porridge_time says...

cayzam says...

Well said. He posts on practically every thread, with the same poorly constructed drivel.

Posted 18:40 02nd February 2013

backnforward says...

@meldave - sorry, but this threas was about England vs. Scotland and NOT England vs. New Zealand!

For today, what has SL learned???!?!??

Goode has no place in the squad

Brown is a full back

Marler cannot catch

And the arguments about Strettle etc. are almost void until next week...

Other than that, fair play to Scotland for making the game enjoyable (from a spectator perspective) and challenging (from Englands perspective)

Posted 18:37 02nd February 2013

porridge_time says...

Good first up win for England, they are building the foundation of a quite a good team and will only get better.

Scotland missed having Ross Rennie on the open side. Euan Murray and Jim Hamilton should be shown the exit door. Hamilton is too slow has no passion for Scotland and spends most of his time trying to fight. Murray offers nothing in the loose and is now over the hill in the tight... from a Scotland perspective his best years were wasted by counting fairies.

Positives for Scotland were the back three when they did get some ball and showed real pace. Laidlaw played well at nine, Jackson is not a test level player. Matt Scott never got any ball and Lamont the same. Ryan Grant apart from a brain explosion two meters from the England line was good in the loose and tight. Richie Gray seems to have gone back since his move south. Hall was okay and deserves to keep the starting slot.

I do see Scotland improving though and can see them winning all of their home games... if they ditch Murray and Hamilton.

Posted 18:17 02nd February 2013

ArmchairGeneral says...

Would like to go back to Brown 15, Foden 11, Ashton 14.

Posted 18:11 02nd February 2013

Iyhel says...

Strange tactics from Scotland, they tried too much to match the English power while they have the pace to move around them; all the weirdest with an Australian coach...

Sure England were largely dominant but they really lack efficiency, against more resilient teams they'll get punished for that.

Despite being on the losing side, Hogg would be my MoT - but Twelvetrees fitted well in.

So far an enjoyable Six Nations, hope we get more tomorrow.

Posted 18:04 02nd February 2013

melkdave says...

Another outstanding game today,England where just superb,their work at the breakdown allowed them to play at pace,and force Scotland onto the backfoot .Definatly moved on from the aurtum imo,and their only fault was perhaps being to ambitios ,but you cant fault a team for that.Scotland didnt play badly,but just wherent allowed any possesionor space,and had to live on any England mistakes.A fantastastic performance by England imo,and Scotlands wasnt bad either given the amount of pssesion and territory they had.

Posted 17:52 02nd February 2013