@jameshigz Really it's sevens? I didn't know that, der!! Of course it's sevens as i already said it's the Comm Games 2006. Keep up the good work brains!
@Josh7711Dub cos XV is a completely different game to 7s.... people score tries left right and centre in 7s from everywhere on the park. i mean kenya beat SA in 7s not so long ago. this isn't that great a try.
@timmyholland Yes, that is Varndell, and yes, he is bloody quick. Unfortunately he also has the rugby brain of a concussed eel, and so cannot pass, kick, tackle, or, strangly, run with the ball.
"its only sevens" as in there is much more time and space to work in, more gaps, less defence. Defence definitely has to work harder and players cover more ground in sevens but scoring a try like that is definitely much easier in sevens than in 15 aside where there is another 8 players in the defensive line
Flood, Geragty, Cip - whoever is in form. Wilko lost a bit of distance kicking out of hand and he stands far too deep to make any good use of the back line, but his open play is still outstanding, making him an ideal IC.
I actually think it's about time for Wilko to start another life in England's 12 shirt. The management quite frankly is letting his reputation run ahead of him.
I still don't understand why he doesn't start for Sale or England regularly. Both suffer from chronic un-creativeness and yet will leave one of the most exciting players out of the 22 or on the bench... madness.
At the moment England seem to win 50% games by grinding out a victory. If we won loads by stifling others creativity and the kicking game I wouldn't mind so much. But we don't! I wish we'd actually start playing positive rugby... =(
After being the closest to scoring and setting up a try, Eddie Jones talked over the air that he should play FB. The idiots in the management bought that idea and Tait did play this position to some success in the tour to hell in NZ 2008. When he moved to Sale ppl got so confused where he should play so everyone agreed to leave him at 13. Then injuries and disasters struck and MccAlister bended over backwards to cover the entire midfield (which changed my opinion on him)
I think Tait was pretty solid when he did start at 13 in the 2010 6N. We can't really make a fair assessment until he's paied with a 10 who doesn't stand 10 feet behind gain line, a 9 who would just make up his mind instead of screwing arounf the break down and a 12 who doesn't kick away possession without thinking 1 or 2 steps ahead. But to be fair Tindall does have the best all round game at 13 for England. Sometimes 13 can be a very subtle position.
@plamicus fair point, but nowadays he hasent got a great chance of making the back 3 (ashton, foden , armitage/cueto) so maybe butting him inside tuilagi, half to tindall at 12 and half to tait??
Sackey is the perfect winger, unfortunately he has suffered from injury and whenever he does play he can never unveil his skills as he never recieves the ball.
varndell should be in the squad, hes more an all round player now and better than he was. monye's a given to be in the team, but sackeys defence is awful, and vainikolo jutsisnt good enough.
vainikolo is too hit and miss, you want consistent wingers, and monye and sackey give you that, varndell is not up to standard yet, he's a good try scorer and got blistering pace but his tackling is shocking, sackey and monye are both quick and solid
dont reli like monye either i rekon in rugby u shud mix it up n have streetle on 1 wing n vainikolo on the other i mean cumon every thing u want in a winger vainikolo has scores tryis can defend mashes people and draws men to him so others can use the space
sackey most overrated winger in the world he cant defend if u watch him with the ball and hes running at some 1 hell slow right down just be for the tackle point of that i dont kno.joe simpson as more gas than care n ellis he shud start been in amzing form streetle hopefullyon the wing with monye foden full back cause of injury with tait and j turner-hall in centre wilko fly half, stefon armatige shud be in as well thats the forwards
Compare an on form Ellis with Care, my assessment is:
Ellis and Care both have a lot of gas off their feet. While Care has better passing, Ellis has better game reading. Above all, Care needs to drop his habit of taking two steps before every pass. But after his come back from injury, Ellis cannot match Care in overall game.
Tait's injury in November was a blessing in disguise. Let's forget all the crap about him playing FB
elis isnt bad.. johnny is johnny... but i think flutey is crap.. tait is awesome how he dosent play i dont no.. monye well i wanted him to be good but he was so bad on the lions cueto is better than both banahan and vainikolo is so bad i cant believe they would ever let him play again
Wilkinson & Tait should start for england, tait has amazing pace and even tho wilkinson has been said to be not good enough anymore or to old he's still good and the younger then stephen jones and ronan o'gara
I don't think anyone can break the back 3 trio of Cueto-Sackey-Armitage yet.
Individually, they're good players, but as a unit, they're very powerful. They offer so much in defence and Cueto and Sackey have the sense to cut in field to look for work
Cant Tackle my ass.. he was one of the best defensive wingers in the world during the world cup. and He can finish well. Sackeys better in defense then Monye although monye is faster. Sackey Honestly shouldnt of been dropped. Martin Johnson said he didnt perform well in the 6nations.. Most wingers dont perform unless there passed the ball!
are u kinding? on the field other players mock him cos of defensive frailness, and the world cup was 2 yrs ago tats a longtime in rugby. Monye is a more versatile player is better than Sackey in every way.
