Now you're just being a dick.
2023 Six Nations
They are a very good side and we need to be flawless to Beag then but we've made some basic basic errors in the second half.Tichtheid wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:40 pm Ireland are a very good side, we would have to have been flawless to have stood a chance but the pressure they put you under doesn’t allow it
That won’t be a problem for you
Big D wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:43 pmThey are a very good side and we need to be flawless to Beag then but we've made some basic basic errors in the second half.Tichtheid wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:40 pm Ireland are a very good side, we would have to have been flawless to have stood a chance but the pressure they put you under doesn’t allow it
Yup, but it comes from being fucked from the efforts so far, and that’s down to the opposition
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Think if Scotland could've pressured the lineout more, stole a fee and starved Ireland of possession, which they should have, the crowd would have driven the Scottish intensity up. Scotland definitely the better team in the first half but just didn't come out of the changing rooms at half time.Big D wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:43 pmThey are a very good side and we need to be flawless to Beag then but we've made some basic basic errors in the second half.Tichtheid wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:40 pm Ireland are a very good side, we would have to have been flawless to have stood a chance but the pressure they put you under doesn’t allow it
Ian Madigan for Ireland.
Nah not for me.
You's were in complete control that day for 60mins and shouldve had 3 or 4 more tries. Scotland edged the first half in terms of performance for me but have been lucky to be 2nd place in the 2nd half.
Ian Madigan for Ireland.
Not all of it though. VdM not able to get an inch off the ground for a box kick, being beaten at the front repeatedly in the line out by not stacking the front of the line out as examples. The latter is high school level decision making by the senior guys.Tichtheid wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:45 pmBig D wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:43 pmThey are a very good side and we need to be flawless to Beag then but we've made some basic basic errors in the second half.Tichtheid wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:40 pm Ireland are a very good side, we would have to have been flawless to have stood a chance but the pressure they put you under doesn’t allow it
Yup, but it comes from being fucked from the efforts so far, and that’s down to the opposition
Ireland will force a lot of errors but there's been too many unforced errors in this half.
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Scotland have fallen apart a bit here. Hope they stick with it, can understand the disappointment given their best opportunity in decades to win the triple crown, but they don't deserve to concede the bonus point IMO
Oh, Russell drops it cold then Ireland somehow blow the bonus point try as I type!
Oh, Russell drops it cold then Ireland somehow blow the bonus point try as I type!
Anyway should be a cracker in Dublin next week. 2 sides at the top of the world. A supremely powerful English pack with incisive backs v the well drilled Irish juggernaut. I’m stocking up on beers and sleeping pills.
“It was a pet, not an animal. It had a name, you don't eat things with names, this is horrific!”
Listen, I might have been terrible at the set piece and had a defensive game that Henry Slade would be embarrassed by, but I was still able to tap the ball...
I’m waiting for Keenan to do something wrong. He nearly dropped a ball at the beginning but after a quick juggle normal service was resumed.
“It was a pet, not an animal. It had a name, you don't eat things with names, this is horrific!”
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Was always going to be an interesting weekend to find out where everyone stands.
I’m sorry, I just don’t see Scotland as anywhere bear the same bracket as the top 4. Let’s not beat around the bush, it was an entertaining game but they’ve just had their arses handed to them. Ireland made all the running out wide, through the middle and in the pack. Scotland got done in the scrum and failed to put any pressure on a 7 throwing in to the lineout. VdM was show to be the lump that he is. Russell was kept at bay. Only Huw Jones looked like causing problems.
Ireland didn’t really get out of third gear and have won by 15 away, not looking forward to our trip to Dublin. Italy’s trip to Edinburgh is intriguing.
I’m sorry, I just don’t see Scotland as anywhere bear the same bracket as the top 4. Let’s not beat around the bush, it was an entertaining game but they’ve just had their arses handed to them. Ireland made all the running out wide, through the middle and in the pack. Scotland got done in the scrum and failed to put any pressure on a 7 throwing in to the lineout. VdM was show to be the lump that he is. Russell was kept at bay. Only Huw Jones looked like causing problems.
Ireland didn’t really get out of third gear and have won by 15 away, not looking forward to our trip to Dublin. Italy’s trip to Edinburgh is intriguing.
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages, What feats he did that day
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Yeah, Fabulous player despite looking like he wandered in from the stands.PCPhil wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:56 pm I’m waiting for Keenan to do something wrong. He nearly dropped a ball at the beginning but after a quick juggle normal service was resumed.
Well done Ireland. Remarkable ability to absorb all that pressure and suffer all those injuries so early on. Far from the best performance as a result, but a very professional one in the end.
Scotland... will they get a better chance at the Triple Crown? A few players got badly exposed today and they crumbled a fair bit in the 2nd half.
Scotland... will they get a better chance at the Triple Crown? A few players got badly exposed today and they crumbled a fair bit in the 2nd half.
JM2K6 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:55 pm Chris Harris on and nearly gifts them a try.
It's been a humbling second half for Scotland.
I’m not sure humbling is the right word, they were better than us in that second period and they won it two tries to nil
It certainly shows us the kind of level of accuracy that is needed ti be the best side in the world
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That could be their 2003 moment. They are a good side but just a little short of the attitude required to complete their good work.JM2K6 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:58 pm Well done Ireland. Remarkable ability to absorb all that pressure and suffer all those injuries so early on. Far from the best performance as a result, but a very professional one in the end.
Scotland... will they get a better chance at the Triple Crown? A few players got badly exposed today and they crumbled a fair bit in the 2nd half.
I'd say he'd take that if thats the worst he's done. Looked like a concussion, broken jaw and probably a fucked neck all in one.
Ian Madigan for Ireland.
Much as you were arguing after the England game, who has ever suggested we are top 4. I also think you are talking absolute shite about Ireland not getting out of third gear and I reckon every Irish player would say the same. Suddenly Scotland are a shite side after being the first side to deny them a bonus point even though we didn't play great. That's a really shit post by your standards.Paddington Bear wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:57 pm Was always going to be an interesting weekend to find out where everyone stands.
I’m sorry, I just don’t see Scotland as anywhere bear the same bracket as the top 4. Let’s not beat around the bush, it was an entertaining game but they’ve just had their arses handed to them. Ireland made all the running out wide, through the middle and in the pack. Scotland got done in the scrum and failed to put any pressure on a 7 throwing in to the lineout. VdM was show to be the lump that he is. Russell was kept at bay. Only Huw Jones looked like causing problems.
Ireland didn’t really get out of third gear and have won by 15 away, not looking forward to our trip to Dublin. Italy’s trip to Edinburgh is intriguing.