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Some odd moments of promise with England's attack. If they stopped kicking the ball away in the final third or cut out the handling errors things would look far more upbeat. If they managed both, they could be a respectable side.
I live on in hope that they'll get more consistent, but it's hard work believing in this team right now.

Cant really see beyond a Boks/Ireland/France tournament win right now.
 
turbot1984 said:
I think England would struggle against any of those, still time to click, so not writing us off just yet. Japan and Argentina are no walkovers.
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True, on a positive note - if Ireland or other top team have an ugly win its classed as a 'great side'. Being as neutral as I can, beating the pumas with a man down for the whole match and that win buys them more time to find some gameplan albeit they are fast running out of time to salvage some credibility. The six nations shows how off the boil they have been for a few seasons now but anything can happen in tournaments - especially these inconsistent cards and overconfident sides.

Looking forward to the knockout stages.
 
A lot of unforced error, a lot of handling issues and a heck a lot of decision issues and game plan issues between phases.

There are a few players probably shouldn’t be picked as starting numbers if England is serious about staying in the tournament.

So many areas needing improvements and coming off a poor 6 nation campaign and a terrible pre-tournament warm up season - not sure how far this team can go.

England has only got 1 heroic match left I reckon and that’s if they haven’t spent it against Argentina already.
 
turbot1984 said:
I think England would struggle against any of those, still time to click, so not writing us off just yet. Japan and Argentina are no walkovers.
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Agreed, but as you say, the games England have had aren't against walkover teams. Looking at some of the other matches in the tournament, France didn't dominate Uruguay, Ireland had to come from behind to beat Tonga. South Africa vs Scotland was a damn tight game. We've seen some of the lower ranked sides put up a strong fight, as these group games are like a final to them. Whilst England were scruffy, they still managed 4 tries. I expect that next weekend we'll see England get a dominant win over Chile and see a bit more of what they can do in attack.

Ireland versus South Africa is going to be a cracker next weekend, first tough game for Ireland.
 
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sihartley25 said:
Is the ball and conditions making England seem worse
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I heard them talking about the conditions meant you could kick the ball further. Digesting other nuggets like that (sweaty balls) is questionable. As a youngster they should remember playing on waterlogged mud bogs and rock hard balls makes the modern pitches a much more appealing place to play!
 
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