Don't forget mjameso that it was Sackey's tackle on Mortlock in the world cup that prevented Australia from talking advantage of a 3 on 1 overlap, saving a certain try and leading to england getting to the final.
yeh monye is better option on the wing actually, but stil i would back tait over noon. his defence isnt to bad. i heard somewere he was actually heavier than noon :S
er what about ugo monye? Strettle is just a bit too small and fragile for international rugby.
9:ellis
10:flood
11:cueto
12:noon
13:flutey
14:monye
15: armitage
this is because we need a bit of power in the centre (noon) because i think our back line has a lot of pace already. However if england are playing a team that could be exploited with a lot of pace in the centre, i would move flutey to 12 and put tait in at 13.
i too would like to see tait at 13 for england my back line would look something like this: Ellis Flood Cueto Fluety Tait JSD Armitage the worry would be tackling prowess in the center and the bloody annoying habit that our back three seem to have, where running with the ball seems to have been abandoned as a tactic
Would agree with that backline save 2 points. Cueto is not an international finisher. Sackey is. Flutey, would prefer to see Barkley, when he's back to form...
the reason he put tindall there is, tindall is a experience player capable of great defense and for the six nations a safe option but i do agree with you tait is the long term!
Tait is heavier than Noon and not a bad defender!!
He showed he could tackle from full back against NZ last summer seriously, his ability to run through a midst of mess means he's best deployed in the thick of action!!
Oh that is a classic England supporter comment, lets think about what happened over 5 years ago. Sorry to say mate but most of those good players have left and you're once great captain has become a distinctly average 'Team manager'.
Oh by the way, Wales have come near to winning, 3rd place in the 1987 Australia and New Zealand World cup...pretty good for a country with a population of 48,000,000 less than England.
i dont really care if you have a smaller population and your team may be better at the moment when it comes to the crunch england will be better btw no1 remembers 2nd place let alone 3rd
Wales is generally lucky to make the play offs. Group stage exit being the norm.
Right now Wales are the best coached they have ever been and they are still too shit to do any real damage. The moment France turned on a little power you lost.
'05 and '08 coincided with two of the weakest Fra/Eng teams ever. Wales are shit.
Definitely one of the weakest teams ever in 2008, especially when England got to the final of the World Cup(2007) and France got to the third place playoff.
By the way, your name is pretty appropriate considering that you have written about one comprehensible sentence in your 'Wales are shit' bashing...please try and get it right next time, you're only making yourself look like a bigger fool than your limited vocabulary already does.
Weak in form. Badly selected and coached. Since 1990 England has comfortably had a better man for man squad as had France.
Since 2003 England has been freakishly unlucky with key injuries but mainly have been managed and selected by retards.
In 2008 we were way more dynamic than you but had some key weaknesses mentally.
No matter how good Wales have been in the last four years they have never been really good enough to do damage on the world stage. One or two home southern hemisphere wins.
England wins the challenge cup every year, the Heineken more than all the others. The talent the premiership produces exceed the other home nations,. The national side is shit. That is not the regular cyclic nature of rugby, it is mismanagement.
actually english teams(tigers and wasps exempt) have a poor record in europe,which is also made worse by the fact that the french couldn't give a toss about away games.the challenge cup is a total joke nobody cares about it in the slightest.
it is not mismanagement that the english national team is shit it just happens that they have no genuine world class players let alone lions players(dylan hartley/andrew sheridan excepted
Yeah I agree but I think we just need a more permantant fly half. I can see us winning the next world cup because we've got into that cycle, its exactly the same as the last time there was a mass retirement from the england squad, when we begin to gel, which will come from a constitant playmaker and captian I can see us thrashing everyone again.
Have to say well played to Ireland though, they did deserve it.
I think England has finally managed to pick a core of players to build on, so at least we aren't picking a team all over from scratch. Johnno has been talking up the team on their success, which brings them immense pressure but hey that's Johnno: never takes no for an answer, which is the thing we ask from him as manager in the first place
I wouldn't exactly say Wales are shit, I think they are getting better, as are all the lesser rugby Nations, Fiji nearly had a big upset over South Africa and Argentina while always being a strong team, put in it's best performance. I think a lot of countries are starting to improve their game and it is good to see, too many blowouts in group stages of the world cup. That being said, Wales did qualify automatically for the next world cup when Ireland didn't
No, perhaps not shit. But it is a comparitive term, I don't think Wales have the guns to trouble NZ, Aus or SA away.
My point is simply that England and France have flattered Wales and to a large extent Ireland. Two teams, which to some extent is due to the previous lack of talent meaning a few core players got massive experience levels now have a great opportunity to bring in youngsters successfully. Both are excellently coached. Neither have that many really world class players.
No, perhaps not shit. But it is a comparitive term, I don't think Wales have the guns to trouble NZ, Aus or SA away.
My point is simply that England and France have flattered Wales and to a large extent Ireland. Two teams, which to some extent is due to the previous lack of talent meaning a few core players got massive experience levels now have a great opportunity to bring in youngsters successfully. Both are excellently coached. Neither have that many really world class players.
The poms like to over-hype everything. Case in point - Danny Cipriani. He's such a joke. Just like Mathew Tait when Gavin Henson embarrassed him on the field. You never saw him again in an england jersey after that.
