6N 2017: Wales v England, 11 February

by No 7&1/2 Mon 13 Feb 2017, 11:36 am

First topic message reminder :

If the team as a whole can deal with it its not a big problem. He's not a revolving door in defence, makes his tackles and for the vast majority of the game Wales weren't threatening a try.

by No 7&1/2 Thu 16 Feb 2017, 12:47 pm

He only had access to open training sessions.

by cascough Thu 16 Feb 2017, 12:57 pm

True Raven wrote:
RuggerRadge2611 wrote:The abuse being leveled at Cuthbert is staggering. He got roasted on the outside by Daly with 75 minutes on the clock. He's unfortunate to be the first to suffer this fate in a test match, but I'd bet my mortgage he won't be the last. That lad is lightning.

Except that's not the only issue people have with the selection of Cuthbert and Neil Jenkins coming out and saying crap like he's a lions winner so deserves to play winds people up even more

There are several younger players who are playing better than Cuthbert yet can't get a look in and then Cuthbert plays crap when he does get selected. A year ago in the World Cup we got knocked out because Cuthbert got fooled into leaving the touchline. His defensive positional game is non existent but according to Neil Jenkins he won a grand slam 5 years ago so is clearly the best option we have

Personally if I was picking the team I'd have been tempted to lean towards Cuthbert.

Let me qualify that by saying I'm not a fan of his and have always felt he was overrated. He was great for a year or two but looking at his attributes I always got the impression he was playing above himself somewhat.

However, he is by now an experienced international and I'd have probably picked that over someone untested. The time for experimentation should have been in the autumn. That being said, now you have lost a game, perhaps it gives you a little more wiggle room for experimentation.

by TightHEAD Thu 16 Feb 2017, 12:59 pm

No 7&1/2 wrote:He only had access to open training sessions.

He has spies!

by Gwlad Thu 16 Feb 2017, 2:25 pm

TightHEAD wrote:Gatland admits it was tough watching England destroy Wales, he also states he tried to stay away from Rob and the Boys but did pass on some information he obtained from watching England train in his Lions role.

That explains where their performance came from seeing as they found it hard to turn over Japan in the Autumn.

More tripe from you Rolling Eyes

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