Originally Posted by platelet:
“Nah you can't use the "blame the ref" excuse. He doesn’t like us, he’s biased against us but we know that and we’ve got to play with discipline. He does like a flowing game however and he's highly unlikely to be as lenient with the yellow card as Dilbert last weekend. If Wales play with the same level of cynicism as they did last week he’s just as likely to turn on them. Also he owes us a try for last year so if his bias does swing the Welsh can't moan about it without conceding they wouldn't have got the 2012 slam without his help
I see two risks to the slam from an England perspective: Players auditioning for the Lions rather than playing as a team, and Toby Flood. The former is as much a risk to Wales as it is to us. The latter, I’m praying Farrell is fit
If Wales win, then they deserve it and I don’t care about the points difference, morally they win the competition.
If England win then I think we’ve got the start of something decent to build on for 2015. At the start of last Saturday the commentators were comparing the team to the 2003 squad. Whilst we’re miles from that, one thing that team were good at was playing badly and still winning. That I think we will have mastered
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“Nah you can't use the "blame the ref" excuse. He doesn’t like us, he’s biased against us but we know that and we’ve got to play with discipline. He does like a flowing game however and he's highly unlikely to be as lenient with the yellow card as Dilbert last weekend. If Wales play with the same level of cynicism as they did last week he’s just as likely to turn on them. Also he owes us a try for last year so if his bias does swing the Welsh can't moan about it without conceding they wouldn't have got the 2012 slam without his help

I see two risks to the slam from an England perspective: Players auditioning for the Lions rather than playing as a team, and Toby Flood. The former is as much a risk to Wales as it is to us. The latter, I’m praying Farrell is fit
If Wales win, then they deserve it and I don’t care about the points difference, morally they win the competition.
If England win then I think we’ve got the start of something decent to build on for 2015. At the start of last Saturday the commentators were comparing the team to the 2003 squad. Whilst we’re miles from that, one thing that team were good at was playing badly and still winning. That I think we will have mastered
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Why? I thought he was fine the last day aside from butchering that try and missing a kick to touch. 2 big mistakes but he's a great kicker and consistent player. He was first choice only a few months ago. Offers more in open play than Farrell IMHO
I think Burns is the best of them though!