Clearly you are not 'Mr.Current-Affairs'. That was 4 years ago and since then Tait has proven time and again he is a much improved player and now has 20+ caps for England.
Yeah he did mate would you like photographic proof? I can take a picture of the magazine just give me your email adress and i will send it to you, I am actually looking at it right now, and you will see who the idiot is.
Well not really, but sort of as our school does a yearly magazine summarising the past year and all sport records and results are in and its in there, but maybe if you go type barnard castle school on google and then go on the school website it might be on there but i havent checked.
hes one of my favourite players, tait has it all, pace, skill, vision and hes good defensively. give him ball in open space and he is very dangerous. saw hints of that on the new zealand tour. he should be given more of a chance at outside centre, an maybe flutey at inside and lewsey at full back. fuck balsahw lol
Outside centre is his best position in my opinion. Can work wonders there. Fullback he can't show his true potential and the few time's I've seen him on the wing, he hasn't been very effective.
wow very fast for a white person seriously never seena white person run like dat plus he cant play fullback coz he dont like it in dat position he likes outside center for
mat tait is a great up and coming player who can really benefit in the centers just like toby flood danny hipkiss, and jamie noon. but jamie noons career is quickly coming to a close. iain balshaw is not around much longer therefore leaving space for tait. mat is only 22 years old. or 21 dunno guessing he wont be gone any time soon. i think that wilko will be gone next world cup being replaced by cipriani, noon and flood or tait will be in the world cup wilko will prob captain unless nick easter
It pains me to see such a talented and quality player being left out of the English team. The way he was treated after that Henson lesson was terrible. I'm glad he scored a try against Ireland, and hope he keeps up the good 7s work..this try (and his one against Fiji) is amazing!
who r u 2 talk. Im guessing tht u r welsh and u just cannot stand the fact that tait is a much better player than the whole of the welsh team put together. And yes i mean the whole of the welsh team , even henson, shanklin and hook.
To be fair Varndell has improved his all-round game. He is not just very, very quick but also strong. He does make errors from time to time but he is still young. Tait should really be starting for England. But where?
shame he's shit now
kaankeen15 1 week ago
its a gud try i would like more if he wasnt english doh
ieyedmonster 1 month ago
@ieyedmonster Pardon?
WEBBZfromPANTERA 4 weeks ago
It's Mathew Tait, not Matthew Tait.
travellingmansk 5 months ago
@travellingmansk someone cares a little too much eh..
wawmsey 5 months ago 22
@CratosCreations No it's not.
kingdaniel69 5 months ago
@kingdaniel69 Yes it is.
jimmyzo3o 5 months ago
@jimmyzo3o No it isn't.
kingdaniel69 5 months ago
Cratoscreations. Hope you realize you're wrong. It's the Comm Games 2006 final. NZ won 29-21.
On a side note, the All Black Jersey isn't so sacred with white stripes on it huh? How dare NZ use OUR colour!?!?!?
kingdaniel69 6 months ago
@kingdaniel69 its Sevens not full rugby and England are using NZZ colour for world cup though haha ;P
jameshigz 5 months ago
@jameshigz Really it's sevens? I didn't know that, der!! Of course it's sevens as i already said it's the Comm Games 2006. Keep up the good work brains!
kingdaniel69 5 months ago
matthew tait = englands best 13.
Scrum059 7 months ago
@Scrum059 tuilagi.....
moabdah9 1 month ago
those kiwis got GASSED!!
peshayuk 8 months ago
@otumoetaipat To watch the video...
MrRyanification 9 months ago
who is that on his outside?
MrNarrative 10 months ago
Tait was a star player in 07 world cup final, but it's a shame I haven't seen much of him since. he's a good player
AaronPro8 1 year ago
Tait over Tindall any day, with a 10 who plays on the gain line and a 12 who gets him the ball, Tait could be such a great player...
yeahhhbuddy100 1 year ago
@yeahhhbuddy100 agreed! Tindall has experience and size but he has no speed at all now!
matthewhortop 1 year ago
@matthewhortop And Tindall never passes either.
schnozz87 1 year ago
he is one of the more underrated players in the england squad. he should have been given more game time.
whessly 1 year ago
FCK Greate
kraxex 1 year ago
Speed of a greased gazelle.
mdwysc 1 year ago
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mollers92 1 year ago
Run Forest Run.
SeigeCJ 1 year ago
@Josh7711Dub cos XV is a completely different game to 7s.... people score tries left right and centre in 7s from everywhere on the park. i mean kenya beat SA in 7s not so long ago. this isn't that great a try.
FlankerDeiniol 1 year ago
Is that Varndell running/jogging alongside him? Crikey, he is quickkk!
timmyholland 1 year ago
@timmyholland Yes, that is Varndell, and yes, he is bloody quick. Unfortunately he also has the rugby brain of a concussed eel, and so cannot pass, kick, tackle, or, strangly, run with the ball.
