Agreed. What's his claim to a connection with England anyway? I want to know how outraged I ought to be.jimKRFC wrote:Papers and pundits starting to talk up Jason Woodward, wish they wouldn't as Bris need him a lot more than England!
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Agreed. What's his claim to a connection with England anyway? I want to know how outraged I ought to be.jimKRFC wrote:Papers and pundits starting to talk up Jason Woodward, wish they wouldn't as Bris need him a lot more than England!
Puja wrote:Agreed. What's his claim to a connection with England anyway? I want to know how outraged I ought to be.jimKRFC wrote:Papers and pundits starting to talk up Jason Woodward, wish they wouldn't as Bris need him a lot more than England!
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It's his Mum.Tigersman wrote:Puja wrote:Agreed. What's his claim to a connection with England anyway? I want to know how outraged I ought to be.jimKRFC wrote:Papers and pundits starting to talk up Jason Woodward, wish they wouldn't as Bris need him a lot more than England!
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Mum or Grandma can't remember.
He went Hartubury college for 2 years and his Partner is from Manchester. so he does have some English links I guess.
I don't know about Puja but I'm confused about how to feel about this.jimKRFC wrote:It's his Mum.Tigersman wrote:Puja wrote:
Agreed. What's his claim to a connection with England anyway? I want to know how outraged I ought to be.
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Mum or Grandma can't remember.
He went Hartubury college for 2 years and his Partner is from Manchester. so he does have some English links I guess.
He probably offers the most defensive nous we have available at 6, so he wouldn't be a bad shout at all.Which Tyler wrote:Eddies knows his onions - does anyone think he might push the boat out and have a look at Gravey from Bath? add some beef to the backrow as Robshaw's replacement
TheNomad wrote:I think people tend to look at Itoje, see his exceptional all round skill set (including his work at the breakdown) and think it'll work best as a back rower.
I can see it personally, but then I think you could make a fairly robust argument that as a lock, with the ability to work as a quasi back rower, he could add more to the team than a 6, who can act as a quasi-lock.
The truth is that he'll be exceptional at either, but I think I see more value in the former, and find a specialist 6.
The counter-argument (because, you know, we've never had this chat before ) isn't that he'll act as a quasi-lock at 6 (although the extra lineout option and set-piece bulk is nice), but rather than he'll get to use more of his all round skill set at 6.TheNomad wrote:I think people tend to look at Itoje, see his exceptional all round skill set (including his work at the breakdown) and think it'll work best as a back rower.
I can see it personally, but then I think you could make a fairly robust argument that as a lock, with the ability to work as a quasi back rower, he could add more to the team than a 6, who can act as a quasi-lock.
The truth is that he'll be exceptional at either, but I think I see more value in the former, and find a specialist 6.
"Where should we play Itoje?" is the new, "Should we pick SArmitage?"Peat wrote:The counter-argument (because, you know, we've never had this chat before )
Is this his stage name for when he realises his hiphop/classical mash-up album with the missus?Puja wrote: However, with ChrissyR
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I am quasi-sorry for doing this.TheNomad wrote:I quasi-understand what's going on here...and am more than quasi-annoyed that I introduced the concept of quasi to this thread
I would hem and haw about Robshaw as a great blindside if fit, but my post was written to reflect the current circumstances where he's not.Puja wrote:"Where should we play Itoje?" is the new, "Should we pick SArmitage?"Peat wrote:The counter-argument (because, you know, we've never had this chat before )
I think it's a bit hard on Robshaw to say that we've got no great blindsides. However, with ChrissyR injured, I am more sanguine about shuffling Maro around.
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No way ChrissyR is hip hop. I imagine him as more the Phil Collins type.Mellsblue wrote:Is this his stage name for when he realises his hiphop/classical mash-up album with the missus?Puja wrote: However, with ChrissyR
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Maybe more in the Andrew Sheridan mould?Scrumhead wrote:No way ChrissyR is hip hop. I imagine him as more the Phil Collins type.Mellsblue wrote:Is this his stage name for when he realises his hiphop/classical mash-up album with the missus?Puja wrote: However, with ChrissyR
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True. I have horrible images of a crooning ballad, with the video being of them sat in their beautiful farmhouse kitchen-dinner in matching Joules jumpers, ChrissyR carving the roast lamb that was loving prepared by MissyR and Haskell peering in through the window in a desperate attempt to get yet more publicity.Puja wrote:Maybe more in the Andrew Sheridan mould?Scrumhead wrote:No way ChrissyR is hip hop. I imagine him as more the Phil Collins type.Mellsblue wrote: Is this his stage name for when he realises his hiphop/classical mash-up album with the missus?
Yeah, I've got no idea where ChrissyR came from. I blame sleep deprivation.
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