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two trials of the game, and a beautiful assembly of the BBC with images of the game in slow motion swaying to the sound of Sunday kind of love of Etta James
England begins to close their unfinished folders: Calcutta Cup in his pocket, and the tournament practically. But his party yesterday (22-16 , chronic BBC Rugby) was really awful, a real hodgepodge in which deserved to lose with a Bravissimo Scotland. In the English press had two weeks of euphoria, comparing this team with the unstoppable machine that in 2003 took the world only to the northern hemisphere. But one can never forget that Martin Johnson is on the same line of coaches Marc Lievremont and Peter de Villiers, ie men who have more ego than talent, capable of worsening the superb workmanship that is available. Very adept at throwing on the ground that the talent of his players has helped to achieve. Yesterday Johnno was unable to motivate his players (or they did not made the slightest case) in a match that had a lot of danger, continues to insist on several elements that have spent months asking bench (Easter, Hape and Cueto), later changed to a Flood inoperative, etc. Their direction was terrible, and the application of his men ran to the couple. A point was the occurrence of a shipwreck terrible, and it was a full-blown warning of what might happen to this team when playing confident and arrogant. On such days, even a Scotland which has not won one, which has one of the worst defenses of the continent and a very poor attack, was about to take the bell and take a Calcutta Cup which has not won in London for 27 years.
The England game was awful, in all its lines. Thick, slow, no ideas, unable to control the pace and the evolution of the game. Only two combinations of some merit in 65 minutes, until it came Wilko. They seemed to have left the countryside and feeling winners all, when have not clinched anything yet. Scotland ate in intensity and courage, and she was almost hysterical to those of Andy Robinson for a historical man (maybe if a painful Romain Poite, who ended up injured for chuflas Palma around the pub where I was, no was sent to the sin bin to Barclay in a somewhat rigorous). The new boat should be, Toby Flood, was disastrous, failing almost every play (pass Developed tickets to ruck from the side, inside passes repetitive, inventive, etc.), And the unused wings of relapse in each Johnno problems prior to the discovery of the 'trio wonder': attacks in the middle, slow, unimaginative, repetitive, you just dock it over and over again on the wall of the rival line. We saw the sad England in the first two years of Johnson. Youngs on this occasion was unable to offer more alternatives, and the only two that were made (the two long combinations mentioned above) failed because of the unusual defense capacity shown by the Caledonians (it's amazing that this same defense was humiliated before the loophole Ireland France). Johnno was wrong again when making changes, and the great Wilko (along with Croft, Thompson and Shaw) came very late (was time to expand by 5 points scoring world record, leaving in 1183). Before leaving, to be sure that Twickenham would have been less but at least the squad arrived in time to secure victory. And is that Wilkinson, as in his first three interventions became more direct when his three quarters Flood in 65 minutes prior. The Croft test came after one of these combinations carried out shortly. Flood was well in their first matches of the tournament, but she seems exhausted and locked (a lot of pressure which will endorse a successor to the great Wilkinson), so it would be logical that Wilko was the headline on Saturday 10 Dublin. But with the mediocre Johnno involved, expert repeat mistakes, I do not see anything clearly. Banahan is another player whose ownership should be indisputable, but only out by Tindall's injury, although in his first play intimidating demonstrated the ability to give their two meters tall (rolled to a Kelly Brown who had to be evacuated on a stretcher).
As I say, Scotland deserved to win the game. The key, as well as acquired motivation to redeem a bad tournament, was the entrance to Lawson at 15 Holder, who led his team with consistency and skill that today is unable to Mike Blair. The theologian also helped filófoso Danielli, very active in the first half, with Lamont always in his line, and the promise that Jackson left behind a loose game scoring a sensational drop the stroke of halftime. I also liked the combative Max Evans, capable of creating beautiful essay by himself, or the essential and Ritchie Gray, a second line to mark time. And what about Paterson: life insurance with your foot, also made big tackles, an incredible Foden when a Saints defender was about to rest on the goal line. As against Wales last year, Scotland became a stay at the threshold of success, but at least showed they are capable of much more than those shown in this tournament.
England and has the Calcutta Cup, and almost the tournament (the difference in points with Wales, the only one who can take it away, is +42 Pro-British), but in Dublin await Grand Slam and Triple Crown. After seeing yesterday in London, I would say that while they deserve to win the tournament, should be nowhere near the full pack of hits. If they play like yesterday, deserve the green square Declan Kidney the mercilessly run over the Aviva Stadium.
leave the image also illustrates a curious moment of the game, or rather the post-match, which was to see Tindall receiving the trophy from the hands Calcutta Cup in a few months will become in his mother, Princess Anne of Windsor.
PD: at the break, the BBC has interviewed Hugh Grant, who was in Twickenham. I do not remember having seen before in rugby, but in one of cricket (if I remember correctly, The Ashes 2005). He has good taste in sports this gentleman.
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