ScrumGuru 1 year ago 34
andyE844 knows absolutely nothing about rugby whatsoever
olij1869 1 year ago
wat yr was this
MrGingGongGing 1 year ago
@MrGingGongGing
Commonwealth Games 2006 in Melbourne.
asterix50bc 1 year ago
@asterix50bc thank you
MrGingGongGing 1 year ago
lightning.
andyE844 1 year ago
what a run!!! love mathew tait lol :P x
kitkatgwenacoxx 2 years ago
several? more like two....good try though...even if it is only sevens
EvKrusty 2 years ago
even if it's only sevens? sevens is far harder than 15's. you have to be so much fitter, even though it's for shorter you work unbelievable amounts.
andyE844 1 year ago
"its only sevens" as in there is much more time and space to work in, more gaps, less defence. Defence definitely has to work harder and players cover more ground in sevens but scoring a try like that is definitely much easier in sevens than in 15 aside where there is another 8 players in the defensive line
EvKrusty 1 year ago
Geraghty, Moyne, Flutey, Clarke, Ashton, Foden.
OneBigRetard 2 years ago
corey jane - smell you later
bobby50123 2 years ago
Flood, Geragty, Cip - whoever is in form. Wilko lost a bit of distance kicking out of hand and he stands far too deep to make any good use of the back line, but his open play is still outstanding, making him an ideal IC.
vinniechan 2 years ago
I actually think it's about time for Wilko to start another life in England's 12 shirt. The management quite frankly is letting his reputation run ahead of him.
vinniechan 2 years ago
Thats not a bad idea.
Flood, Wilko, Tait, Sackey, Varndell and Armitage.
FistofViewing 2 years ago
Christian wade should start for England, best young winger in the premiership(and not just because he is the fastest!)
jvyper 2 years ago
Tait may get his chance on sat but lets not get too excited, this was sevens, v different.
kebengel 2 years ago
I still don't understand why he doesn't start for Sale or England regularly. Both suffer from chronic un-creativeness and yet will leave one of the most exciting players out of the 22 or on the bench... madness.
At the moment England seem to win 50% games by grinding out a victory. If we won loads by stifling others creativity and the kicking game I wouldn't mind so much. But we don't! I wish we'd actually start playing positive rugby... =(
plamicus 2 years ago 23
Agreed.
Talbot6832 2 years ago
@plamicus
After being the closest to scoring and setting up a try, Eddie Jones talked over the air that he should play FB. The idiots in the management bought that idea and Tait did play this position to some success in the tour to hell in NZ 2008. When he moved to Sale ppl got so confused where he should play so everyone agreed to leave him at 13. Then injuries and disasters struck and MccAlister bended over backwards to cover the entire midfield (which changed my opinion on him)
vinniechan 1 year ago
@plamicus
I think Tait was pretty solid when he did start at 13 in the 2010 6N. We can't really make a fair assessment until he's paied with a 10 who doesn't stand 10 feet behind gain line, a 9 who would just make up his mind instead of screwing arounf the break down and a 12 who doesn't kick away possession without thinking 1 or 2 steps ahead. But to be fair Tindall does have the best all round game at 13 for England. Sometimes 13 can be a very subtle position.
vinniechan 1 year ago
@plamicus i think he was rushed into international before he was ready tbh and it ruined him
twinytwo 7 months ago
@plamicus fair point, but nowadays he hasent got a great chance of making the back 3 (ashton, foden , armitage/cueto) so maybe butting him inside tuilagi, half to tindall at 12 and half to tait??
moabdah9 1 month ago
Sackey is the perfect winger, unfortunately he has suffered from injury and whenever he does play he can never unveil his skills as he never recieves the ball.
limlamify 2 years ago
Holy shit that tait is fast.
awsome
unitedforce1 2 years ago
varndell should be in the squad, hes more an all round player now and better than he was. monye's a given to be in the team, but sackeys defence is awful, and vainikolo jutsisnt good enough.
DanB878 2 years ago
vainikolo is too hit and miss, you want consistent wingers, and monye and sackey give you that, varndell is not up to standard yet, he's a good try scorer and got blistering pace but his tackling is shocking, sackey and monye are both quick and solid
jeg3009 2 years ago
Should be in Englan team. Agree that Varndell and The Volcano should be too.
homers67 2 years ago
whats the volcanos name mate is it alesana tuilagi?
mrsogg333 2 years ago
dont reli like monye either i rekon in rugby u shud mix it up n have streetle on 1 wing n vainikolo on the other i mean cumon every thing u want in a winger vainikolo has scores tryis can defend mashes people and draws men to him so others can use the space
04reebok 2 years ago
sackey most overrated winger in the world he cant defend if u watch him with the ball and hes running at some 1 hell slow right down just be for the tackle point of that i dont kno.joe simpson as more gas than care n ellis he shud start been in amzing form streetle hopefullyon the wing with monye foden full back cause of injury with tait and j turner-hall in centre wilko fly half, stefon armatige shud be in as well thats the forwards
04reebok 2 years ago
look at varndell on the wing, hes out pacing that NZ guy and it looks like hes not even trying. and great try by tait btw
tmawman31 2 years ago
i was on about a Sub FH. that other douche said cipriani
princeofpersia910 2 years ago
Compare an on form Ellis with Care, my assessment is:
Ellis and Care both have a lot of gas off their feet. While Care has better passing, Ellis has better game reading. Above all, Care needs to drop his habit of taking two steps before every pass. But after his come back from injury, Ellis cannot match Care in overall game.
