England v Australia
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@mikethesnow said in England v Australia:
Without Farrell England have no fucking chance.
True. But as you say, he's still a cock.
No problems with in-yer-face players (Greg Laidlaw is one of favourites) but Farrell's cynical, fuck-the-opponent, self-congratulatory shit shows a lack of respect and is a real turn-off.
Akira Ioane shows this a bit at times. Wonder if that's what worries Hansen.
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Great win for England. Australia all over the shop. It should be taxi time for Krusty but it won't be.
It is a bit like Russian roulette with Owen Farrell. His passion, athleticism, determination and testing the boundaries are winning games for England. The problem is I suspect there will be a game where one of those no-arms tackles get him an early Red in a big game and they're playing with 14 for 60+ minutes.
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@sparky please let be in a final against us in 2019 😎
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@paekakboyz said in England v Australia:
@sparky please let be in a final against us in 2019 😎
Please let it be at the group stage and see them going out early two WCs in a row
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@mikethesnow oh yeah, keep talking dirty to me!! 😂
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It's been good to see the Southern hemisphere cooperating so well in Operation "Keep Eddie"....
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Just saw that Farrell charge. it's at the start of teh Stuff article below (probably region locked).
I have no idea how that was not a penalty try. He is a very very lucky boy -- the downside is that the controversy could rear it's head at the RWC next year, and he may find some time on the sidelines. Seriously, shaking my head yet again at the lack of consistency in refereeing. No idea how the players cope with random calls from week to week... how the hell do you play to the edge if the edge changes all the time.
Frustrating times as a neutral who thinks Farrell is a pit of a dick.
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@mikethesnow said in England v Australia:
England should be out of sight.
And Barnes should be put out to pasture.
He's like this character
I loved the fast show.
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Well that’s it for the season, on the paddock – now for the recriminations phase.
I see the call is out to sack Michael Cheika, who must now defend himself over the mediocre, often abysmal, performance by a group of donkeys (who draw a handsome fee for their ugly efforts). Cheika is as highly credentialed as they get in Australia – what more can someone else realistically promise? The elephant in the room is that Cheika is well protected by the most powerful faction at Club level from assassination by any one of several factions in the ARU, interstate, pop-gun pretend interstate, country rugby and the players union. He needs to be because the greatest threat to Australian rugby is from the power brokers and egos within, many otherwise unemployable - there are very few Jones, Macqueens and Cheikas who have demonstrated their capability to carve a fortune elsewhere, and who rugby needs more than they need rugby.
The players are not coached to drop the ball, to pass it to no-one, to not form a cohesive defence, to miss tackles, to get pushed around the paddock for sometimes 20 metres at a time, to lose their own throw, to not take kicks when they are on offer and to reef it downfield a whole one metre into the outstretched arms of the bloke thundering in from your right who knows that you have no idea what is around you. These are matters of individual fundamental skill and player failure to improve the limited range they offer when they first attend Wallaby training.
What have those who sit in judgement of the coach done to improve the quality of players available for selection? During the past year and during the past five years? Not much.
What are they likely to do in the next little while, other than strut their politically correct social justice stuff and modern corporate management model, including a Goth as CEO? Not much. Will they continue to turn up at the pay office to collect their directors fees? Too right they will.
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@nzzp said in England v Australia:
Just saw that Farrell charge. it's at the start of teh Stuff article below (probably region locked).
I have no idea how that was not a penalty try. He is a very very lucky boy -- the downside is that the controversy could rear it's head at the RWC next year, and he may find some time on the sidelines. Seriously, shaking my head yet again at the lack of consistency in refereeing. No idea how the players cope with random calls from week to week... how the hell do you play to the edge if the edge changes all the time.
Frustrating times as a neutral who thinks Farrell is a pit of a dick.
That is a disgraceful non call for the second time in three matches. If that has been an AB on a Pom the screams to lynch him would be as deafening as the expected silence after this incident
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I find the way England and Itoje in particular likes to whoop and holler at the opposition's mistakes tiresome. OTOH as sledges go this from Kyle Sinckler isn't too bad: “Mate, you’re all f—-ing snitches anyway”.
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@crossbencher paywalled article, cut n paste?
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I saw a video of Daley's try on instagram. My favourite part was Hooper trying to tackle Farrell, and it's so ineffectual it looks like a little kid trying to tackle his older brother.
Hooper is just not a great test player. And he's the captain with a giant contract. Defies belief.
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@mikethesnow said in England v Australia:
Fuck me Farrell should be off and Penalty Try.
Farrell has mastered 2 types of tackles - missed and no arms.
But Aussie have big problems in their pack to solve.
