If you score first, you have a 75 per cent chance of not losing the game. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to work out that you have to get off to a good start and score.
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It's maths, not rocket science.
I'm not saying alarm bells are ringing at this moment in time.
If one or two do go out, hopefully the players we get in will be better players.
If that's foreign strength or that's English strength, it doesn't matter to me.
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