EPS Watch / Player Form Thread
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- Mellsblue
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Uh oh. Billy injured.
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With or without Billy it feels to me like it’s going to take a monumental effort to retain the 6 Nations. Most of our teams and best players look really flat. The Lions, England tours, the Saracens boys playing virtually non-stop for 2 1/2 years...
Gonna need some Eddie magic, and a boat load of Exeter Chiefs’ players.
Gonna need some Eddie magic, and a boat load of Exeter Chiefs’ players.
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Haskell red card might go some way to helping Eddie
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True. Hartley red next week and we might be on to something.
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Timbo wrote:With or without Billy it feels to me like it’s going to take a monumental effort to retain the 6 Nations. Most of our teams and best players look really flat. The Lions, England tours, the Saracens boys playing virtually non-stop for 2 1/2 years...
Gonna need some Eddie magic, and a boat load of Exeter Chiefs’ players.
Irish are comfortable favs currently. Then it's a dog fight for 2-5th.
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At the moment (for Eddie) it'd only prove how much we miss him, sadlyTimbo wrote:True. Hartley red next week and we might be on to something.
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players in worn out shockTimbo wrote:With or without Billy it feels to me like it’s going to take a monumental effort to retain the 6 Nations. Most of our teams and best players look really flat. The Lions, England tours, the Saracens boys playing virtually non-stop for 2 1/2 years...
Gonna need some Eddie magic, and a boat load of Exeter Chiefs’ players.
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cue inevitable Dors Billy V injury prone comments (which does have a tad of validity, tho this one is just one of them things)Mellsblue wrote:Uh oh. Billy injured.
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Any news on Billy’s injury?
It’s been reported as a wrist injury. That could be serious, but I was pleased to hear it’s not the shoulder or knee again.
It’s been reported as a wrist injury. That could be serious, but I was pleased to hear it’s not the shoulder or knee again.
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He played on for a few minutes until half time and I saw him moving it...Sanderson said that he couldn’t feel it, and it’s been reported in a couple of newspapers as some sort of ‘stinger’.Scrumhead wrote:Any news on Billy’s injury?
It’s been reported as a wrist injury. That could be serious, but I was pleased to hear it’s not the shoulder or knee again.
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He didn’t look to despondent/upset/in pain when the cameras were on him sat on the bench in the second half.Timbo wrote:He played on for a few minutes until half time and I saw him moving it...Sanderson said that he couldn’t feel it, and it’s been reported in a couple of newspapers as some sort of ‘stinger’.Scrumhead wrote:Any news on Billy’s injury?
It’s been reported as a wrist injury. That could be serious, but I was pleased to hear it’s not the shoulder or knee again.
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Oh bollox......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/42682727
Saracens and England number eight Billy Vunipola is set to miss the Six Nations after fracturing his forearm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/42682727
Saracens and England number eight Billy Vunipola is set to miss the Six Nations after fracturing his forearm.
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So...Sam Simmonds I guess then. When is Hughes back? Clifford?
Is Zach Mercer ready?
Is Zach Mercer ready?
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Perhaps Jones will look at WrayTimbo wrote:So...Sam Simmonds I guess then. When is Hughes back? Clifford?
Is Zach Mercer ready?
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Disaster
I’m OK without Wray thanks
Time to see if Mercer or Simmonds can step up I feel, even though neither may end up there at Test level, it’s a position they’re comfortable in.
I’m OK without Wray thanks
Time to see if Mercer or Simmonds can step up I feel, even though neither may end up there at Test level, it’s a position they’re comfortable in.
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Italy up first, isn’t it? Sod it:
6. Underhill
7. Kvesic
8. Simmonds
20. Mercer
6. Underhill
7. Kvesic
8. Simmonds
20. Mercer
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We are screwed.
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doesnt look great, but we should have enough to be very competitive. Sounds mean, but I'd rather others were injured instead of Billy and Daly! Upside is that we might find some proper backrow talenttwitchy wrote:We are screwed.
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Hopefully it’ll open a door for Don Armand. Wouldn’t be a bad set of backrow; Armand, Robshaw, Simmonds, Mercer, Underhill...MWilson/BCurry...Kvesic or Ewers maybe.
We won the 6 Nations last year and Tom Wood was playing games, so things could be worse.
We won the 6 Nations last year and Tom Wood was playing games, so things could be worse.
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I think we need to be considering some Sinckler for Cole and/or George for Hartley now so that Mako has some tight carrying support in the starting lineup (we probably should be anyway).
I'd also be looking at shifting Robshaw to 7 and picking a more carrying biased 6.
I'd also be looking at shifting Robshaw to 7 and picking a more carrying biased 6.
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We’ll see. No Billy and no Hughes isn’t ideal, but I’m hoping that means Simmonds gets a proper run at establishing himself. Obviously we will miss what Billy brings but I’m preferring to look at the potential upside that Simmonds may well prove to be a better reserve than Hughes.twitchy wrote:We are screwed.
It’s inevitable that all sides are going to be impacted by injuries. Scotland already look like they are going to be hit a lot harder than we are. As it stands their front row is looking like it will be 3rd string. They’re definitely going to be missing Nel and Fagerson at tighthead and Berghan is suspended for at least a few games (I don’t recall how many). On the other side of the scrum, Dell is touch and go, Marfo is injured, Dickinson is out witha long-term injury and Reid has hardly been setting the world alight at London Irish.
Missing Billy and Daly is a blow, but we’re not screwed.
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This, this and this.Scrumhead wrote:Simmonds may well prove to be a better reserve than Hughes.twitchy wrote:We are screwed.
It’s inevitable that all sides are going to be impacted by injuries.
Missing Billy and Daly is a blow, but we’re not screwed.
Having said that, there’s still one more match (I think) until the EPS boys disappear in to camp.
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Diggers is in danger of that, with his snowball habitMellsblue wrote:This, this and this.Scrumhead wrote:Simmonds may well prove to be a better reserve than Hughes.twitchy wrote:We are screwed.
It’s inevitable that all sides are going to be impacted by injuries.
Missing Billy and Daly is a blow, but we’re not screwed.
Having said that, there’s still one more match (I think) until the EPS boys disappear in to camp.
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Not to mention the complaints about the temperature of his sherry.....Banquo wrote:Diggers is in danger of that, with his snowball habitMellsblue wrote:This, this and this.Scrumhead wrote:
Simmonds may well prove to be a better reserve than Hughes.
It’s inevitable that all sides are going to be impacted by injuries.
Missing Billy and Daly is a blow, but we’re not screwed.
Having said that, there’s still one more match (I think) until the EPS boys disappear in to camp.