SCOTLAND VS Italy

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7-1 SPLIT.... SHOULD BE SCOTLAND'S GO TOO ! THE TEAM I'VE PICKED GETS THE LEAD AGAINST ITALY....WITH VERY LITTLE SLIP UPS! GEORGE HORNE'S KICKING NEEDS TO IMPROVE.... HIS BOX KICKING ISN'T AS GOOD AS BEN WHITES... BUT HE GETS THE BALL QUICKER THAN WHITE... FINN NEEDS QUICK BALL... IN FACT SCOTLAND NEED TO KICK TO THE CORNERS...22 EVERY TIME ! NO TEAM KICKS LESS THAN SCOTLAND... TEAMS THAT KICK MORE...IN 6 NATIONS HISTORY WIN MORE... THE BACK 3 OF BRADBURY, BROWN AND DEMPSEY.... ARE ALL BALL CARRIERS....THEY GET OVER THE GAME LINE...SCORE TRIES AND TAKE A LOT OF ENERGY TO STOP! DARGE IS 6'1 105KG...M FAGERSON THE SAME... THEY STRUGGLE STOPPING BIGGER GUYS, AND GETTING OVER THE GAME LINE...ONCE IN A BLUE MOON ! THEY AREN'T OUT THE TEAM, THEY JUST PLAY A DIFFERENT ROLE...THEY COME ON AT 45-50 MINS...TO CLEAN AND HOPEFULLY AT TO LEADS... FINN RUSSELL AND ALL THE BACKS NEED A STRONG, BIG FORWARD PACK TO ALLOW THEM TO RUN... BUT ONLY IN OPPONENTS HALF! TIME TO KICK..KICK..KICK....LIKE THE FRENCH...ONLY PLAY IN OPPONENTS HALF OF THE FIELD....DON'T TAKE STUPID CHANCES...BUT DON'T MESS UP THE KICKS EITHER...HIT YOUR TOUCHES... WHY AM I MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE A TEAM PLAYING? PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY SEEM MORE FOCUSED ON WINNING! 6-2 SPLIT.... AT LEAST THEY UNDERSTAND RUGBY! 5-3....5-3..... 8 YEARS OF NO UNDERSTANDING! A 1990'S BACK... WHO HAS NEVER UNDERSTOOD.... HE NEVER WON A GAME....THE FORWARDS ALWAYS DO ! MY 7-1 SPLIT WOULD OF BEEN .... RORY SUTHERLAND GREGOR HIDDLESTON ZANDER FAGERSON....TILL 60 MINS THEN ELLIOT MILLAR MILLS - D'ARCY RAE COMING BACK FROM INJURY....THESE TWO NEED TO STEP UP! THEY ARE WAY BETTER THAN THEY EVEN BELIEVE.... IT'S TIME TO SHINE! ALEX CRAIG.... FOR WHOEVER NEEDS IT! RORY DARGE AT 6 MATT FAGERSON AT 8 FREDDY DOUGLAS AT 7 THE PLAN AFTER SMASHING ITALY...IS IN THE LAST 25 MINS .WHILE THEY HOPEFULLY ARE CHASING THE GAME.... JACKAL THEM OFF THE PARK.... KICK TO CORNERS, KICK TO 22... AND DON'T STOP! POINTS..MEAN PRIZES....POINTS DIFFERENCE WHEN ALL'S SAID AND DONE....JUST AS IMPORTANT AS BONUS POINT WIN ! BLAIR KINGHORN FOR WING JAMIE DOBIE MOVES TO 9...ONCE GEORGE HORNE HAS SHOT HIS LOAD ! PROBABLY 65 MINS... KINGHORN NEEDS TO IMPROVE LOADS...BUT HAS PROBABLY HAD TO MUCH RUGBY.... HE NEEDS TO GET EYE OF THE TIGER BACK.... HE DOES HOWEVER CARRY LOADS..GAIN METERS...AND MAKES PEOPLE THINK.... HIS DEFENSE IS AND HAS ALWAYS LACKED STEEL.... HE DOES NOT READ THE GAME WELL....FOR DANGER.... HOWEVER, I THINK 30 MINS TO GO.... THAT SWAP MAKES THE TEAM...CONTINUE AT AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL.... SCOTLAND SHOULD BE THINKING 50+ WITH NOTHING AGAINST! 'STEEL SHARPENS STEEL!'