Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread VIII - ** MOD NOTE POST #4781 **

Burkie1203

Hastentoadd wrote: »

Rumour has it that Joe has been kidnapped and a lookalike is currently in his place. Seems this lookalike wants to change things up

And still TOH cant get picked

Hastentoadd

Burkie1203 wrote: »

And still TOH cant get picked

I held myself back on making an RK comment. It was extremely difficult. But if you get somewhere close to where you might like to see Ireland in the future you have to be thankful

ScissorPaperRock

It's crazy to think that SOB only has 49 caps at 30 while Henderson has 32 caps at 25


Really dont remember him having all those appearances!

connachta

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Hastentoadd wrote: »

Rumour has it that Joe has been kidnapped and a lookalike is currently in his place. Seems this lookalike wants to change things up

And still TOH cant get picked

The real matter of this topic is back, thank you.:)

bilston

ScissorPaperRock wrote: »

It's crazy to think that SOB only has 49 caps at 30 while Henderson has 32 caps at 25


Really dont remember him having all those appearances!

Henderson would have had a lot of bench appearances. It's probably about 4 years since he made his debut now.

Hastentoadd

connachta wrote: »

The real matter of this topic is back, thank you.:)

Go you connachta :-)

Burkie1203

connachta wrote: »

The real matter of this topic is back, thank you.:)

Ffs let it go.

The real matter is the game is tomorrow. Everything else is irrelevant. The team is picked and the squad depth is being expanded all the time. Thats all that matters

Hastentoadd

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Ffs let it go.

The real matter is the game is tomorrow. Everything else is irrelevant. The team is picked and the squad depth is being expanded all the time. Thats all that matters

Not a hope Burkie. The point of a forum is purely to address gripes. This thread is doing famously well, The match is secondary

Sat down with a cup of tea and a few left overs from Halloween and watched the 2014 game against South Africa.

We were so so disciplined and well drilled for that game, POM and Ruddock had fine games as did Jack McGrath.

Hastentoadd

Deleted User wrote: »

Sat down with a cup of tea and a few left overs from Halloween and watched the 2014 game against South Africa.

We were so so disciplined and well drilled for that game, POM and Ruddock had fine games as did Jack McGrath.

And to top that off TOH was faultless in the last 2016 SA test until Le Roux took him out. What an obvious choice at fullback for Ireland :-)

1eg0a3xv7b82of

I read a post here that stated kearney is the master who is in the side to teach the young guys.
First I needed that laugh so thanks
secondly what is kearney meant to show them - how to be catch balls, how to kick balls, how to run direct and not break the first tackle.
In rugby defense is king, there is no space, so your 15 needs to be able pass like a 10 and have the ability to quickly counter attack.
rob kearney should be no where the team - carbery or TOH should be in there. To say anything else is bias or ignorant.

Hastentoadd

To be fair to Rob he had a really good game about 7 years ago

MJohnston

Marina Old-fashioned Locket wrote: »

To say anything else is bias or ignorant.

You couldn't really make your contempt for people who disagree with you clearer than this. Pathetic.

accensi0n

Hastentoadd wrote: »

To be fair to Rob he had a really good game about 7 years ago

Had an awesome game the only time we beat NZ.

Erik Shin

accensi0n wrote: »

Had an awesome game the only time we beat NZ.

Unfortunately , your argument is invalid as you used the word "awesome"

Hastentoadd

accensi0n wrote: »

Had an awesome game the only time we beat NZ.

maybe look at that game again, he was decision less muck as he has been for years

testtech05

accensi0n wrote: »

Had an awesome game the only time we beat NZ.

He played the best game I've seen him play for Ireland in a long time that day alright. Don't think I'd go as far as awesome though had a few bad mistakes defensively from what I remember.

Hopefully he can get back to some kind of fitness and form quickly and have a strong game tomorrow

I'm just gonna say 'quotes' and then I'm going to bed!

