Spencer’s ‘support line’ 5 metres in front of Hill wasn’t offering him many options to be fair.
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And then Slade decides to try and go himself and cocks up a lovely attack while also losing the ball. Fucksake.
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Difficult to tell whether you are being serious when so much of what you post looks like a wind up given its content!!
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Fuck me! I've just caught up to that closeup you saw and you're not wrong!
Looks less like he's replaced Isiekwe and more like he's killed and eaten him for the protein! Clearly been using his time off with his injury to build a lock's frame in the gym.
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The obvious option was to slow down and wait for useful support, rather than a poor kick from a bloke whose job spec doesn’t include kickingMikey Brown wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:59 pmSpencer’s ‘support line’ 5 metres in front of Hill wasn’t offering him many options to be fair.
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Feels like a Lawes move.
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Did we switch Beard to 13 and Slade to 15? Very well taken ball there.
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Yeah when Carpenter went off and quirke to wingMikey Brown wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:07 pm Did we switch Beard to 13 and Slade to 15? Very well taken ball there.
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What a shambles. Why have we regressed to rwc 2023's tactics
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His heights gone up to 6’5” + on RFU website too - as if by magic

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So... entirely Dombrandt's fault?
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Fucking shambolic- missed lineout, penalty penalty penalty
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Despite France nicking it in the end, the England XV was 200% better than the dross served up by the Lions yesterday imo
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Excruciating execrable ending to that one. Off for a drink.
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Obvs.
Bench can’t have helped tbh- backs weren’t exactly cohesive before they were rearranged
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Haha. Maybe check out the 'foe' feature.
Felt pretty similar to the Lions for me. Kind of a scratch team, disjointed and the heat got to them. Still disappointing though.
Great to see Atkinson, Willis, Hill and a couple of others go well.
Is Theo Dan actually any good?
Felt pretty similar to the Lions for me. Kind of a scratch team, disjointed and the heat got to them. Still disappointing though.
Great to see Atkinson, Willis, Hill and a couple of others go well.
Is Theo Dan actually any good?
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No, but for some reason he has a central contract
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That horrible line-out concession at a crucial time might be your answer. George did the ordinary stuff so well and showed why I was wrong to wonder if Dan should have started. I think he should now be dumped. He fails at crucial moments too often.Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:25 pm Haha. Maybe check out the 'foe' feature.
Felt pretty similar to the Lions for me. Kind of a scratch team, disjointed and the heat got to them. Still disappointing though.
Great to see Atkinson, Willis, Hill and a couple of others go well.
Is Theo Dan actually any good?
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I’ve checked out ‘foe’ but it’d make life quietMikey Brown wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:25 pm Haha. Maybe check out the 'foe' feature.
Felt pretty similar to the Lions for me. Kind of a scratch team, disjointed and the heat got to them. Still disappointing though.
Great to see Atkinson, Willis, Hill and a couple of others go well.
Is Theo Dan actually any good?
Some positives but the quality was waaay below the Lions match imo.
Dan is a terrific carrier at club level, but his darts look insecure. The body language at that key lineout was poor
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Can you detail those crucial moments? Cos it seems to me that if you were such a fan before, you must have ignored them?Oakboy wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:33 pmThat horrible line-out concession at a crucial time might be your answer. George did the ordinary stuff so well and showed why I was wrong to wonder if Dan should have started. I think he should now be dumped. He fails at crucial moments too often.Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:25 pm Haha. Maybe check out the 'foe' feature.
Felt pretty similar to the Lions for me. Kind of a scratch team, disjointed and the heat got to them. Still disappointing though.
Great to see Atkinson, Willis, Hill and a couple of others go well.
Is Theo Dan actually any good?
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Taking your anti fez hat off, objectively he’s a terrific force in the loose at club level, you’d like to think that someone could help with his darts.
That final lineout throw and set up was a slo mo car crash.
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That thing is welded on.
Yeah, fair point, but he's only shown glimpses of that in white so far. Hopefully it's just a bit soon for him and another season let's him tidy up the rough edges
In the meantime, what else does Langdon have to do? He's been probably the best in the league for 2 seasons running now - another player where I can't see what Shank Bathroom dislikes
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