Tait's injury in November was a blessing in disguise. Let's forget all the crap about him playing FB
vinniechan 2 years ago
pffff c du 13
kraxx11 2 years ago
my england xv would be
9.ellis-care as sub
10.wilkinson-cipriani as sub
11.banahan-vainikolo as sub
12.flutey
13.tait-turnerhall as sub
14.monye-varndell as sub
15.armatige-foden as sub
04reebok 2 years ago
elis isnt bad.. johnny is johnny... but i think flutey is crap.. tait is awesome how he dosent play i dont no.. monye well i wanted him to be good but he was so bad on the lions cueto is better than both banahan and vainikolo is so bad i cant believe they would ever let him play again
twinytwo 2 years ago
but i think we as the british, want vanikolo to be good...he would be like our version or Jonah lomu!
moroll 2 years ago
Lol, Care deserves 9 now. 10 has to be Flood as Sub. 11 has to Be Monye & 14 cueto with Sackey on the bench & 15 Armitage with Morgan as sub..
princeofpersia910 2 years ago
9. ellis
10. wilkinson
11. cueto or banahan
12. flutey
13. tait
14. monye
15 . armitage
Wilkinson & Tait should start for england, tait has amazing pace and even tho wilkinson has been said to be not good enough anymore or to old he's still good and the younger then stephen jones and ronan o'gara
perco101 2 years ago
I don't think anyone can break the back 3 trio of Cueto-Sackey-Armitage yet.
Individually, they're good players, but as a unit, they're very powerful. They offer so much in defence and Cueto and Sackey have the sense to cut in field to look for work
vinniechan 2 years ago
Its a shame that Sackey has been dropped. Cueto for Experience & Quick Thinking - Sackey for Defence & Armitage for Pace such a great trio as u said
princeofpersia910 2 years ago
sackey cant tackle for shit, he jus has speed, a limited player thats why he's been dropped and rightly so
mjameso 2 years ago
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vinniechan 2 years ago
Cant Tackle my ass.. he was one of the best defensive wingers in the world during the world cup. and He can finish well. Sackeys better in defense then Monye although monye is faster. Sackey Honestly shouldnt of been dropped. Martin Johnson said he didnt perform well in the 6nations.. Most wingers dont perform unless there passed the ball!
princeofpersia910 2 years ago
are u kinding? on the field other players mock him cos of defensive frailness, and the world cup was 2 yrs ago tats a longtime in rugby. Monye is a more versatile player is better than Sackey in every way.
mjameso 2 years ago
Don't forget mjameso that it was Sackey's tackle on Mortlock in the world cup that prevented Australia from talking advantage of a 3 on 1 overlap, saving a certain try and leading to england getting to the final.
mitchh0210 2 years ago
9.Care
10. Wilkinson(Flood when W isnt fit)
11.Banahan
12.Flutey
13.Tait
14.Monye
15.Armitage
Subs... Cipriani(can play anywhere)
Strettle.
maccy809 2 years ago
yeh monye is better option on the wing actually, but stil i would back tait over noon. his defence isnt to bad. i heard somewere he was actually heavier than noon :S
edalexander17 2 years ago
i think the best england back line would be :
9: ellis
10: cipriani/flood or possibly barkley
11: Cueto
12: flutey
13: tait
14: strettle
15: armitage
Tait has some serious pace and skills. Englands answer to o'driscol.
edalexander17 2 years ago
er what about ugo monye? Strettle is just a bit too small and fragile for international rugby.
9:ellis
10:flood
11:cueto
12:noon
13:flutey
14:monye
15: armitage
this is because we need a bit of power in the centre (noon) because i think our back line has a lot of pace already. However if england are playing a team that could be exploited with a lot of pace in the centre, i would move flutey to 12 and put tait in at 13.
rob12192 2 years ago
I stil back tait as a great player, he's obviously got natural talent and pace in abundance.
5t3Maiden 2 years ago
MstrHamsta 2 years ago
Would agree with that backline save 2 points. Cueto is not an international finisher. Sackey is. Flutey, would prefer to see Barkley, when he's back to form...
FistofViewing 2 years ago
jsd?
AucklandRulez 2 years ago
simpson-daniels
Millsy05 2 years ago
yea hes electric i suppose
AucklandRulez 2 years ago
agreed i would love to see tait at 13 i think ellis is good but i dont think it'll be long before micky young gets a call-up
Stevelolz92 2 years ago
fluety is good in the tackle. cant make my mind up about tait he is quick but i dont no seems like something is lacking.
JoeRUGBY10 2 years ago
You're probably looking for someone who can do the hard work (like Tindal) and break the line.
Tait is actually heavier than Noon now, no so reason to think he will get run over or dumped.
vinniechan 2 years ago
flutey and tait would be so much better than noon or tindall who just try to batter there way through and never succeed
scoonez 2 years ago
the reason he put tindall there is, tindall is a experience player capable of great defense and for the six nations a safe option but i do agree with you tait is the long term!
jfletch1993 2 years ago
I wasn't convinced by Tindal until the game against Ireland. He did put in a contribution in every aspect of the game.
