Lions 2017 [MOD WARNING IN OP]

PTH2009

looks good and will be on my xmas list for sure. will there be a Blu Ray release and a ultimate collection (includes a highlights disc) ???

PTH2009

PTH2009 wrote: »

looks good and will be on my xmas list for sure. will there be a Blu Ray release and a ultimate collection (includes a highlights disc) ???

Looking forward to this. The last one was great entertainment for a few hours.

Sephiral

Seanie sticking the knife in!

http://www.the42.ie/sean-obrien-2017-lions-warren-gatland-rob-howley-3607917-Sep2017/

buck65

Sure everyone knew Howley was a waste of time. Seanie is a bit of a flute

nagdefy

Seanie.. I was listening to his interview on the Late Late Show 2 weeks ago and i wasn't too impressed. He came across as immature for a fella of 30 in my opinion. Just trying too hard or something.

I saw no real captaincy material there. When i compared interviews Richie McCaw made and how grounded he was.

There's a lot made about his humour and banter etc but singing some oul stupid song about Nelly the cow at James Haskell wouldn't rate too highly on the craic stakes for me.

Tubridy hasn't a clue about sports but all O'Brien's jibes at him made the later look like a bit of a boll*x to me.

Ardillaun

I've only read the stuff O'Brien said about Howley in the Indo - a bit off to come out with this now even if it were true which all evidence since suggests otherwise. IMHO the Lions were very well managed to eke out a draw.

Sephiral

Tbh, I think O Brien's criticisms were all on the ball, but getting a draw when everyone expected a whitewash is still a great achievement.

Ardillaun

Ardillaun wrote: »

I've only read the stuff O'Brien said about Howley in the Indo - a bit off to come out with this now even if it were true which all evidence since suggests otherwise. IMHO the Lions were very well managed to eke out a draw.

Yeah I agree, the coaches certainly get a fair amount of credit for the tour result, nobody gave them a chance.

On SOB, I guess it's a bit of frustration, he won't go on another tour and might not get that chance to beat them down there again.

D14Rugby

I don't see how people can have problems with what O'brien has said. He's basically exposed all the mistakes the coaches made and pointed out the players weren't as happy with a draw as had been made out by the lions organisation and if he hadn't done that those coaches would have been in a strong position to coach the next tour but now that their mistakes have been put out for all to see it will be a huge black mark when it comes to picking the staff for the next tour.

buck65

No problem with O Brien coming out but really 3-0 win for the Lions ? come on. I think with every Lions tour due to the size and short set-up time there will be plenty of issues but Gatland seemed to get it right this time round for the most part.