I feel some sympathy for Mathew Tait after England's loss to Wales on Saturday. Although not because he can't spell his christian name properly; he's been dropped entirely from the 22 man squad all together. Not a good way to give a young footballer confidence.
Tait didn't have a bad game against Wales, as a teenager playing his debut in the cauldron that is Millennium Stadium, he did reasonably well. He suffered from some poor decisions by Dawson and Hodgson, but I think he probably played a better game than his center partner Jamie Noon.
In any case, Robinson is right to bring in Olly Barkley at number 12, England's game was much better when he came on in the second half and I am a big advocate of playing two pivots at 10 and 12. Tait though doesn't even get a look in on the bench, instead Henry Paul has been brought back into the 22. The last time we saw Paul in a white jersey was when he was pulled off 24 minutes into England's Twickenham loss at the hands of the mightly Wallabies.
Andy Robinson needs to make up his mind quickly about who is is going to play in his team, and then keep that team together until France 2007; otherwise, England wont have any chance at all of defending their crown! (not that that's a bad thing)
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
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