Thing is, Tin isn't slow, he just needs space to gather momentum.
Would have liked to see Tait come off the bench as OC, but then injury prevented that from happening. Still gathering essential exposure though.
vinniechan 2 years ago
i'd prefer hipkiss as tindals succsessor at 13
nbciren 2 years ago
Hipkiss is good, but Tait has more pace.
Love to see them both picked on a horses for courses basis.
vinniechan 2 years ago
i dont think hes strong enough though
or has the defensive capabilities, i'd much prefer him on the wing with strettle, with morgan at fullback
nbciren 2 years ago
this is a very big misconception!!
Tait is heavier than Noon and not a bad defender!!
He showed he could tackle from full back against NZ last summer seriously, his ability to run through a midst of mess means he's best deployed in the thick of action!!
vinniechan 2 years ago
Tait is just the best! I cannot believe johno put Tindall as centre when tait is way way way better :)
check out my matthew tait tribute vid if you want :)
Sidmouth1 2 years ago
a real gas man!!!
johnAit 2 years ago
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chucknorrishighkick 2 years ago
Tait is amazing!
My favourite player
Sidmouth1 2 years ago
Isn't that the Maori not the All Blacks.
Fuckassmonkeynob 2 years ago
No, that was the NZ sevens shirt for the tournament.
OneBigRetard 2 years ago
Ellis
Wilkinson
Noon
Flutey
Tait
Armitage
Sackey
liamwba13 2 years ago
ahhhh the glory days, the english will rise again!
jackass40mile 3 years ago
9-Ellis
10-geraghty
11-Strettle
12-Flutey
13-Tait
14-Ojo
15-Armitage
A Back line with pace for once
grimsbyfanclub34 3 years ago
9 - Care
10 - Cipriani
11 - Strettle
12 - Tindall
13 - Tait
14 - JSD
15 - Lewsey/Armatige
Cueto and Morgan on bench
gremlins6136 3 years ago
spot on. That back line would destroy the six nations
cryzyk151 3 years ago
yeh! now if only johnno would think like it, maybe we'd get somewhere! lol
gremlins6136 3 years ago
9-Phillips
10-Jones
11-Williams
12-Hook
13-Henson
14-Halfpenny
15-Byrne
Beat that team!
chucknorrishighkick 3 years ago
easy no real outside centre
hopkinmfc 3 years ago
Fine,
9-Phillips
10-Jones
11-Williams
12-Henson
13-Shanklin
14-Halfpenny
15-Byrne
Oh, by the way, WHo won at Cardiff last week?
chucknorrishighkick 2 years ago
wales you dumb ass, who won the world cup? have you everycome near?
hopkinmfc 2 years ago
Oh that is a classic England supporter comment, lets think about what happened over 5 years ago. Sorry to say mate but most of those good players have left and you're once great captain has become a distinctly average 'Team manager'.
Oh by the way, Wales have come near to winning, 3rd place in the 1987 Australia and New Zealand World cup...pretty good for a country with a population of 48,000,000 less than England.
chucknorrishighkick 2 years ago
i dont really care if you have a smaller population and your team may be better at the moment when it comes to the crunch england will be better btw no1 remembers 2nd place let alone 3rd
hopkinmfc 2 years ago
yeah england! sayin that tho we are poor atm, tait should play!
humblebear 2 years ago
Wales is generally lucky to make the play offs. Group stage exit being the norm.
Right now Wales are the best coached they have ever been and they are still too shit to do any real damage. The moment France turned on a little power you lost.
'05 and '08 coincided with two of the weakest Fra/Eng teams ever. Wales are shit.
OneBigRetard 2 years ago
Definitely one of the weakest teams ever in 2008, especially when England got to the final of the World Cup(2007) and France got to the third place playoff.
By the way, your name is pretty appropriate considering that you have written about one comprehensible sentence in your 'Wales are shit' bashing...please try and get it right next time, you're only making yourself look like a bigger fool than your limited vocabulary already does.
chucknorrishighkick 2 years ago
Weak in form. Badly selected and coached. Since 1990 England has comfortably had a better man for man squad as had France.
Since 2003 England has been freakishly unlucky with key injuries but mainly have been managed and selected by retards.
In 2008 we were way more dynamic than you but had some key weaknesses mentally.
No matter how good Wales have been in the last four years they have never been really good enough to do damage on the world stage. One or two home southern hemisphere wins.
OneBigRetard 2 years ago
haha, you're a typical englishmen who just can't accept that EVERY team has peaks and lows.
givemethelotion 2 years ago
Racist twat.
England wins the challenge cup every year, the Heineken more than all the others. The talent the premiership produces exceed the other home nations,. The national side is shit. That is not the regular cyclic nature of rugby, it is mismanagement.
OneBigRetard 2 years ago
actually english teams(tigers and wasps exempt) have a poor record in europe,which is also made worse by the fact that the french couldn't give a toss about away games.the challenge cup is a total joke nobody cares about it in the slightest.
it is not mismanagement that the english national team is shit it just happens that they have no genuine world class players let alone lions players(dylan hartley/andrew sheridan excepted
Leinster4life13 2 years ago
i dunno this year the England team on its way back, we have a decent squad, we just need more dicipline and a decent effin kicker!!
bionicbuffoon 2 years ago
Yeah I agree but I think we just need a more permantant fly half. I can see us winning the next world cup because we've got into that cycle, its exactly the same as the last time there was a mass retirement from the england squad, when we begin to gel, which will come from a constitant playmaker and captian I can see us thrashing everyone again.
