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Originally Posted by littleknowitall
You can choose to believe that statistically we went into that game a better side and that it was poor misjudgement on your part that won us that game, I'd say otherwise. That is all.
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Huh?
I thought you won the game because you had a better team , and you did. Of course you had to play well to get the result but I hardly think you were the perennial underdog here.
Before even a ball was kicked I thought Wales would win , because I believe on paper you had the better team.After all it was only 3 years ago you won the grand slam with a youngish team that people were predicting good things for in the world cup.You have to go back to 2003 to when England last won it , and that was with an aging squad.
I don't think England lost to any misjudgement. Saying the England team have a young inexperienced side isn't making excuses , it's stating how things are.
Had I come in this thread full of bravado expecting England to thrash every team in the tournament then maybe I could understand why you feel the way you do.
As it happens I would be surprised if this England side finish the tournament any higher than 4th. We only got to the World Cup finals because we played well in the 2 games we needed to play in , not because we were the best team there & even since then we've lost Robinson & Dallagio , our 2 most influential players.
I can see why you are happy about winning , especially as you've not beaten England at home for so long.
But if I could compare it to something else. Yes I was happy England beat Australia in the ashes a couple of years ago after waiting so long .But it was a weaker Australia and it would have given me much much more pleasure to have beaten the dominating Australian team of the mid 90s instead.