6 nations 22

Strumms

Brainless by Itoje,

fućkkkkkkk hahaha

lawrencesummers

England have no attacking capability.

Short of garryowens they have nothing. Their backline is seriously average.

Marcus smidth has nothing outside him worth passing a ball to.

Clegg

Yet again, every England receiver after Smith is standing way too deep. The next receiver after that one is also too deep and they're losing 5 or 10 metres every time.

razorblunt

Itoje getting his pocket picked a few times.

dublinman1990

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118807282#Comment_118807282

I do get your point. I should have worded it better. I know it's not schoolboys rugby. England shouldn't do big mistakes like that if they want to beat a team with an eye on the GS. That stuff is pretty much criminal.

fitz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118807300#Comment_118807300

Completely clueless beyond second phase.

PTH2009

England still in it

Marcus Smith could be the plaster boy of the 6N in the next few years

lawrencesummers

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118807341#Comment_118807341

No behind this pack or leading this backline he wont be

pickarooney

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118807341#Comment_118807341

That name will never stick

dublinman1990

It's really strange to see England conceding most of the penalties along with losing most of the turnovers to France while England are only 5 points behind. If they won this scrum & go for a try; they would have been ahead of France with a 2 point conversion up ahead if they wanted to go for it. Would Marcus Smith consistently kicking over the 3 points through the posts for England could be the only hope for them to win this game against France? In a game where a GS is on the line for France. That would seem like an impossible task to do in the likes of Paris.

beggars_bush

Not a hope England draw or win this

Loafing Oaf

Surely a knock-on in the build-up there

Weepsie

Ball clearly went forward twice in all that.

payper is having a laugh

Strumms

Forward pass in the build up ?

Xander10

All started with Smith's misplaced kick

Clegg

Very disappointing first half performance from England. They're just so disorganised in attack. They're essentially looking for Smith to magic something out if nothing, but not giving him any attacking structure to play off of.

Compare that to Ireland where the first receiver always had at least two options to pass to and another dummy runner drawing a defender. I don't understand what it is they're trying to build towards.

_NAGDEFY

England's attacking plan is like Ireland in the 1990s.

A lot of home town decisions.

Rustyman101

Nah as sloppy as France have been , England don't look like scoring a try, I keep forgetting I'm shouting for England! Old habits only time I'd cheer for England if they were playing kilkenny!

This France team are mind-blowingly good. The power and skill combined. Its like some Frankenstein hybrid or the best attributes of the Spingboks and the All Black's combined.

dublinman1990

France have 2 tries now. England's focus in this game is now shot to pieces in a blink of an eye.

fitz

Very generous call there saying it was backwards off Willemse.

The one area I think France are vulnerable in is the last 20 mins. They seem to be not quite as fit as the other 6 nations teams and tend to gas out a bit.

swiwi_

France are currently the worlds best side imo. If they hadn’t spilled so much pill in the first 40 they would be out of sight. Their attack is highly organised and the use of their props, the short angles etc is top drawer.

_NAGDEFY

The English backs coach... some man.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118807393#Comment_118807393

Yes thought so, the overhead angle showed forward by about three feet ffs, the 10 meter line was the perfect reference to see….

Weepsie

He's trying to make up for the 2019 world cup

fitz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118807415#Comment_118807415

Stealing a living.

awec

100% knock on there. Not even questionable.

lawrencesummers

France were only a couple of passes away from tearing England a new one in that first half. And England never put them defending their own line.

This is a foregone conclusion already and an english win here would dwarf what italy did today.

Strange to see England getting dominated physically though. Pretty comprehensive in the rucks to my innocent eyes although I defer to those with more knowledge of the nitty gritty of rugby.