Martin Sinclair

Part man, part biscuit.

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@thepenGW Watched it on TV. Most of the game you could hear wee kids in the background shouting his name when he was sitting on the sidelines. Great

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@Biscuits_9 Absolutely. He was the man in demand last night but he signed as much and took as many pictures as he could.

Just really privileged that Josh got a bit of special treatment from him.

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@TheLooseH Thank goodness I had Wainwright in!

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@FRugbyGeek 430, so not awful.

Though suffered from super-sub Marcus Smith's point tally if 0 being tripled to a grand total of.... 0

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@JPEGMacDonald @jaredwright17 His is true although the emergence of TJ and Dobie (realise it doesn't apply in this case) does seem set up for a 6-2, given we struggle in the power game up front and out backs generally up to scratch in terms of threat

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@FRugbyGeek @mg1owDVp5IGZ5Wc I was at physio, missed the announcement. At least I loaded my team with englishmen and he was my only Irishman....

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@rugby_ap Agree balance is wrong. Not sure they are all brilliant in their own right.... Today I wasn't sure of the specific jobs each of them were meant to be doing, but if you have 3 open sides might have to pick your horse

And lack of Chessum's usual gnarliness today

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@andymcgeady Us too! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@ScotRugbyBlog It has to be embracing the younger players on the whole.

Dobie is wonderful, but maybe hasn't had the opportunities he has had for Glasgow. Straight swap for Darcy.

GG has been a wonderful servant. But time for Brown / Craig etc.

Fagerson over Bradbury for now

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@topofthemoonGW Incredible stat given our relative recent dominance

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@ScotRugbyBlog There was a bit of dog today. Sione and Ritchie chatting away at every break, winding them up. But most importantly also backing up the chat!

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@JLyall93 All the talk of the air battle beforehand...

Turns out England's backs didn't actually have a plan B. They don't have much guild and craft.

Steyn in particular defused them, then there was little imagination. I saw that as a big fan of Ford at 10. But little attacking identity

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@talkMacca The game management last week was awful. Even late on today it was poor (take the 3 to go 20 ahead!)

The weather last week was the same for both teams, but Italy played it much more smartly. Build a lead and defended. We declined easy points and then the heavens opened

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@jaredwright17 I broadly agree.

It wasn't the worst head-on-head we have seen, of course not. But can't referee a smaller guy differently from bigger guys

And I think most fans could pick out cards against their team where a massive guy couldn't get out the way but crucially also didn't dip

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@thepaulwilliams Saw him described as a bigger, faster Hamish Watson

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@rugby_ap Been making this very point at half time.

However... England may discover that not having back cover on the bench is also an issue!

Let's see how hybrid the hybrid players are

[Martin Sinclair @Biscuits_9]

@Tom_Courtney_7 @Scotlandteam It's bonkers. He's the coach and we can debate players starting and benched and dropped etc, but the issue here is the actual composition of the bench doesn't make sense.

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@thepaulwilliams Scotland can even beat themselves!

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@ek_rugby Benefit of him spending lots of time at full-back as well?

I'm a scrum-half but played a bit of full-back as well, always got bored out on the wing compared to 9 and 15! Need to go find the ball 😂