Have to say well played to Ireland though, they did deserve it.
Shaddowphax 2 years ago
I think England has finally managed to pick a core of players to build on, so at least we aren't picking a team all over from scratch. Johnno has been talking up the team on their success, which brings them immense pressure but hey that's Johnno: never takes no for an answer, which is the thing we ask from him as manager in the first place
vinniechan 2 years ago
I wouldn't exactly say Wales are shit, I think they are getting better, as are all the lesser rugby Nations, Fiji nearly had a big upset over South Africa and Argentina while always being a strong team, put in it's best performance. I think a lot of countries are starting to improve their game and it is good to see, too many blowouts in group stages of the world cup. That being said, Wales did qualify automatically for the next world cup when Ireland didn't
BroomeBlocker3 2 years ago
No, perhaps not shit. But it is a comparitive term, I don't think Wales have the guns to trouble NZ, Aus or SA away.
My point is simply that England and France have flattered Wales and to a large extent Ireland. Two teams, which to some extent is due to the previous lack of talent meaning a few core players got massive experience levels now have a great opportunity to bring in youngsters successfully. Both are excellently coached. Neither have that many really world class players.
OneBigRetard 2 years ago
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No, perhaps not shit. But it is a comparitive term, I don't think Wales have the guns to trouble NZ, Aus or SA away.
My point is simply that England and France have flattered Wales and to a large extent Ireland. Two teams, which to some extent is due to the previous lack of talent meaning a few core players got massive experience levels now have a great opportunity to bring in youngsters successfully. Both are excellently coached. Neither have that many really world class players.
OneBigRetard 2 years ago
9-care
10-flood
11-strettle
12-JSD
13-Tindall
14-sackey
15-Armatage
wilko and tait on bench :]
Crazysk8rz 3 years ago
Why does everyone have Sackey on their team, hes fucking shit.
chucknorrishighkick 3 years ago
9-Care
10-Cipriani
11-Cueto
12-geraghty
13-Tait
14-Sackey
15-Armitage
scoonez 3 years ago
My 9-15 team line up for the forthcoming Six-Nations would consist the following:
9. Care
10. Cips (you have to play him even though he's a c*ck!)
11. Strettle (if not fit then Vainakolo or Ojo)
12. JSD
13. Tait
14. Ceuto
15. Armitage
Foden, Flood and Wilko as subs
stroketheboat 3 years ago
clearly it should be
9-Care
10-cipriani
11-sacky
12-lewsy
13-tait
14-sacky
15-armitage
adammcc1315 3 years ago
9.) care
10.) ME :D
11.)cueto
12.)tait
13.)tindall
14.)vianikolo
15.) armitage
brookslfc123 3 years ago
9-Care
10-flood
11-Cueto
12-Barkley
13-Tait
14-Strettle
15-Armitage
wawmsey 3 years ago
Agreed, although ojo is in good form. Clearly Vainikolo can't play. Got to be room for Simpson Daniel somewhere. Surely..
cpitney 3 years ago
9-Foden
10-Cipriani
11-Cueto
12-JSD
13-Tait
14-Banahan
15-Armitage
Sterlingjob 3 years ago
It's New Zealand - home of the Mighty All Blacks. And don't you forget it.
stevenbissett 3 years ago
well the all blacks weren't so mighty when they got knocked out by france
andyt141 3 years ago
Disagree. Sackey is absolutely rubbish in my opinion.
9 Care
10 Wilkinson
11 Cueto
12 Tindall
13 Tait
14 Strettle
15 Armitage
thegreatloy 3 years ago
I like to bring is Strettle but he's a bit light weight. How can you justify playing Tindal when he's a mile off pace?
9.) Ellis
10.) Wilko/ Geragty
11.) Cueto (why is he dropped in the first place)
12.) Flood
13.) Tait/ Hipkiss
14.) Varndell/ JSD
15.) Armitage/ Nicky A
vinniechan 3 years ago
agree entirely ith you on that!i don't see the fuss about sackey-he only has speed on his side. i would have
9 Care
10 Wilko
11 Cueto
12 Flood
13 Tait
14 Monye/Varndell
15 Armitage
endothermicindecenti 3 years ago
England back line should go like this....
9 Ellis
10 cipraini (wilkinson when fit)
11 sackey
12 flood
13 Tait
14 Monye (strettle when fit)
15 armitage (Abendanon when fit)
(i should really be manager!)
wawmsey 3 years ago
does 2 players equal several?
ttr15 3 years ago
The poms like to over-hype everything. Case in point - Danny Cipriani. He's such a joke. Just like Mathew Tait when Gavin Henson embarrassed him on the field. You never saw him again in an england jersey after that.
stevenbissett 3 years ago
Clearly you are not 'Mr.Current-Affairs'. That was 4 years ago and since then Tait has proven time and again he is a much improved player and now has 20+ caps for England.
