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Originally Posted by 3 FEATHERS
Wilkinson will never ever be the player he was.The sooner english rugby people realise that they can move on.Flood is a good player but their options are fairly limited considering they have such a big pool of players to pick from.Hodgson cant rise to big match pressure,although he is a good player.The fat lad at leicester is a joke and should be prop not fly half.Cant remember his name now  |
Its Andy Goode, yes he is a good place kicker when the pressure isn't on, but he doesn't deal with pressure well, Iain Humphries is keeping him out of the Leicester side these days.
England have a dominant pack of forwards that could beat 3 of the sides in the 6 Nations but clearly they are around the 5th/6th best team in the world currently. The problem they have actually stems from this pack of forwards now. They give the fly half such an armchair ride that he doens't need to use his backline, however as the backs are only ever used to chase kick offs and to defend when given the oppurtunity they squander it. Also when the fly half is put under immense pressure when the pack isn't going to well he doesn't know what to do with it, this has been Hodgsons problem.
Now what are the options England have at fly half?
Flood
Goode
Geraghty
all untried and untested, it will be good to see how they cope when put under pressure in the 6 Nations