on, I know we have a bad accent (well if your from the city) but to completely disown it....

spent quite a bit of town down that neck of the wood..some good mates from Leicester...and Bosworth.