FistofViewing 3 years ago
yes you did. put welldone you have stated a fact that is incorrect
hopkinmfc 3 years ago
Yeah he did mate would you like photographic proof? I can take a picture of the magazine just give me your email adress and i will send it to you, I am actually looking at it right now, and you will see who the idiot is.
lucassummers1 3 years ago 4
really? thats amazing although it doesnt surprise me. Is there any place to check if this is a factual record?
RDNonu 3 years ago
Well not really, but sort of as our school does a yearly magazine summarising the past year and all sport records and results are in and its in there, but maybe if you go type barnard castle school on google and then go on the school website it might be on there but i havent checked.
lucassummers1 3 years ago 2
unbeleivably quick...especially for a white guy!!
creamontheballs 3 years ago
hes one of my favourite players, tait has it all, pace, skill, vision and hes good defensively. give him ball in open space and he is very dangerous. saw hints of that on the new zealand tour. he should be given more of a chance at outside centre, an maybe flutey at inside and lewsey at full back. fuck balsahw lol
josp182 3 years ago 4
josp182 u ave taste exactly wat i want to hear except i wanna hear it from martin johnsons mouth now hodgson will never touch the shirt
Mihramanez91 3 years ago 2
The only thing lacking is a proper position to play in.
vinniechan 3 years ago 3
He's a 13.
For some reason England have told him to play 15.
Ed17cellotape 3 years ago 2
Freaking Eddie Jones suggested we play in 15 in the press and somehow the RFU bought that idea.
I can't believe when it comes to the most pressing issues, they never respond to the opinions of fans that quick.
vinniechan 3 years ago
Outside centre is his best position in my opinion. Can work wonders there. Fullback he can't show his true potential and the few time's I've seen him on the wing, he hasn't been very effective.
adamlead 3 years ago
wow very fast for a white person seriously never seena white person run like dat plus he cant play fullback coz he dont like it in dat position he likes outside center for
gangster2triggaz 3 years ago
That's fast for any person mate. In another vid, he paces William Ryder, and he's fast for a black guy!
chartres14 3 years ago
true
gangster2triggaz 3 years ago
im pretty sure its under 11 seconds.
ArcticJunkie17 3 years ago
mat tait is a great up and coming player who can really benefit in the centers just like toby flood danny hipkiss, and jamie noon. but jamie noons career is quickly coming to a close. iain balshaw is not around much longer therefore leaving space for tait. mat is only 22 years old. or 21 dunno guessing he wont be gone any time soon. i think that wilko will be gone next world cup being replaced by cipriani, noon and flood or tait will be in the world cup wilko will prob captain unless nick easter
ilikemcd 3 years ago
no r u stupid??? i think da captain will probably go to som1 like lee mears or borthwick
gangster2triggaz 3 years ago
wat r u on?? borthwick will captain. wilkinson will be lucky to be around, let along starting
alexrugbyboy 3 years ago
i think tht Mathew tait will deffo be put in the team 4 the next match england play
sneekers4 3 years ago
noons a beast but balshaw??
is tait fukin invisible or sumfin the way he always gets left out of the team??
guitarpalyinmonkey 3 years ago 3
It pains me to see such a talented and quality player being left out of the English team. The way he was treated after that Henson lesson was terrible. I'm glad he scored a try against Ireland, and hope he keeps up the good 7s work..this try (and his one against Fiji) is amazing!
P.S This is coming from a Welshman ;)
RhonddaRabbit 3 years ago 6
he is so good he should be fullback not balshaw
lostworldband 3 years ago 5
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tait A BUM BOY HE HE
minimouse7616 3 years ago
who r u 2 talk. Im guessing tht u r welsh and u just cannot stand the fact that tait is a much better player than the whole of the welsh team put together. And yes i mean the whole of the welsh team , even henson, shanklin and hook.
sneekers4 3 years ago
lol, whats Tait won again?
richb89 3 years ago
lol, what've wales won again? 6N? Oh wait.. who cares
chinwaggler 3 years ago
The English it seems...
XD
Anyway my point still stands, whats Tait done?
richb89 3 years ago
tait shud tie his shoe laces
utuberlol 3 years ago
you have to play noon, defence is best in europe at the moment, tait instead of knuckle head balshaw
cornishrugby 3 years ago
Matt Tait is quality, that's about the best outside break you'll see anywhere in the world!
stanithelad 3 years ago
after balshaws performance against france you have to play him full back
cuntflapz 3 years ago
u r so right!
tait has 2 make the team!
i don't care if they replace noon, just use tait!
chodeprasad 3 years ago
even as a scotsman, i think, why the hell use noon? tait is faaaar superior noon is just a musclehead
Myself0101 3 years ago
its all about how they play on the night tho, did you see Noon vs. Ireland today, he was excelent, other times he may not be as good.
englandforever 3 years ago
To be fair Varndell has improved his all-round game. He is not just very, very quick but also strong. He does make errors from time to time but he is still young. Tait should really be starting for England. But where?
leonidasaa 3 years ago
wooooop!!!!
go on matty boy
ur fit n fast
fat1236 4 years ago