Munster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread II

ormond lad

Paul O Connell played 80 mins for Young Munster against Cork Con

mohawk

ormond lad wrote: »

Paul O Connell played 80 mins for Young Munster against Cork Con

Any chance he can play in the backs against Quins??

Earls has a shoulder dislocation.

thomond2006

mohawk wrote: »

Any chance he can play in the backs against Quins??

Earls has a shoulder dislocation.

Zebo is targeting a return for the Quins match. We badly need him.

lockman

ormond lad wrote: »

Paul O Connell played 80 mins for Young Munster against Cork Con

And he played quite well too.

thomond2006

lockman wrote: »

And he played quite well too.

Excellent to read. Hopefully he'll be ok for Connacht next week. We need him to have a chance against Harlequins IMO.

Tomtom364

My squad vs quins (assuming earls injured)

1. Killer
2. Sherry
3. Botha
4. Ryan
5. POC
6. POM
7. O'Donnell
8. Coughlan
9. Murray
10. Keatly
11. Zebo
12. Downey
13. Laulala
14. Howlett
15. Jones

16. Varley
17. Du Perez
18. Archer
19. DOC
20. CJ Stander
21. Sheridan
22. JJ Hanrahan
23. ... Dunno. O'Dea if fit.

Rightwing

I'm not sure Earls is much of a loss

jjjd

Rightwing wrote: »

I'm not sure Earls is much of a loss

Who would you pick instead? Earls is a massive loss to Munster.

thomond2006

Rightwing wrote: »

I'm not sure Earls is much of a loss

Having watched Munster's backplay this season Earls is a very big loss. He and Zebo are Munster's only two genuine gamebreakers.

trouttrout

Rightwing wrote: »

I'm not sure Earls is much of a loss

Jesus

Not much of a loss? Considering how bad our back play has been this year our reliance on himself and Zebo to make something out of nothing has been huge

He's a massive loss

leakyboots

Rightwing wrote: »

I'm not sure Earls is much of a loss

You've been reading too much of this board if you think Earls isin't a loss. An inordinate amount of posters have it in for Earls.

Rightwing

trouttrout wrote: »

Jesus

Not much of a loss? Considering how bad our back play has been this year our reliance on himself and Zebo to make something out of nothing has been huge

He's a massive loss

Give me a break.

Has he scored a try, his defense is shockingly weak. The most over rated player in the country.

Zebo on the other hand has scored tries.

Teferi

leakyboots wrote: »

You've been reading too much of this board if you think Earls isin't a loss. An inordinate amount of posters have it in for Earls.

This forum is largely kind to Earls. I've actually found myself fiercely defending the guy on other websites which is not something I would regularly do.

Anyway, a huge blow if Earls is out for a long stretch from a Munster POV.

From an Irish POV I would love to see him get serious gametime on the wing and come back to Ireland showing the kind of form I know he has. I feel he has been living on reputation the last few games and I think he would have been better off in the provincial setup finding his x-factor. It's not that he has done anything badly, just that he hasn't done anything absolutely great either. He has merely been fine which is simply not good enough considering the breathtaking depth we have at wing.

Rightwing

leakyboots wrote: »

You've been reading too much of this board if you think Earls isin't a loss. An inordinate amount of posters have it in for Earls.

Well maybe they are right. What has he done in the last few years?

PhatPiggins

Tomtom364 wrote: »

My squad vs quins (assuming earls injured)

1. Killer
2. Sherry
3. Botha
4. Ryan
5. POC
6. POM
7. O'Donnell
8. Coughlan
9. Murray
10. Keatly
11. Zebo
12. Downey
13. Laulala
14. Howlett
15. Jones

16. Varley
17. Du Perez
18. Archer
19. DOC
20. CJ Stander
21. Sheridan
22. JJ Hanrahan
23. ... Dunno. O'Dea if fit.

Hurley needs to come back in at 15.Jones is a shadow of himself this season.

Cookiemunster

mohawk wrote: »

Earls has a shoulder dislocation.

Guys on munsterfans are saying Earls has a strained AC joint.

PhatPiggins wrote: »

Hurley needs to come back in at 15.Jones is a shadow of himself this season.

Hurleys form recently is worse. They both have 2 weeks to fight it out.

irishbucsfan

Is Murray hurt, did I hear?

I hope he's not, but the consolation of seeing Munster fans here flip out if Williams and ROG were starting might make it somewhat worthwhile...

Teferi

Jesus, I hope Murray isn't injured.

totallegend

leakyboots wrote: »

You've been reading too much of this board if you think Earls isin't a loss. An inordinate amount of posters have it in for Earls.

No, that's not right. A lot of people do, however, think Earls is a very good winger but only an average centre. Let's not rehash that argument here, but on the assumption that Earls would have played 13 against Saracens, you could say that Laulala is a decent replacement and that therefore his, loss is not the worst thing that could happen.

Losing Murray, for example, would be a hell of a lot worse because there is no back up

Fireball07

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Is Murray hurt, did I hear?

I hope he's not, but the consolation of seeing Munster fans here flip out if Williams and ROG were starting might make it somewhat worthwhile...

:eek:


Don't even say that.


Earls' missing will be a huge blow, any game he's been missing, our backline has looked a lot weaker. Zebo would be a bigger loss if he doesn't make it back, but we don't really have the squad to cover any losses tbqh.

Laulala was decent enough in his last couple of games iirc, if he can hit some sort of form, that would be great.

But Keatley has to start at 10. And if Murray is injured, we're fcuked. I'd throw JJ in but there's pretty much no chance of that happening, he probably won't even make the bench.

thomond2006

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Is Murray hurt, did I hear?

I hope he's not, but the consolation of seeing Munster fans here flip out if Williams and ROG were starting might make it somewhat worthwhile...

That's below the belt! :eek:

Rightwing

Fireball07 wrote: »

:eek:


Don't even say that.


Earls' missing will be a huge blow, any game he's been missing, our backline has looked a lot weaker. Zebo would be a bigger loss if he doesn't make it back, but we don't really have the squad to cover any losses tbqh.

Laulala was decent enough in his last couple of games iirc, if he can hit some sort of form, that would be great.

But Keatley has to start at 10. And if Murray is injured, we're fcuked. I'd throw JJ in but there's pretty much no chance of that happening, he probably won't even make the bench.

We can beat Quins, English rugby will be reeling after today.

thomond2006

Rightwing wrote: »

We can beat Quins, English rugby will be reeling after today.

England's loss today won't have much bearing on the result. If anything Irish rugby is in a much worse state than English rugby anyway!

trouttrout

Rightwing wrote: »

We can beat Quins, English rugby will be reeling after today.

Whereas Irish rugby will be on such a high after avoiding the wooden spoon?

Good logic

.ak

Jaysus if Murray's injured I might even sacrifice another goat for ye's...

trouttrout

.ak wrote: »

Jaysus if Murray's injured I might even sacrifice another goat for ye's...

Don't worry lads, we've got Duncan Williams

Deano7788

trouttrout wrote: »

Don't worry lads, we've got Duncan Williams

I know he's not great but there's no need to sacrifice him.

trouttrout

Deano7788 wrote: »

I know he's not great but there's no need to sacrifice him.

I dunno, might go down well with the rugby gods

Deano7788

trouttrout wrote: »

I dunno, might go down well with the rugby gods

Or it may make them angry :pac:.

Rightwing

[QUOTE=trouttrout;83704641]I dunno, might go down well with the rugby gods[/QUOTE]

About time you admitted to that.