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Unusually high number of call ups for a week two game. Esposto because he was only missing last week because of his sale. Singh and Bucky to cover for players with GS drops, and Innes because; well, he's Innes.

England vs Ireland

I went into this game expecting a bit of a tough one, but I reckoned without an outstanding display of teamwork from our boys this week. We scored 29 pts in the first quarter without a single player scoring more than 4. You can't get better spread than that. I for one couldn't tell that it wasn't butter.

I considered motion for this game, but thought perhaps Ireland might go 3-2, which indeed they did. They also gambled on a prediction of run and gun, which was a strong possibility but fortunately I went with PTB which I feel worked well for us.

Very difficult to single players out in such a performance, but Luke Innes looked especially good sitting on the bench. If you ignore the fact he's the ugliest player in England. Andrews and Simpson barely missed a shot, Bucky rebounded well in his first game of the season, and Madelin led the team in assists.

We hardly turned the ball over all game. All in all this was one of the best performances during my tenure, and bodes well for the rest of the season.

rofl

The draw has been made. In an ideal world I'd like to have swapped some of the away games for home games but we can't have everything.

That's a nice draw

Nice would be Brazil and Colombia at home. ;)

Best game shape I've ever seen.

Wales is screwed!

England vs Wales

Would love to know what the first quarter was like, I haven't been able to watch it yet as there was no link, but it looks like we got off to a good start. Strong shooting and excellent passing throughout the team powered us to a very nice win. The margin is important as there'll be bunches of teams with every possible combination of wins/losses so we need as much PD as possible, and we have to be pleased with a near 50 point win.

I felt with the game shape as it was, every guard in proficient, and Innes and Marshall in the same shape, that Princeton would work well for us in this game. Princeton is generally a slow paced offence, but still we scored 125 points. And I believe I've introduced more doubt if opposing coaches bother to scout us this season.

Elmacca's dynamic duo dominated the scoring. Sharpling on the outside, Simpson on the inside. Marshall and Innes were 1 and 2 in Rebs, and 2 and 3 in assists, so clearly Princeton suited them. 3 blocks from Innes were also a welcome stat.

Again though, it was an excellent team performance. Well done to all the coaches for the superb game shape this week.

Awesome performances all round... A great team effort