One more sleep

One more sleep

1eg0a3xv7b82of

how rob kearney or any other established irish international performs this autumn matters SFA.
how does same players perform against scotland and italy in the 6 nations also matters SFA.
we have 6 important games coming up for ireland - england, france, wales and 3 Aussies and that is the proper platform to judge our experienced and established players.
That is the biggest problem facing Schmidt - a lack of real pressurised games, which ireland must win, and their is no room for real experimentation.

stephen_n

Hastentoadd wrote: »

To be fair to Rob he had a really good game about 7 years ago

Don't know why you're so focused on Rob, it's Carberry and Conway who kept TOH out of the squad. Maybe you should be writing pages upon pages complaining about them.

Zzippy

In fairness, RK also never played well in the game that never happened. If that game had happened, I reckon he would have been incredible and scored a brilliant try to set us on the road to victory. Ah well...

Hastentoadd

Zzippy wrote: »

In fairness, RK also never played well in the game that never happened. If that game had happened, I reckon he would have been incredible and scored a brilliant try to set us on the road to victory. Ah well...

Zzippy, I can understand sarcasm but it has been a long week. Can you dumb your response down for me. Thanks

accensi0n

I was in awe of him some of the time anyway. Awesome rob.

accensi0n

Marina Old-fashioned Locket wrote: »

how rob kearney or any other established irish international performs this autumn matters SFA.
how does same players perform against scotland and italy in the 6 nations also matters SFA.
we have 6 important games coming up for ireland - england, france, wales and 3 Aussies and that is the proper platform to judge our experienced and established players.
That is the biggest problem facing Schmidt - a lack of real pressurised games, which ireland must win, and their is no room for real experimentation.

It matters how they play against eng, fra, wales and aus but not against SA? Why not?

Dog Botherer

accensi0n wrote: »

Marina Old-fashioned Locket wrote: »

how rob kearney or any other established irish international performs this autumn matters SFA.
how does same players perform against scotland and italy in the 6 nations also matters SFA.
we have 6 important games coming up for ireland - england, france, wales and 3 Aussies and that is the proper platform to judge our experienced and established players.
That is the biggest problem facing Schmidt - a lack of real pressurised games, which ireland must win, and their is no room for real experimentation.

It matters how they play against eng, fra, wales and aus but not against SA? Why not?

Hate to reuse a gif, but...

Yeah_Right

Hastentoadd wrote: »

Zzippy, I can understand sarcasm but it has been a long week. Can you dumb your response down for me. Thanks

Dumb it down for you to understand? I think you're asking the impossible

Bazzo

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Ffs let it go.

The real matter is the game is tomorrow. Everything else is irrelevant. The team is picked and the squad depth is being expanded all the time. Thats all that matters

You brought it up?!

Interested Observer

andymx11 wrote: »

Could be lucky with the rain avoiding us tomorrow..

Seperate note- my entrance is via Bath avenue, I assume that will be my exit too so is that a handy exit for getting onto the river and walking up to Grand Canal?

Just in case, if you're going for the DART they close Grand Canal after games in Lansdowne. You'll have to get on in Lansdowne or keep walking to Pearse.

Burkie1203

Marina Old-fashioned Locket wrote: »

how rob kearney or any other established irish international performs this autumn matters SFA.

how does same players perform against scotland and italy in the 6 nations also matters SFA

It actually matters a lot how every player performs. But when i say 'perform' that doesnt translate into just a playing performance.

We cannot build depth if the new guys arent given a platform to perform. Just giving gametime doesn't build depth. Murray, Sexton, Kearney and Henshaw are a vital ingredient for Aki, Stockdale and Conway tonight (sweetnam and Carbery too)

bilston

We have backs with a total of 5 caps between them. We have a bench with lots of players learning the ropes at test level like the Ryan's, Herring, Carbery and obviously Sweetman.

Thanks an exciting selection, whether it was injury enforced or not is completely irrelevant.

I'm really looking forward to tonight. I think we will win because no matter about the rawness of the backs this is an experienced pack with only Heaslip missing. I'm a little worried about the lineout based on how Best went against Leinster, fortunately the guy who caused him problems that day is on the same side as him tonight.